Children with complex neuro-disabilities are unable to meet all their nutritional requirements orally and may require a feeding tube. Children tube fed with neuro-disabilities and low mobility can become overweight due to reduced energy requirements.1
This year our Programme Lead once again is Pete Turner from Northern Ireland, who alongside our programme planning committee of experts, have produced a diverse programme of broad topics so that there is truly something
Adolescents consume around two-thirds of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs) new research from the Universities of Cambridge and Bristol has found. The study found that UPF consumption was highest among adolescents from deprived
Updates and replaces the 2011 Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency guideline and focuses on the use of vitamin D to lower the risk of disease in individuals without established indications for vitamin
As many as half of all patients admitted to hospital and other healthcare facilities are malnourished. This has serious consequences for the individual in terms of unnecessary suffering, poorer quality of life and mortality. Providing
This project aims to: Identify when parenteral, enteral, and oral nutritional support is used to support patients following a chyle leak Identify the most used enteral feeds and oral nutritional supplements in the treatment of
On 9th July 2024, NTM Network UK proudly launched the world’s first Standards of Care for people living with non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) disease in the UK. This event marked a significant milestone in the Network’s
Daily sugar intake fell by around 5 g in children and by around 11 g in adults in the 12 months following the introduction of the UK’s ‘sugar tax’, formally known as the Soft Drinks
‘Unhealthy’ gut microbiome patterns are linked to a heightened risk of death after a solid organ transplant, finds research published online in the journal Gut. While these particular microbial patterns are associated with deaths from
Eating patterns that align with the Mediterranean diet or the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet could help lower cardiovascular disease risk in adults with type 1 diabetes, according to results from a six-year
