Background: Evidence supports the effect of protein to increase diet induced thermogenesis and satiety; promoting effective weight loss in the management of obesity [1,2]. However, there is limited evidence to indicate the optimum protein source that will elicit maximum effects o...
Background: Evidence suggests that health care students experience a degree of trauma after experiencing a patient death [1] and they keep their feelings and concerns about patient death to themselves [2]. Rivers, Perkins and Carson [3] suggest that students may be inadequately p...
Background: There is evidence to suggest consumers feel required to make compromises between enjoyability and healthfulness of food [1]. Implicit in this suggestion is that “healthy” foods are not as enjoyable as “unhealthy” foods. Concurrently it is recognised that descriptors a...
Background: The high prevalence of obesity in the UK is associated with a substantial risk of ill health [1]. Prevention and management of this health risk requires accurate identification of obesity. Obesity is traditionally identified in individuals using body mass index (BMI)...
Background: Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease characterised by a respiratory decline and pancreatic insufficiency. Research advances include aggressive use of antibiotics, mucolytics and nutritional interventions, extending the median age of survival...
Background: The prevalence of NAFLD is increasing in line with rates of obesity; it is currently estimated to affect 25% of the western world [1]. In the absence of approved pharmaceutical therapy, lifestyle intervention is the mainstay of current treatment [2]. Establishment of...
Background: Obesity is a growing problem in the developed world affecting 23% of the UK population [1]. Current treatment relies on 1:1 counselling, group support, pharmacological management and surgery [2]. Group weight loss has been shown to be effective and may offer a scalabl...
Introduction: The Department of Health (DH) [1] Infant Feeding Guidelines recommend that solid foods (SF) are introduced to infants at around 6 months. Moore et al.[2] suggest knowledge of DH guidelines improves compliance; this study assesses which sources of advice and which se...
Background: In recent years there has been a marked growth in the market of functional foods, promising consumers a wide range of benefits [1]. However research seeking to assess levels of consumer understanding has produced mixed results and is quickly outdated [2]. It is partic...
Background: The widespread use of high fructose corn syrup [1] and increasing sucrose intakes have led to significant increases in fructose intakes in Western societies [2]. Increasing fructose consumption has been implicated in the development of hypertension [3]. Furthermore, t...