Eating well in later life is an essential part of enabling older people to live independently at home for longer. However, with increasing funding cuts to community care services in the context of an ageing society, is enough being done to encourage good nutrition in later life? This article discusses the importance of nutrition for older people and explores how community practitioners are ideally placed to spot the early warning signs of malnutrition and encourage patients to take better care of their diet.
Helen Willis, Dietitian, Wiltshire Farm Foods
Not everyone with eczema has food allergies but some, particularly children, do. In this article dietitian Sarah Heath looks at how to eat healthily if your diet is restricted
Acknowledgements:
Reproduced with kind permission from the National Eczema Society (NES): This article first appeared in Exchange – National Eczema Society Members Magazine, Issue 138 pp20-22, December 2010
Sarah Heath SRD, Specialist Paediatric Dietitian, Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Article accepted for publication: March 2011
