2020
The way we were - Catherine Saxelby on three decades of nutrition
Paula Goodyer
For over 30 years dietitian Catherine Saxelby has helped consumers navigate nutrition both via Foodwatch and books like Nutrition for Life, her healthy eating guide first published in 1986 - a time when paleo was about fossils, not food, and no one had heard of oat milk. Since then we’ve…
2020
Nutrition Care Process: Foundation. Presented by Dr Varitha Kinghorn, PhD, AdvAPD
Dietitians often struggle to prove the effectiveness of their nutrition interventions. The nutrition care process can be used to help track health outcomes, which can then demonstrate the value of our nutrition input. The benefits of using the NCP include: Evaluating the outcomes of patient care and conditions from medical…
2020
Weekly jobs wrap up 22 January 2020
Listed below is a summary of jobs posted in the past 7 days. These jobs have been collected from employment sites using the search terms Dietitian and/or Nutritionist in Australia and New Zealand. Both the DAA (requires a log in) and Dietitians NZ also list jobs on their website, many of which…
2020
FREE Ultra-processed foods. Presented by Dr Priscila Machado
Dr Machado is on the team led by Professor Carlos Monteiro of the University of Sao Paulo that coined the term ‘ultra-processed food’. It also developed NOVA, a new classification system ranking foods according to their level of processing rather than nutrient content. In her presentation Priscila explains: The NOVA…
2020
Weekly jobs wrap up 14 January 2020
Listed below is a summary of jobs posted in the past 7 days. These jobs have been collected from employment sites using the search terms Dietitian and/or Nutritionist in Australia and New Zealand. Both the DAA (requires a log in) and Dietitians NZ also list jobs on their website, many of which…
2020
Binge Eating and Binge Eating Disorder. Presented by Michelle Roberton, APD
Michelle clarifies the difference between overeating, binge eating and binge eating disorder. “Loss of control over eating” is a subjective term used in the definition of BED, which describes someone’s feelings and compulsion to eat. She looks at the LOCOE scale, which helps quantify aspects of behaviour involved in the…
2020
Weekly jobs wrap up 8 January 2020
Listed below is a summary of jobs posted in the past 7 days. These jobs have been collected from employment sites using the search terms Dietitian and/or Nutritionist in Australia and New Zealand. Both the DAA (requires a log in) and Dietitians NZ also list jobs on their website, many of which…
2020
Weekly jobs wrap up 1 January 2020
Listed below is a summary of jobs posted in the past 7 days. These jobs have been collected from employment sites using the search terms Dietitian and/or Nutritionist in Australia and New Zealand. Both the DAA (requires a log in) and Dietitians NZ also list jobs on their website, many of which…
2019
Fussy eating in children. Presented by Dr Amy Lovell, PhD, NZRD
Parents and carers commonly report fussy eating in children. It’s a topic that dietitians get asked about both professionally and by friends and family. Picky eating is often considered deviant behaviour by a small child when it is actually normal for them to be developing a sense of autonomy, preferring…
2019
Intermittent Fasting and the Circadian Clock. Presented by A/Prof Courtney Peterson, PhD, MSc, MA
Courtney begins by outlining the physiological mechanisms of intermittent fasting. She describes six popular fasting regimes (alternate-day fasting, alternate-day modified fasting, 5:2 diet, fasting-mimicking diet, weekly intermittent energy restriction and time-restricted feeding) and explains the latest research comparing them with regard to compliance, cardiometabolic benefits and weight loss. Using the…