2019
Increasing muscle mass Presented by: Simone Austin, AdvSD, APD
Muscles are vital for our existence. We need skeletal muscle to move, smooth muscle for digestion, respiration and blood flow and cardiac muscle for heart function. Maintaining or increasing muscle mass is important not just for athletes who may want to bulk up to improve their performance but for anyone…
2019
Legumes Presented by: Natalie Figueira, APD
Legumes tick all the boxes, they are tasty, nutritious, cheap and sustainable. The United Nation’s even designated 2016 as the International Year of Pulses. Despite all this most of us either don’t eat enough of them or avoid them. People are generally confused about what they are- even the dietary…
2019
Spinal cord injury: case studies Presented by: Paula Carroll, Senior Clinical Dietitian
Paula presents two case studies on spinal cord injury. The first is the acute case of a 20-year-old man who sustained a C5-6 translocation fracture after a trampoline accident. In this case Paula describes the trauma of a life changing event and the continuous nutrition intervention during his hospitalisation which…
2019
Nutrition in rehabilitation and long-term spinal injury. Paula Carroll Senior Clinical Dietitian
A spinal cord injury does not affect just our ability to walk and eat. Depending on the location, a spinal cord injury can affect nearly every system in our body including our skin, bladder, bowel, sexual function, breathing, temperature regulation and blood pressure. Then on top of all the physical…
2019
Talking about the C word: Hot topics and new ideas in nutrition and cancer
Lee Mason, APD
Talking about the C word: Hot topics and new ideas in nutrition and cancer. A full day event held at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre June 27th 2019 The day was made up of four very interesting sessions 1. Hot topics in Nutrition and Cancer Dr Barbara van der Meij…
2019
Let’s raise the profile of disability dietitians: an interview with Carmel Curlewis
Paula Goodyer
When a Human Rights Commission report landed on Carmel Curlewis’s desk in the late 1990s it was like a call to action. There were cases of people with disabilities who were malnourished, said the report, and they were on her doorstep - living in the Central West of NSW…
2019
Nutrition in acute spinal cord injury Presented by: Paula Carroll, Senior Clinical Dietitian
A spinal cord injury does not affect just our ability to walk and eat. Depending on the location, a spinal cord injury can affect nearly every system in our body including our skin, bladder, bowel, sexual function, breathing, temperature regulation and blood pressure. Then on top of all the…
2019
FREE The EIN Listen app - A tool for busy APDs
Want to stay up to date with the world of nutrition on the go - and earn CPD points too? Our new Education in Nutrition Listen app connects you to our library of evidence-based webinars and case studies so you can create your own play list and download to listen offline on…
2019
Ngaire Hobbins on why dietitians need a bigger role in residential aged care by Paula Goodyer
Paula Goodyer
When aged care allows people to dwindle: Ngaire Hobbins on why dietitians need a bigger role in residential aged care Weight gain might be a problem in midlife but in older age the challenge can be keeping kilos on. This is where many aged care homes need to lift…
2019
Bone health and density: How the gut microbiome influences bone health Professor Laura McCabe, MSU
The gut microbiota is becoming increasingly recognised as important for our health. We are all aware of the gut-brain axis, there is now evidence that the gut microbiota plays a role in bone health as well. A healthy diverse gut microbiome can protect bone by increasing the absorption of dietary…