Humans Of Nutrition

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy. In this bonus episode, Anna and Danielle reflect on their 20-year journey since graduating from the University of Surrey. Back on campus to deliver a careers workshop to current students, they discuss the nostalgia of returning and the memories it brings back. They also share advice they would give their younger selves, emphasising the importance of determination, work-life balance, and confidence. The episode concludes with their hopes for the future of their careers and the nutrition profession. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our company, Nutrition Talent and how we could work together. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy. In this podcast Anna and Danielle chat to Rebecca Tobi, Registered Nutritionist and Senior Business and Investor Engagement Manager at the Food Foundation. Rebecca highlights the importance of collaboration and engagement with businesses and investors in promoting healthy and sustainable diets. If you’ve never really considered the role of investors in the food system and how this drives change, this podcast is rich with insight.  Hear about opportunities and risks from the investor perspective, their interest in health and their long-term vision.  We talk about some of the work of the Food Foundation, and their particular focus on low income households and children. Rebecca shares some shocking statistics: ·        almost 15% of households experienced food insecurity in January 2024 ·        around 23% of families with children under five experience food poverty Against this backdrop, we hear about one of the Food Foundation’s greatest achievements, a behind-the-scenes insight into how their collaboration with Marcus Rashford came about, resulting in a government funded package of support of almost £4m, positively impacting the lives of 1.7m children - an incredible example of impact metrics.  Rebecca shares a working example of galvanising action and momentum, bringing together a range of stakeholders working collaboratively to “find the sweet spots where people agree”.  The outcome was the Peas Please pledge. She also discusses the Plating Up Progress Report and the important role of disclosure and target setting. We get a profound sense of the complexity of food systems and the challenges of driving change.  Rebecca navigates this daily – she shares how she builds the resilience to keep rising to these challenges.  A true Human of Nutrition. References: Broken Plate: https://foodfoundation.org.uk/publication/broken-plate-2023 Plating Up Progress Report: https://foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/plating-up-progress Peas Please Initiative: https://foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/peas-please End Child Food Poverty Coalition: https://foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/endchildfoodpoverty-campaign Share Action: https://shareaction.org/ ATNI – Access to Nutrition Initiative: https://accesstonutrition.org/ FDTP – Food Data Transparency Partnership: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/food-data-transparency-partnership Investor Coalition on Food Policy: https://foodfoundation.org.uk/initiatives/investor-coalition-food-policy National Food Strategy 2021: https://www.nationalfoodstrategy.org/ Fare Share: https://fareshare.org.uk - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our company, Nutrition Talent and how we could work together.⁠ Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy. Anna and Danielle chat to registered nutritionists, Dr Laura Wyness and Lynn Burns, about navigating perimenopause.  This has become a hot(!) topic, bringing the conversation into the public domain, while creating an explosion of supplements and products targeted at women that may not be supported by evidence – ever heard of menowashing? Laura and Lynn cut through the noise in their book, and we are delighted to share their insights in this critical area of health. They noticed their clients were increasingly seeking advice about managing menopause and realised there was a lack of evidence in this area.  They reference a text which spotlights the lack of data and research on women.  Shocking. What most women refer to as menopause is actually perimenopause.  Menopause is a defined point in time – the absence of a menstrual cycle for 12 months.  Symptoms up to this point are multiple and varied (there are currently >40 recognised perimenopause symptoms), each woman will experience different symptoms at different severity.  However, there are multiple health factors for all females to consider, even if you breeze through menopause without breaking a sweat (1 in 5 women have very few symptoms). The aim of this podcast and Laura and Lynn’s book is to inform and empower women, provide practical support and advice, yet we cannot overlook the significant health risk that accompanies this life stage. Did you know for example: · 77% of women aged 45 to 64 have raised cholesterol, predisposing to heart disease · Heart disease kills more women than breast cancer · Hormone fluctuations can impact blood pressure · Gut microbiome influences menopausal symptoms · The health problems interlink eg gut microbiome impacts mood, sleep and heart health · Menopause can exacerbate urinary issues, which, if not managed, can contribute to reduced activity (a health risk in itself), increased social isolation and even future falls; all of which can impact independence later in life. The good news is that awareness of these potential problems can empower us to mitigate the health risk.  Diet offers a key vehicle for this - we discuss this, and direct you to Laura and Lynn’s book to access a full range of diet tips and recipes. We talk about our predecessors, how they coped with their perimenopause.  Were their remedies ‘old wives tales’ or credible options? What about employer’s responsibilities to make reasonable workplace adjustments? We are left with no doubt that more research in perimenopausal women is needed, and tighter regulation of claims and marketing around products targeted at this group. If you have aspirations to be an author, Laura and Lynn are generous with their advice and place high value on mentorship, giving particular credit to registered nutritionist Anita Bean. They call for more Registered Nutritionists and Dietitians to write science backed books – could that be you? For further information: ·Eating Well for Menopause – Advice and recipes to improve your health and wellbeing ·Eating Well for Menopause: A course for Health Professionals (thinkific.com) ·Eating Well for Menopause - an introduction (thinkific.com) Continue the conversation by sharing this with all the women (and men!) in your life. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our company, Nutrition Talent and how we could work together. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy. In this podcast Anna and Danielle celebrate Nutrition Talent’s 6th birthday! To mark the occasion, they reflect on 6 themes that represent key areas of learning, growth and change during the past 6 years. Listen in to hear what they have to share on: The whole package and salary negotiations – The rise of remote and hybrid roles, the importance of job satisfaction and enjoyment as well as salary, how we gauge our “value” as nutrition professionals and measure our impact. Career mapping/ pivoting - Has the career ladder gone?  Does this create its own opportunity? Hear about the power of the pivot and set your own goals! Presenting yourself well - You are not just your CV.  When given the opportunity, you should present the ‘whole’ you.  What are your life and work experiences, and how, in the context of applying nutrition expertise, could this be valuable? Defining success - Anna is clear on this.  “It's been really important for us to enjoy our roles and it's something that we actually put front and centre in our business aims and objectives.”  How do you define success? Sustainability - Nutrition security is paramount and sustainability is increasingly being integrated into job roles and titles.  An ideal area to upskill! Data – We cannot ignore the exponential growth of AI and tech and the need for nutrition professionals to be part of this journey.  Nutrition Talent’s consultancy is underpinned by data informed strategic thinking for successful outcomes.  High quality data has value, and we shouldn’t be scared of it! We'd like to say a big thank you to our community for being an integral part of our journey over our six years to date.  We hope you can learn from these reflections - they have inspired and empowered Anna and Danielle to continue to grow.  The podcast ends with some forward thinking about the next 6 years and beyond!  How has your professional life changed over the past 6 years?  What do you want to map out for yourself over the next 6 years? Feel free to let us know!  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our company, Nutrition Talent and how we could work together. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy. In this podcast Anna and Danielle join in the chat with Emma Williams (Food, Nutrition & Health Consultant), Laura Wyness (Freelance Nutritionist) and Kate McCulla (Dietitian) in a (mostly!) light-hearted and Christmas themed conversation on a broad range of topics: 1.       Our Christmas tipple of choice 2.       Biggest professional achievement of 2023 3.       What sparked most joy in 2023 4.       Reverse advent calendaring! What we want to close the door on going forward. 5.       Next career goal for 2024 6.       Favourite festive food tradition 7.       What “gift” we would like for the nutrition world in 2024 With a diverse range of guests, we get a diverse range of answers!  What would your responses be??  We’d love to know! At risk of spoilers, we include links to some resources referenced: Nutritionists in Industry: https://www.nii.org.uk/ EIT: https://www.eitfood.eu/news/eit-food-to-receive-500-000-citi-foundation-funding-to-improve-food-security-in-europe Food Connections Podcast: https://audioboom.com/channels/5080003-food-connections Eating Well for Menopause: https://www.laurawyness.com/ But it wasn’t all work! You might also get some inspiration for your Christmas drinks cabinet! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our company, Nutrition Talent and how we could work together. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy. In this podcast Anna and Danielle chat to Alyson Greenhalgh-Ball, founder of Conscious Impact and an executive with over twenty-five years’ experience in the public health sector and across food systems - spanning healthcare, academic, commercial and non-executive director roles; and as a global nutrition lead within the food industry at the Kellogg Company. Alyson is a board member for numerous private and public sector organisations, Vice-Chair of the British Nutrition Foundation and an active member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2 Advocacy Hub. Alyson has certainly packed a lot into her professional life to date, and she’s keeping up the pace now. Following years of career pivots, she modestly asserts that she has always done the same thing regardless of the role – that is “talking about health and food and nutrition”. Starting from studying dietetics, Alyson has made an art out of spotting good opportunities, which has led her from epidemiology, through health technology, health communications and a global lead role within the food industry.  She has now distilled her immense professional experiences, carefully considered where she could add value and impact, and created her own business Conscious Impact. Along the way, Alyson has harnessed the power of “No” during her career, flipping the question “Why not?” to “Why?” to help guide her professional decisions.  Despite her significant professional success, she’s not immune to imposter syndrome.  Listen in to hear Alyson's tips on how to tackle this! One of Alyson’s current passion projects is “Beans is How” - a campaign by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2 (SDG2) Advocacy Hub to double global bean consumption by 2028. An ambitious target, but with Alyson’s track record and position on the Advisory Council, she’s the perfect partner for the project.  Find out more about the campaign here and access the newly published report: A Roadmap to Double Global Bean Consumption. From trusting your instincts in determining good opportunities, playing to your strengths while not being afraid to ask for help, to applying your skills and experience to a worthy campaign with a global reach…you’ll want to listen to this podcast!  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our company, Nutrition Talent and how we could work together. Web: ⁠www.nutritiontalent.com⁠ Email: ⁠info@nutritiontalent.com⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠@NutritionTalent⁠ Instagram: ⁠@Nutrition_talent⁠ Twitter: ⁠@NutritionTalent⁠ Follow Anna LinkedIn: ⁠@Anna Wheeler⁠ Follow Danielle LinkedIn: ⁠@DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy. Look at Matt Lawson’s CV and you’ll probably see under ‘Work History’ PFA Dietitian, The Football Association; Development Football Head, University of Nottingham; Team GB Dietitian, British Olympic Association. Under ‘Skills & Experience’, you’ll find UEFA Licenced Coach. Get a chance to look in his little black book, and you may see names like Sven Goran Eriksson, Ellen White and Carly Telford, Sophie Bradley and Alex Greenwood (major shout out to England’s women’s football team, past and present!). Talking of which during this episode, Nutrition Talent’s Anna reveals a secret football ambition from her 10-year-old self, and how she was an inadvertent women’s rights campaigner at this tender age – go Anna! Matt still considers himself a dietitian, first and foremost. Just how did Matt become a top sports dietitian? He jokes that it was primarily because he “failed in (his) bid to be a footballer”! But this early love of sport triggered an interest in how the body works, how what you eat and drink impacts performance, leading him to the world of dietetics. Matt talks about the common one-way system from dietetics towards clinical work, but he never let go of his true interest in sports and nutrition, choosing to go on to complete an MSc Nutrition with a dissertation in sports, then going on to study at Loughborough University to attain Sports accreditation. We hear about his early days, the challenges of improving the diet (and by extension performance) of his first football club – faced with a team eating burgers and chips when he first met them, he certainly had his work cut out! We are reminded that athletes are as human as we are – advice needs to be evidence based and individualised (seems so obvious now, but who considered that the dietary and performance needs of the striker would be different than the defence?!!). And some of these athletes live with diabetes, coeliac disease, IBS, disordered eating behaviours etc. – “they're just normal people at the end of the day”. There’s a multitude of other topics covered – supplements (banned or otherwise), recreational players and the opportunities to have a positive impact on nutrition and exercise at a grassroots level. Matt welcomes the evolution and developments in sports science, which of course informs his practice, and ends with a wish – to see both England teams win the championships…to be continued! Listen to the full episode here, or wherever you usually access your podcasts!   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our company, Nutrition Talent and how we could work together. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy. We are delighted to introduce Dr Gillian Purdon, RNutr (Public Health), Chief Nutritionist, Public Health Nutrition, Food Standards Scotland, who is charged with delivery of statutory objectives to improve and protect public health, improve diet at population level via the collection and interpretation of population level dietary intake data (“if we don’t have the data, we have nothing to say”), then the roll out of public health messaging that is both independent and evidence-based, with a focus on prevention. Of course, Gillian doesn’t do all this alone. Her team of nine Registered Nutritionists could be the largest team of nutrition professionals in any organisation in Scotland. Gillian and her team’s remit is broad, and the scale of the task is not lost on her – she says “When you look at people's diet, we're quite far away from where we need to be”. While campaigns can influence knowledge and opinion, they don’t always influence behaviour. There are of course many reasons for this, and Gillian discusses the food environment and cost as being factors, putting an interesting spin on the often versed ‘healthy diets are more expensive’ by using a cost per calorie comparison – insightful! On the hot topic of diets and sustainability, Gillian references the Climate Change Committee’s recommendations to reduce meat and dairy and reflects on how this might be implemented, while also being sensitive to health inequalities, how different population groups might be differentially affected by changes in a negative way. We get introduced to Good Food Nation - an opportunity for the public sector to showcase what can be done at a whole food system level. https://www.nourishscotland.org/campaigns/good-food-nation-bill/ Gillian tells us about the importance of collaboration - with industry, academia, environmental science, legislators – stressing that no single body has all the levers to activate change, and understanding the unique perspectives of all stakeholders is key. We have an interesting discussion about the importance of choosing language carefully and Gillian provides a great example in her choice of words regarding supermarket promotions - “rebalance rather than restrict”. We wrap up with words of wisdom for the nutrition professional who may be interested in a career in public health, and end with Nutrition Talent’s magic wand. What does Gillian’s preferred future look like for the health landscape of Scotland? – we’ll let you listen to find out! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our company, Nutrition Talent and how we could work together. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy. In this episode Anna interviews co-host, Professor Danielle McCarthy, who Queen’s University Belfast recently conferred with an honorary title of Professor of Practice, in recognition of her expertise in applying nutrition science. In true Humans of Nutrition style, we focus not only on what this accolade means and how it came about, but also how it felt. Danielle talks openly about what this latest landmark in her career journey means to her, and she hopes, the profession. An interesting listen for anyone who has transitioned or hopes to transition between academia and industry, or between sectors; including the challenges and reflections that can come up. This episode is we hope quite a motivational listen given this big career moment was one Danielle didn’t actually see coming, but is proof in the pudding that listening to your instincts, and having the courage to move toward what feels right to you can bring you to places you never would have thought possible. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our company, Nutrition Talent and how we could work together. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy. As we kick off series 2, and as we celebrate the ‘Humans of Nutrition’ podcast being shortlisted for the 2023 CN Award* for Nutrition Resource of the Year; we feel we can call ourselves podcasters! We reflect back on series 1, the feedback we have received from around the globe, how much we have learned from our brilliant guests, and we look forward to series 2. We set the podcast up in 2022 as a platform for our profession – to hear from the amazing nutritionists, dietitians and other professionals working with us across different health and wellness sectors. One thing we are very proud of is sharing the reality from our colleagues within the field – hearing about the human experience, including the challenges and not only the successes. We will share more stories in this way in series 2. If you would like to vote for us for the 2023 CN Award for Nutrition Resource of the Year, you can do so here by 20th July (and we would be very grateful!): https://nutrition2me.com/cn-awards/voting/ *The annual CN Awards were launched in 2010 by Complete Media & Marketing Ltd. (CM2) – publishers of Complete Nutrition (CN) Magazine. CM2 do not endorse any particular individual’s, group’s, organisation’s or company’s products, services, resources, views or opinions. For further details on the CN Awards, visit: www.nutrition2me.com/cn-awards - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our company, Nutrition Talent and how we could work together. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy. Dairy, nutrition and sustainability is the topic of this episode in which Danielle and Anna are joined by Zoe Kavanagh, Chief Executive of the National Dairy Council in Ireland, a dairy farmer funded organisation. She shares a number of thought provoking insights we think our listeners will want to hear from her view that sustainability is a big opportunity for dairy to restate itself as a highly nutritious food source produced responsibly at the centre of public health; to her deep knowledge of the diversity that exists not just within the dairy product category, but within its production process. Zoe paints a clear picture of the important differences between Irish, English and American dairy farmers that are often unknown or overlooked and she discusses the harsh reality that many dairy farmers face with their social license to be dairy farmers in their communities under threat. A deeply informative and thought provoking episode.   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our business, Nutrition Talent and how we can help you. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy. In this podcast, Anna and Danielle chat with Cathy Capelin, Head of Health and Sustainable Diets at IGD who shares her insights on what works and doesn’t in the area of sustainable and healthy diets. IGD is a registered charity which is working to drive change that makes a tangible difference for society, business and the individual, with commercial insight and social impact at the core of everything they do. Cathy also worked for many years at Kantar Worldpanel UK as Strategic Insight Director for the Nutrition and Public Sector and in this episode, she helps define sustainable and healthy diets from strategic and consumer perspectives. She shares the latest research from IGD’s innovative collaboration with Asda, Sainsburys and the University of Leeds which has identified what was successful and just as importantly, what wasn’t, in changing shopping behaviours within retail settings. Cathy openly discusses implementation of the new HFSS (high fat, sugar and salt) policy, her insights for the future, examples of great collaborations as well as the greatest challenges of her career. You can read IGD’s report here: https://www.igd.com/articles/article-viewer/t/healthy-sustainable-diets-driving-change/i/30157 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our business, Nutrition Talent, and how we can help you. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy. In this podcast Anna and Danielle chat to Dr Sarah Berry, an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at King's College London and a Scientific Advisor for Zoe, a health science company running the largest nutrition study in the world with over 4 million participants. Sarah has led more than 30 human nutrition studies in cardio-metabolic disease and is Lead Nutritional Scientist on the PREDICT programme which investigates the genetic, metabolic and meal dependent effects of food on individuals in the UK and US. Her team’s transformational approach to research into personalised nutrition, the integration of big data and citizen science has brought never seen before scale, breadth, depth and precision to nutrition science, blowing open our scientific understanding of the complexities of how food impacts our health. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our business, Nutrition Talent and how we can help you. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy. In this podcast Anna and Danielle share insights from their journey as Co-Founders of Nutrition Talent, a consultancy and recruitment company specialising in nutrition expertise. They share how it all began, the professional and personal considerations that instigated their entrepreneurial leap, where it is now and their thoughts and hopes for the future of Nutrition. Between them they have vast experience across the world of nutrition including academic research, health strategy development and the practical application of their nutrition knowledge in a vast number of contexts including food product development, communication campaigns, employee wellness programmes and many more. Listen in to hear their honest, very real perspectives of their Nutrition Talent journey so far. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our business, Nutrition Talent, and how we can help you. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy. In this podcast we delve into the career of our podcast co-host and co-founder of Nutrition Talent, Dr Danielle McCarthy. Interviewed by her fellow co-host Anna Wheeler, Danielle shares details of the scariest and most unexpected conversations she has had in her career to date. Listen in to this chat between friends and professionals to hear Danielle reflect openly about her experiences across her career to date which has included roles such as Head of Nutrition at Sainsbury's, Principal Scientist at GSK and Senior Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast working in the Institute for Global Food Security. She shares what areas she feels are critical to consider at this time and what she believes is needed for progress to be made. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our business, Nutrition Talent, and how we can help you. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy.  In this podcast we hear all about our podcast co-host and co-founder of Nutrition Talent, Anna Wheeler (RNutr). In this interview with her friend, co-host and colleague, Dr Danielle McCarthy, Anna who is the longest serving committee member of the Nutritionists in Industry group answers some big questions that professional Nutritionists face; How can we best communicate a complex science like nutrition? How do Nutritionists avoid being seen as the naysayer in an organisation? And the biggy: What is it like being a Nutritionist for Coca-Cola? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our business, Nutrition Talent, and how we can help you. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy. In this podcast we chat to our guest Barbara Bray who was awarded an MBE in 2019 for ‘Services to Food Nutrition’ and she shares who the quite unexpected nominator was. Barbara Bray has 20 years’ experience working in the nutrition and agri-food sectors in the UK and Europe, Middle East and African countries. Her work has inspired her to create solutions to encourage different parts of the food chain to collaborate and communicate more effectively with each other. A lot is covered in this episode - from nutrition smart agriculture, nutritional needs for those in their 40-50s, the role of social science in health and wellness and that trip to Buckingham Palace! In this episode Barbara talks about her podcast, which can be accessed here: Podcast: Women Positively Ageing, Barbara Bray - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our business, Nutrition Talent, and how we can help you. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In this trailer you will hear a little bit about us, what we do and why we’re launching this podcast. In this podcast we will delve into the world of Nutrition, interview expert guests from around the world and openly share our experiences and expertise. As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our business, Nutrition Talent, and how we can help you. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_Talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy. In this podcast Anna and Danielle are delighted to introduce Maria Traka, Head of Food and Nutrition National Bioscience Research Infrastructure (NBRI) at Quadram Institute. Danielle attended the Food & Nutrition NBRI Stakeholder Engagement Event earlier this year.  A key part of this stakeholder meeting was to generate discussion on how the McCance and Widdowson’s series of Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID) is currently being used.  Thanks to those who shared how this database informs their work - you can access our blog on the meeting here. But we needed to hear more about the important work being conducted!  As background, the Food & Nutrition NBRI was set up in 2023 and is a national coordinating ‘hub’ in nutrition and health and the leading national provider of new and continuously updated data tools and services vital for UK public health research and innovation. Of course the Food and Nutrition NBRI did not start from scratch – it is part of the evolution that traces back to pioneers of nutrition research, namely Robert McCance and Elsie Widdowson.  Tune in to find out: What has changed over the years?  Who uses food composition databases? For what? How often are nutritional databases updated? What needs to be considered to future proof nutritional databases to stay relevant? How do consumers influence what information may need to be captured on a nutritional database? (Inside scoop - Maria shares plans to include plant-based products in the dataset, a perfect example of consumer influence and future-proofing) As nutrition professionals, we know how challenging it is to make the complex simple.  Maria faces this challenge daily.  For example: How do we represent the range of different types of fibres that have different physiological impacts? How do we keep pace with food reformulations? We discuss nutrient profiling – an easy, accessible, at-a-glance way of categorising food.  But what is getting lost in translation? Where do bio-actives sit?  Additives? Processing techniques? UPF’s?  What about environmental scores?  The complexity of the work of NBRI is obvious and real – how does Maria deal with these professional challenges?  It’s a combination of values, vision, teamwork and being a realist. Maria ends with a plea to make data FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable.  If you have influence in the food data space, and are invested in public health benefit, let’s make it FAIR! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Is there a nutrition topic you’d like to hear discussed? Or a ‘Human of Nutrition’ you think would make a great guest? Email us at info@nutritiontalent.com. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help spread the word! Please share this episode with 1 person who you think might enjoy it.  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our company, Nutrition Talent and how we could work together. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy

Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy. In this podcast Anna and Danielle chat to their team member Kate McCulla, Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Development Manager for Nutrition Talent. Kate passionately believes that health professionals need to invest in developing their communication and behaviour change skills. Think about how you would like to be talked to if you were discussing a behaviour change with someone – especially on a topic where you are experiencing the (completely normal!) human experience of ambivalence (being uncertain about how you feel about change).  Would you respond better to: 1.      Being told what to do, or 2.     Being supported in a 2-way conversation that explores what is important to you and what your abilities and strengths are to help overcome barriers to change? It is widely accepted that imparting knowledge, giving information alone, or telling people what to do does not support behaviour change.  We need to couple our knowledge with communication skills in a way that enables action. With a focus on practical and learnable skills, Kate gives an outline of communication skills borrowed from the world of motivational interviewing. During Dietitian’s Week 2024, Kate also takes the opportunity to highlight one of the daily themes “Celebrating Us”, specifically suggesting that Registered Dietitians and Registered Nutritionists have more in common than there are differences. Nutrition Talent embodies this in supporting both professions in our mission of inspiring and connecting expertise! Resources referenced: https://www.bctonline.co.uk/ https://motivationalinterviewing.org/books - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Would training to develop your communication skills be useful? Let us know what areas you would find supportive of your professional development. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our diverse experience to help organisations achieve their nutrition and health goals by providing them with the expertise they need, when they need it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Is there a nutrition topic you’d like to hear discussed? Or a ‘Human of Nutrition’ you think would make a great guest? Email us at info@nutritiontalent.com.  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Help spread the word! Please share this episode with 1 person who you think might enjoy it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get in touch to find out more about our company, Nutrition Talent and how we could work together. Web: www.nutritiontalent.com Email: info@nutritiontalent.com LinkedIn: @NutritionTalent Instagram: @Nutrition_talent Twitter: @NutritionTalent Follow Anna LinkedIn: @Anna Wheeler Follow Danielle LinkedIn: @DrDanielleMcCarthy