Teaching Primary Food and Nutrition

Last month, I was invited to join Claire and Frances at the British Nutrition Foundation to deliver an updated webinar on Building cultural awareness when delivering healthy eating messages. It…

Postpartum v.3

When we found out baby number 3 was on the way, one of the first things which came to mind was how we could organise the older two children’s school…

F2F Magazine interview

On a beautiful late spring morning, I met with Ursula Arens in Vauxhall, for her ‘face-to-face’ column in Network Health Dietitians. It was particularly enjoyable as we shared many things…

Food as discipline

Over a month after my grandmother (porpor) had passed, my family is still in mourning. According to Buddhist thought, this period lasts for seven weeks with the start of each…

The future of food education

No one doubts the value of education, but when it comes to food, what is it and how best to teach it? As a nutritionist, I have long practised ‘preaching’…

The language on food

Contextualising the understanding of food is of immense importance, and language and translation plays a critical part. As a bilingual practitioner, the problem for me is always how I could…