Thank you #Adelaide for the delicious culinary experience whilst attending our #DA2022 Dietitians Australia conference. Always nice to mix delicious food with business🍅🥖🫒

The kilojoule values assigned to #nuts may be an overestimation. Hearing from Cassandra Nikodijevic at #DA2022 that the metabolisable energy of nuts is up to 26% lower than that estimated by 100+ year-old Atwater factors. Dietitians Australia

Awesome #DA2022 talk @KarlyZacharia on the eating behaviours of stroke survivors. Lots of important learnings on how programs can be developed to support healthy eating as part of lifestyle management BEYOND the acute setting, including need to access dietitians. Dietitians Australia

Check out this fantastic PhD opportunity to work with a leading team including the incredible researcher and dietitian Heidi Staudacher PhD AdvAPD

The CO2 equivalent emissions of 5 common hospital pathology tests. Each FBE is equivalent to a car driving 770m! So interesting listening to @ForbesMcGain talk about sustainable healthcare at the PA Hospital Health Symposium PA Hospital Brisbane A/Prof Ingrid Hickman

Thanks for an excellent presentation on the U-DECIDE study A/Prof Ingrid Hickman in our allied health models of care session. See the design of our technology assisted diet/exercise intervention for people with complex chronic conditions here researchprotocols.org/2022/7/e37556/

FALSE ❌ Choosing dairy milk or plant-based milks is a personal decision, and both can be part of a heart-healthy diet! If you choose to drink plant-based milks, it’s important to choose one fortified with calcium and with no added sugar ✅ Learn more 👉 fal.cn/3rm4i

Fantastic to see this work being done! Strength training is a fundamental (yet often forgotten) physical activity recommendation with profound benefits to overall health and wellbeing (particularly as we age!) 🏋️‍♀️💪#exerciseismedicine mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/1…

Excited to have been invited by Cath Itsiopoulos to contribute to my first opinion and evidence update article on 'The anti-inflammatory effects of a Mediterranean diet: a review'. Check out the early pub here journals.lww.com/co-clinicalnut… Great figure by coauthor A/Prof Colleen Thomas

Good news for walnut lovers! A new SR of recent cohort studies & RCTs finds #walnut consumption improves lipid profiles & is linked with ↓ CVD risk. The results back up earlier research in this area. bit.ly/3cnDm41

Emerging leaders in nutrition this leadership development course may be just for you! Apply now. Course being held 30 June to 8 July 2023 at Genazzano retreat in far North Queensland.

Higher Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet Is Associated with Improved Insulin Sensitivity and Selected Markers of Inflammation in Individuals Who Are Overweight and Obese without Diabetes mdpi.com/1900172 #mdpinutrients via Nutrients MDPI

While relaxing in the rolling hills of Tuscany a couple of weeks ago it was lovely to receive the news that I have been awarded Advanced APD credential! Congratulations to all the recipients this round. I looking forward to contributing further to our profession Dietitians Australia

Why eat more legumes!? Thanks Heart Foundation 1 nutritious, great for heart 2 affordable, long shelf-life 3 versatile, easy to cook with 4 increase veg 5 great for gut 6 easy for people with dietary preferences 7 planet-friendly & sustainable heartfoundation.org.au/blog/why-you-n…

Fish intake and human health - recent umbrella review of MAs of observational studies. "Evidence was deemed as possible for the association between higher fish intake and decreased risk of the acute coronary syndrome, liver cancer, and depression." doi.org/10.1080/096374…

Celebrating a fabulous week for new @MetSthHealth collaborations! Grateful to be awarded research grants: -mentor of novice research clinician awarded grant evaluating new MDT post-acute community service -a member of team doing RCT of novel diet interventions in schizophrenia

🚨CHD & T2D clinician views of diet management. Challenges: time & resource constraints, variable access to dietitians, inconsistent advice. Investment in dietitians esp for MDT support needed! Jaimon Kelly A/Prof Ingrid Hickman Lynette Law Katrina Campbell onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17…

Thanks Dietitians Australia Hopefully these findings from real world clinician views can help us leverage changes to have more dietary services available to match the importance that all clinicians place on nutrition in CHD and T2D management in public health services A/Prof Ingrid Hickman

Mediterranean diet ranks best diet overall 2023 (again) by US News & World Report. It is considered family, budget and planet friendly. DASH diet, which closely aligns to Med was ranked 2nd overall and #1 for heart healthy. health.usnews.com/best-diet/best…

I am pleased to share that the review I worked on with my colleague and friend Amandine (who isn't on Twitter) is now published! 👏 A fantastic effort by the team Pooja Adhyaru | Fertility & Pregnancy Dietitian A/Prof Ingrid Hickman Katrina Campbell Dr Hannah Mayr APD PhD Jaimon Kelly (open access) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jh…