Community Nutrition Group (CNG) – Annual Conference 25-27 April 2005, the Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire

Community Nutrition Group (CNG) – Annual Conference 25-27 April 2005, the Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire

The CNG is the Specialist Group of the British Dietetic Association for those dietitians with an interest in community nutrition. For the first time the conference was open to other professions and was attended by a range of others with an interest in nutrition and health.

Particular attention was paid to Sustainability and Health and the procurement of local food. Food in Schools was the main theme on the third day of the conference.

For more information on all aspects of the CNG go to www.cnguk.org

Other issues from the event, which may be of interest are:

• Food fitness – from foodfitness@fdf.org.uk

• Slimming on referral part of a local obesity strategy for information go to www.slimming-world.com

• Soy and health for information go to www.alprosoya.co.uk

• The Food Commission at www.foodcomm.org.uk

• Food safety with information from www.fdf.org.uk

• The British Heart Foundation who produce a comprehensive range of informative booklets contact them at www.bhf.org.uk

• Healthy vending with information from the Health Education Trust at www.healthedtrust.com and on events on vending from www.alpha.nhs.uk