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myfood24 to be propelled into the health service by Yorkshire & Humber’s AHSN
We are very excited to announce that the team behind myfood24, Dietary Assessment Ltd, have been selected to take part in this year’s Propel@YH accelerator programme run by Yorkshire & Humber’s AHSN. The 6 month programme aims to help 10 digital health companies navigate the NHS and deliver their innovations to patients and the wider…
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Trust Me, I’m a Doctor – are Huel shakes as healthy as they claim?
We live in a world where everyone has increasingly busy lifestyles. Often we don’t have the time to cook for ourselves or meals are simply forgotten. But could an instant meal replacement shake really be our future diet? In BBC Two’s Trust Me, I’m a Doctor episode 5 Dr Alain Gregoire tested the meal replacement…
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It’s been a busy month…
There’s been lots of great nutrition and diet conferences this October, and Janet’s been at quite a few! Over the past month Prof Janet Cade’s been busy discussing the importance of accurate, valid and reliable dietary assessment tools at a number of events and conferences including: FENS, BDA Health and Nutrition and Wheat-Health. Read on…
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New myfood24 website launches
We’re very excited to share with you our new look website! Our newly updated website now has more myfood24 related content than ever, we hope you like it! Read on to see what’s changed. What’s different? We’ve taken your feedback to improve your experience of the myfood24 website and made changes to the following: Login…
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Dietary Assessment Ltd have a new home!
We’ve very excited to announce that Nexus is now the new home of the myfood24 team. As of September the team behind myfood24, Dietary Assessment Ltd, have a new home on the University of Leeds campus, Nexus. Nexus is an innovative hub that aims to bring together and connect businesses with world-leading research. “We’re thrilled…
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Advisory Group Meeting
We recently held our second advisory group meeting to discuss our continued development of myfood24 in a variety of areas. Our panel includes experts in the fields of nutrition and dietetics, public health, psychology and a patient representative. We work collaboratively to help better understand the ways in which myfood24 can support a whole range…
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Dietary Assessment Ltd listed in top 50 tech firms
We’re very pleased to announce that we have been listed in the top 10 tech firms in the Yorkshire and Humber region A recent ranking for Business Clouds Yorkshire and Humberside Tech 50 has placed the team behind myfood24 as number 10! The ranking was decided based on a public vote and a judging panel,…
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New team member for Dietary Assessment Ltd
We’re very excited to welcome a new recruit to our growing team Dietary Assessment have expanded their team with the appointment of a new Nutritionist & Database Assistant, Grace Williams. Grace is a recent University of Leeds Graduate where she studied Nutrition, Grace will utilise these knowledge and skills to help continue the expansion of…
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New weight management campaign launched to tackle obesity
The new campaign aims to raise awareness of the impact of obesity-related-ill-health and features our founder Prof Janet Cade. We’re pleased to announce that our founder, Prof Janet Cade, has recently worked with Mediaplanet on the 2019 Health Awareness: Weight Management campaign alongside other thought-leaders and industry experts. The article features exclusive content from Prof…
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Call for clearer labelling after Sugar content of honey and syrups analysed
Despite honey and syrups being classed as free sugars, the same as table sugar, products containing them are often marketed as ‘healthier’ products, potentially misleading consumers. Action on Sugar are calling for clearer front of pack labelling. In 2015 the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition advised that the term ‘free sugars’ should replace the terms…
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Prof Cade talks dietary assessment at ILSI meeting
Prof Janet Cade discussed the latest advances in dietary assessment technologies suchas apps and wearables, including the validation of myfood24, at the annual ILSI meeting held in Florida. Article written by Prof Janet Cade: Best practice guidelines for reporting new technologies to measure diet I was lucky enough to get some winter sunshine at the…
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Fruit juice vs whole fruit and the risk of CVD
New Study: Pure fruit juice and fruit consumption and the risk of CVD: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition–Netherlands (EPIC-NL) study There is strong evidence to suggest that fruit and vegetable consumption reduces the risk of a variety of diseases including cardiovascular disease (CVD). The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that individuals should…


