2016 - Monthly Archive

*NEW Food Pyramid launched by Dept. of Health

06 Dec

News for Public

Louise Reynolds

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*NEW Food Pyramid launched by Dept. of Health

The Department of Health keeps dietary recommendations under review as part of its role in promoting evidence based public health. As part of this review, the new Healthy Food for Life – the He read more..

Irish Cancer patients at risk from ill-informed dietary advice

30 Nov

News for Public

Louise Reynolds

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Irish Cancer patients at risk from ill-informed dietary advice

Fad diets harming Irish cancer patients Having a poor diet can even have major implications for the overall outcome of cancer treatment, say doctors. IRISH CANCER DOCTORS have warn read more..

Working as a Dietitian in the Irish Health Service

10 Nov

News for Members

Louise Reynolds

5053

Working as a Dietitian in the Irish Health Service

General Information on Dietitian Health Service employment opportunities (Nov 2016) The majority of health service Dietitian posts in Ireland are based in the hospital setting, in both publ read more..

13 Sep

News for Members

Maeve Tuohy

1266

Haematology Oncology Study Day

Haematology Oncology Study Day The 2016 Haematology Oncology Study Day will take place on Friday October 21st in Tallaght Hospital. Please check the INDI website in the coming da... read more..

10 Aug

Neurological Conditions

Niamh Murphy

16480

Dementia; The Dining Experience

CONSIDER THE DINING ENVIRONMENT The dining environment and surroundings can affect how well a person with dementia eats.Helping a person with dementia to eat may take 45 minutes to an h... read more..

30 Jun

News for Public

Louise Reynolds

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Ketogenic Diets in the News again!

The Irish Times Health Supplement published our article on the Ketogenic Diet on Tuesday June 28th. We were happy for our members Eimear Forbes, Ketogenic specialist dietitian in Temple Street Child read more..

HSCP Research Conference 2016 - Call for Abstracts

29 Jun

News for Members

Maeve Tuohy

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HSCP Research Conference 2016 - Call for Abstracts

The HSCP Research Conference will take place on Wednesday 16th November this year. The closing date for submission of abstracts for the conference has been extended to Monday 18th Jul... read more..

21 Jun

News for Public

Louise Reynolds

6059

Get the Folic Habit!

INDI is delighted to support Safefood's Folic Acid campaign. Thank you to Sinead Curran, Dietitian who worked on these FAQs for Health Professionals on behalf of INDI. Check out the Folic FAQS for read more..

08 Jun

News for Public

Louise Reynolds

5931

Congratulations!

Four INDI Dietitians receive their PhDs at UCD on June 2nd. All are active INDI members. They are Dr Cathy Breen, Dr Mary Horan, Dr Conor Kerley and Dr Aoibheann McMorrow. T read more..

HIQA Report of the review of nutrition and hydration care in public acute hospitals

01 Jun

News for Members

Maeve Tuohy

684

HIQA Report of the review of nutrition and hydration care in public acute hospitals

The new HIQA Report on nutrition and hydration in public care acute hospitals was published on Friday 27th May 2016. The full report can be accessed here: HIQA Report of the review of nu... read more..

26 May

News for Members

Fiachra Duffy

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Closing Date for CORU

October 31st 2016 is the closing date for the Dietitan Register. After this date if you are not registered you will not lawfully be allowed to use the protected title of dietitian. Please s... read more..

14 May

Public

Fiachra Duffy

35219

Contact Us

Administrative Enquiries Irish Nutrition & Dietetic Institute C/O Airfield Estate,Overend Ave, Dundrum, Dublin 14Dublin, D14 EE77 Email: info@indi.ie Tel: 01-2150508 Opening Hours: 9am to... read more..

Cancer patients risking health on fad diets!

14 May

News for Public

Louise Reynolds

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Cancer patients risking health on fad diets!

Journalist Jill Nesbitt highlights in today's The Times (Irish edition, May 14th) how experts have warned that cancer patients are putting their treatment at risk by following alternative die read more..

Ketogenic Diet Not Suitable For Cancer Patients

09 May

News for Public

Louise Reynolds

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Ketogenic Diet Not Suitable For Cancer Patients

Top story in today's online edition of The Times, written by journalist Jill Nesbitt, takes a closer look at the Ketogenic Diet and the claims made by authors Domini Kemp and Patricia Daly. The Ket read more..

07 Apr

Public

Ian Coleman

7291

Instructions for use of Diet Sheets

Instructions_for_use_of_diet_sheets.pdf... read more..

07 Apr

Diabetes Interest Group

Ian Coleman

843

Physical Activity and Diabetes

Physical_Activity_and_DM_national_diet_sheet_D.I.G._July_2015.pdf... read more..

14 Mar

News for Public

Louise Reynolds

6018

High-Energy Drinks

Energy drinks have risen in popularity in recent years and are now sold in over 165 countries worldwide. On the island of Ireland, energy drinks advertising accounted for 20% of the total soft drinks ... read more..

Important: Updated Healthy Eating Dietary Guidelines and Food Pyramid

01 Feb

News for Members

Louise Reynolds

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Important: Updated Healthy Eating Dietary Guidelines and Food Pyramid

You may be aware that since early 2015 work has been ongoing at the Department of Health and Children (DOH) to review and update Ireland’s Healthy Eating Dietary Guidelines. A Working ... read more..

27 Jan

Heart Health

Louise Reynolds

10119

Cut Down on Salt

In the Irish diet, we generally consume too much salt on a daily basis. This is not good news for our heart health. To find out more, have a look at this leaflet from the Irish Heart Foundation on hel... read more..

06 Jan

News for Public

Eileen O Brien

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New Year...Fresh Start!

With the excesses of Christmas behind us many people are looking forward to a happier and healthier new year. INDI have a range of factsheets to help you get off to a good start.... Need to l read more..