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Humans Of NutritionFood Composition Databases - how are they evolving? With Maria Traka (S3 E7)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast Anna and Danielle are delighted to introduce Maria Traka, Head of Food and Nutrition National Bioscience Research Infrastructure (NBRI) at Quadram Institute.
Danielle attended the Food & Nutrition NBRI Stakeholder
Engagement Event earlier this year. A key part of this stakeholder meeting was to generate discussion on how the McCance and Widdowson’s series of Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID) is currently being used. Thanks to those who shared how this database informs thei...2024-06-2744 minHumans Of NutritionCommunication skills and motivational approaches with Kate McCulla (S3 E6)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast Anna and Danielle chat to their team member Kate McCulla, Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Development Manager for Nutrition Talent.
Kate passionately believes that health professionals need to invest in developing their communication and behaviour change skills.
Think about how you would like to be talked to if you were discussing a behaviour change with someone – especially on a topic where you are experiencing the (completely normal!) human experience of ambivalence (being un...2024-06-0541 minHumans Of NutritionVitamin D – The inside story with Professor Sue Lanham-New (S3 E5)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast Anna and Danielle chat to Professor Sue Lanham-New, Professor of Human Nutrition and Head of Nutritional Science Department at University of Surrey.
Sue’s research focuses on Vitamin D – she is passionate about helping people living with osteoporosis and
happily volunteers her time and expert knowledge to osteoporosis charities. A true “Human of Nutrition”!
Anna and Danielle step back in time, returning to the University of Surrey where they studied, became friends a...2024-05-2143 minHumans Of NutritionAnna and Danielle go back to uni! (S3 Bonus)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.
In this bonus episode, Anna and Danielle reflect on their 20-year journey since graduating from the University of Surrey. Back on campus to deliver a careers workshop to current students, they discuss the nostalgia of returning and the memories it brings back.
They also share advice they would give their younger selves, emphasising the importance of determination, work-life balance, and confidence. The episode concludes with their hopes for the future of their careers...2024-05-0112 minHumans Of NutritionInvestors in the Food System with Rebecca Tobi (S3 E4)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast Anna and Danielle chat to Rebecca Tobi, Registered Nutritionist and Senior Business and Investor Engagement Manager at the Food Foundation.
Rebecca highlights the importance of collaboration
and engagement with businesses and investors in promoting healthy and sustainable diets. If you’ve never really considered the role of investors in the food system and how this drives change, this podcast is rich with insight. Hear about opportunities and risks from the
investor perspective, their int...2024-04-1040 minHumans Of NutritionBridging human nutrition and animal nutrition Liz Leigh-Firbank (S3 E3)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast Anna and Danielle chat to Dr Liz Leigh-Firbank, a nutritionist and product developer with expertise in nutrition communications and strategy, food product development, regulatory and sensory evaluation.
Currently with Lintbells, an animal nutrition company that produces products for pets, it’s fair to say that Liz’s career path from studying Nutrition and Food Science at Surrey (the same as Anna and Danielle!) to her current role has been career pivoting in action!
2024-03-2035 minHumans Of NutritionNavigating Menopause with Dr Laura Wyness and Lynn Burns (S3 E2)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.
Anna and Danielle chat to registered nutritionists, Dr Laura Wyness and Lynn Burns, about navigating perimenopause. This has become a hot(!) topic, bringing the conversation into the public domain, while creating an explosion of supplements and products targeted at women that may not be supported by evidence – ever heard of menowashing?
Laura and Lynn cut through the noise in their book, and we are delighted to share their insights in this critical area of health.
T...2024-02-2653 minHumans Of NutritionNutrition Talent is 6! (S3 E1)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast Anna and Danielle celebrate Nutrition Talent’s 6th birthday!
To mark the occasion, they reflect on 6 themes that represent key areas of learning, growth and change during the past 6 years.
Listen in to hear what they have to share on:
The whole package and salary negotiations – The rise of
remote and hybrid roles, the importance of job satisfaction and enjoyment as well as salary, how we gauge our “value” as nutri...2024-02-0148 minHumans Of NutritionChristmas Edition (S2 E9)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast Anna and Danielle join in the chat with Emma Williams (Food, Nutrition & Health Consultant), Laura Wyness (Freelance Nutritionist) and Kate McCulla (Dietitian) in a (mostly!) light-hearted and Christmas themed conversation on a broad range of topics:
1. Our Christmas tipple of choice
2. Biggest professional achievement of 2023
3. What sparked most joy in 2023
4. Reverse advent calendaring! What we want to close the door on going forward.
5. Next career goal for 2024
6. ...2023-12-1350 minHumans Of NutritionThe USA perspective on health policy and trends with Barbara Ruhs (S2 E8)In this episode we speak to our first international guest,
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Barbara Ruhs, who joins us from Arizona, USA.
Barb tells us about the fascinating and diverse phases in
her career which have included working on school meals, private practice, sports nutrition and retail, not to mention a position at Harvard.
We have heard time and time again from our colleagues in the field including our Humans of Nutrition podcast guests, how utterly fascinating people’s career journeys can be within nutrition, with all the twists and turns
and ups and downs. Barb sh...2023-11-211h 04Humans Of NutritionMaking a 'Conscious Impact' in sustainability with Alyson Greenhalgh-Ball (S2 E7)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast Anna and Danielle chat to Alyson Greenhalgh-Ball, founder of Conscious Impact and an executive with over twenty-five years’ experience in the public health sector and across food systems - spanning healthcare, academic, commercial and non-executive director roles; and as a global nutrition lead within the food industry at the Kellogg Company.
Alyson is a board member for numerous private and public sector organisations, Vice-Chair of the British Nutrition Foundation and an active member of...2023-10-2534 minHumans Of NutritionThe working life of a top sports nutritionist with Matt Lawson (S2 E6)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.
Look at Matt Lawson’s CV and you’ll probably see under ‘Work History’ PFA Dietitian, The Football Association; Development Football Head, University of Nottingham; Team GB Dietitian, British Olympic Association. Under
‘Skills & Experience’, you’ll find UEFA Licenced Coach. Get a chance to look in his little black book, and you may see names like Sven Goran Eriksson, Ellen White and Carly Telford, Sophie Bradley and Alex Greenwood (major shout out to England’s women’s football team, past and pre...2023-10-0334 minHumans Of NutritionPublic health in Scotland - from data to collaborations with Gillian Purdon (S2 E5)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.
We are delighted to introduce Dr Gillian Purdon, RNutr (Public Health), Chief Nutritionist, Public Health Nutrition, Food Standards Scotland, who is charged with delivery of statutory objectives to improve and protect public health, improve diet at population level via the collection and interpretation of population level dietary intake data (“if we don’t have the data, we have nothing to say”), then the roll out of public health messaging that is both independent and evidence-based, with a focus on pre...2023-08-2240 minHumans Of NutritionHealth and food retailer/grocer perspectives with Nilani Sritharan (S2 E4)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.
In this episode we have a brilliant in-depth conversation with Nilani Sritharan, Group Head of Healthy and Sustainable Diets at Sainsbury’s. Nilani tells us about her hugely varied role, which includes working on over 10,000 own brand products!
Nilani explains the importance of data and how personalisation can lead to opportunities to help customers navigate towards healthier choices. She also tells us how applied research such as in-store food environment trials can help us to understand th...2023-08-0936 minHumans Of NutritionAI and keeping the 'human in the loop' with Markus Stripf (S2 E3)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.
In this episode we hear from Markus Stripf, an insightful co-founder who built tech company, Spoon Guru, around nutrition expertise. “Our first hire was a nutritionist- there’s no point building something that’s technologically sophisticated but scientifically inaccurate”. He describes his team’s work as operating at the intersection between health and technology with a substantial part of the company made up of nutritionists. He talks us through what robust methodology looks like in the space of AI, food a...2023-07-2538 minHumans Of NutritionA new career milestone featuring Prof Danielle McCarthy (S2 E2)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.
In this episode Anna interviews co-host, Professor Danielle McCarthy, who Queen’s University Belfast recently conferred with an honorary title of Professor of Practice, in recognition of her expertise in applying nutrition science.
In true Humans of Nutrition style, we focus not only on what this accolade means and how it came about, but also how it felt. Danielle talks openly about what this latest landmark in her career journey means to her, and she hopes, th...2023-07-1129 min
Humans Of NutritionUnleashing Nutrition Podcasters! (S2 E1)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Prof Danielle McCarthy.
As we kick off series 2, and as we celebrate the ‘Humans of Nutrition’ podcast being shortlisted for the 2023 CN Award* for Nutrition Resource of the Year; we feel we can call ourselves podcasters! We reflect back on series 1, the feedback we have received from around the globe, how much we have learned from our brilliant guests, and we look forward to series 2.
We set the podcast up in 2022 as a platform for our profession – to hear from t...2023-06-2811 minHumans Of NutritionReflections of a digital nomad featuring Anna Wheeler (Bonus)Covid has undoubtably brought dramatic changes to the workplace, with many more of us working remotely some or all of the time. There has also been a big shift as to where in the world we can work, including the increasing trend of being a ‘digital nomad’. Our Co-Founder Anna recently had a taste of the digital nomad lifestyle during a six-week working holiday in Madeira.
In this bonus episode of the Humans of Nutrition podcast, Danielle grills Anna about her experience – the pros, the cons and the tips for others considering a similar move, and of course...2023-03-2326 minHumans Of NutritionWhen you say yes to a TV show featuring Dr Danielle McCarthy (Bonus)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast Danielle shares details of her first ever experience of being front of camera in a TV shoot. An experience that absolutely changed her mind on how the media, companies and nutrition professionals can work comfortably together. There is no denying this was a ‘feel the fear and do it anyway’ moment for Danielle and in this episode she is absolutely honest about her experience. She shares tips on what really helped and went very well on t...2023-02-2418 minHumans Of NutritionMeet Head of Nutrition at Jamie Oliver Ltd - Jenny Rosborough (S1 E9)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast Anna and Danielle chat with Jenny Rosborough, Head of Nutrition at Jamie Oliver Limited, previously a Campaign Manager at Action on Sugar and prior to that a Senior Nutritionist and Programme Developer of MEND, a family weight management programme. A real custodian of nutrition and health, she blends being a campaigner and spokesperson who holds food system stakeholders to account, with driving commercial implementation of healthy practice at Jamie Oliver Limited. Jenny’s eloquence, knowledge of...2023-02-1727 minHumans Of NutritionIntegrating dairy, nutrition and sustainability with Zoe Kavanagh (S1 E8)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy.
Dairy, nutrition and sustainability is the topic of this episode in which Danielle and Anna are joined by Zoe Kavanagh, Chief Executive of the National Dairy Council in Ireland, a dairy farmer funded organisation. She shares a number of thought provoking insights we think our listeners will want to hear from her view that sustainability is a big opportunity for dairy to restate itself as a highly nutritious food source produced responsibly at the centre of public health...2023-01-3036 min
Humans Of NutritionHow to change shopping behaviours within retail settings with Cathy Capelin (S1 E7)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast, Anna and Danielle chat with Cathy Capelin, Head of Health and Sustainable Diets at IGD who shares her insights on what works and doesn’t in the area of sustainable and healthy diets. IGD is a registered charity which is working to drive change that makes a tangible difference for society, business and the individual, with commercial insight and social impact at the core of everything they do. Cathy also worked for many years at Ka...2023-01-1226 minHumans Of NutritionZOE, PREDICT studies and more - transformational research with Sarah Berry (S1 E6)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast Anna and Danielle chat to Dr Sarah Berry, an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at King's College London and a Scientific Advisor for Zoe, a health science company running the largest nutrition study in the world with over 4 million participants. Sarah has led more than 30 human nutrition studies in cardio-metabolic disease and is Lead Nutritional Scientist on the PREDICT programme which investigates the genetic, metabolic and meal dependent effects of food on...2023-01-0334 minHumans Of NutritionEP 6 - Humans of Nutrition // Sarah BerryWelcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast Anna and Danielle chat to Dr Sarah Berry, an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at King's College London and a Scientific Advisor for Zoe, a health science company running the largest nutrition study in the world with over 4 million participants. Sarah has led more than 30 human nutrition studies in cardio-metabolic disease and is Lead Nutritional Scientist on the PREDICT programme which investigates the genetic, metabolic and meal dependent effects of food on...2023-01-0333 min
Humans Of NutritionBeing a Nutrition Entrepreneur featuring Dr Danielle McCarthy and Anna Wheeler (S1 E1)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast Anna and Danielle share insights from their journey as Co-Founders of Nutrition Talent, a consultancy and recruitment company specialising in nutrition expertise. They share how it all began, the professional and personal considerations that instigated their entrepreneurial leap, where it is now and their thoughts and hopes for the future of Nutrition.
Between them they have vast experience across the world of nutrition including academic research, health strategy development and the practical application...2022-11-0322 minHumans Of NutritionKnow Your Host featuring Dr Danielle McCarthy (RNutr) (S1 E2)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast we delve into the career of our podcast co-host and co-founder of Nutrition Talent, Dr Danielle McCarthy. Interviewed by her fellow co-host Anna Wheeler, Danielle shares details of the scariest and most unexpected conversations she has had in her career to date. Listen in to this chat between friends and professionals to hear Danielle reflect openly about her experiences across her career to date which has included roles such as Head of Nutrition at Sainsbury's...2022-11-0321 minHumans Of NutritionKnow your Host featuring Anna Wheeler (S1 E3)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast we hear all about our podcast co-host and co-founder of Nutrition Talent, Anna Wheeler (RNutr). In this interview with her friend, co-host and colleague, Dr Danielle McCarthy, Anna who is the longest serving committee member of the Nutritionists in Industry group answers some big questions that professional Nutritionists face; How can we best communicate a complex science like nutrition? How do Nutritionists avoid being seen as the naysayer in an organisation? And the biggy: What i...2022-11-0320 minHumans Of NutritionAgri-food and nutrition smart agriculture with Barbara Bray MBE (S1 E4)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast we chat to our guest Barbara Bray who was awarded an MBE in 2019 for ‘Services to Food Nutrition’ and she shares who the quite unexpected nominator was. Barbara Bray has 20 years’ experience working in the nutrition and agri-food sectors in the UK and Europe, Middle East and African countries. Her work has inspired her to create solutions to encourage different parts of the food chain to collaborate and communicate more effectively with each other. A lot is...2022-11-0326 minHumans Of NutritionAddressing food insecurity in the community sector with Jude Bailie (S1 E5)Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy.
In this podcast Danielle goes on the road to chat with Jude Bailie, Director of the Warehouse, a place and space that helps support people in crisis. The Warehouse houses a social supermarket, a crisis kitchen, a community fridge, hosts many community mealtimes, has a wear ‘n’ share department as well as a community garden. An amazing example of healthy sustainable food access in action without shame. In this episode Jude shares the issues faced by those she serv...2022-11-0127 minHumans Of NutritionChannel Trailer // Welcome to the Humans of Nutrition PodcastWelcome to the Humans of Nutrition Podcast brought to you by Registered Nutritionists Anna Wheeler and Dr Danielle McCarthy.
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In this trailer you will hear a little bit about us, what we do and why we’re launching this podcast. In this podcast we will delve into the world of Nutrition, interview expert guests from around the world and openly share our experiences and expertise.
As nutrition professionals working in multiple contexts, we want to use our di...2022-10-0304 min