RESOURCES
Resources
Some resources are listed below. These are suggestions only and are not
intended to be a definitive list.
Textbooks
Barnett, A, Understanding Ingredients. Oxford: Heinemann, 1998.
Blythman, J, Bad Food Britain: How a Nation Ruined its Appetite. London:
Fourth Estate, 2006
Clayton, P, Health Defence. Bucks: Accelerated Learning Systems Ltd, 2004
Brownsell V L, Griffith C J and Jones E, Applied Science for Food Studies.
Essex: Longman, 1989.
Lawrence, F G, Eat Your Heart Out. Essex: Penguin, 2008.
Fox B A and Cameron A G, Food Science, Nutrition and Health. London:
Arnold, 1995
Gaman P M and Sherrington K B, The Science of Food. Oxford: Heinemann,
1999.
Insel P, Turner R E and Ross D, Nutrition. London: Jones and Barlett
Publishers, 2001.
Kershaw AL (ed), Food File – Facts, issues and controversies. Carlisle: Carel
Press Ltd, 2008.
Mann J and Truswell A S, Essentials of Human Nutrition. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2007.
Proudlove R K, The Science and Technology of Foods. London: Forbes
Publications, 2000.
Piper B, Diet and Nutrition. Glos.: Stanley Thornes, 1999
Ulene A and V, The Vitamin Strategy. California: Ulysses Press, 1994.
Wardlaw G, Kessel M, Perspectives in Nutrition (5th edn). New York:
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2002.
Webb G P, Nutrition – a health promotion approach. London: Hodder
Arnold, 2008.
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RESOURCES
Publications/Reports
British Nutrition Society Briefing Papers, for example:
 Physical activity and health (2007)
 The health effects of dietary unsaturated fatty acids (2006)
 Nutrition in pregnancy (2006)
 Dietary calcium and health (2005)
 Vegetarian nutrition (2005)
Choosing the Right Ingredients: the Future for Food in Scotland . The
Scottish Government 2008.
Healthy Eating in Schools – a guide to implementing the nutritional
requirements for food and drink in schools (Scotland) regulations 2008. The
Scottish Government 2008.
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/09/12090355/2
Review of the Scottish Diet Action Plan: Progress and Impacts 1996 –2005,
NHS Health Scotland, 2006.
National Consumer Council: Your Food: Whose Choice, London: HMSO
Publication, 1992
Websites
www.bda.uk.com – The British Dietetic Association
www.bhf.org.uk – The British Heart Foundation
www.defra.gov.uk – Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
www.fabresearch.org – Food and Behaviour Research
www.fairtrade.org.uk – The FairTrade Foundation
www.fdf.org.uk – The Food and Drink Federation
www.food.gov.uk – The Food Standards Agency
www.ifst.org – The Institute of Food Science and Technology
www.nutrition.org .uk – The British Nutrition Society
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www.opsi.gov.uk – Office of Public Sector Information, updates on
legislation
www.organicconsumers.org – Organic Consumers Association
www.scotland.gov.uk – The Scottish Government
www.soilassociation.org – The Soil Association
www.sustainweb.org – Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming
www.vegsoc.org – The Vegetarian Society
http://ec.europa.eu/food//lafoodbellingnutrition/index_en.htm – EUROPA
Food labelling and nutrition
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