{"id":12538,"date":"2016-09-20T09:33:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T08:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=12538"},"modified":"2016-09-20T09:33:04","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T08:33:04","slug":"sizing-up-our-diets-for-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2016\/09\/sizing-up-our-diets-for-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Sizing Up Our Diets for Health"},"content":{"rendered":"

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council is encouraging residents to measure their diets against healthy eating guidelines as part of the Council\u2019s innovative Community Diet and Nutrition Education Programme (CDNEP).<\/h1>\n
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Dr Janice McConnell, pictured with library assistant Aidan Pettigrew at the recent Health Fair at Greystone Library. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Programme, which runs as part of the Council\u2019s wider Public Health Nutrition (PHN) agenda, provides professional dietary advice with the overall aim of educating people on what makes a healthy diet.<\/p>\n

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council\u2019s Public Health Nutritionist, Dr Janice McConnell commented, \u201cWhat we eat is very important to our health and wellbeing, however, eating healthily is also about managing how much we eat of particular foods and how regularly we eat them.\u00a0 This is important because dietary patterns in Northern Ireland continue to fall short of healthy eating recommendations.\u201d Janice continued \u201cChanging dietary habits is therefore crucial for the long-term health of our population and Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council is committed to supporting both individuals and enabling \u00a0populations in making healthier choices\u201d.<\/p>\n

The PHN agenda has been developed based on evidence and identified need in our Borough and is designed to increase awareness, bring about changes in lifestyle and restructure the environment to make healthier choices the easier choice for everyone.<\/p>\n

For more information on public health nutrition services and interventions contact Dr Janice McConnell on E. Janice.McConnell@antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk<\/a> or<\/p>\n

T. 028 9034 0174.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council is encouraging residents to measure their diets against healthy eating guidelines as part of the Council\u2019s innovative Community Diet and Nutrition Education Programme (CDNEP). The Programme, which runs as part of the Council\u2019s wider Public Health Nutrition (PHN) agenda, provides professional dietary advice with the overall aim of educating people … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12540,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12538\/revisions\/12540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}