NHS Grampian Community Dietitians

03/01/2025

It's the time of year for resolutions, and these often include trying to lose some weight or eat more healthily. If you are trying to make healthier choices the British Dietetic Association has some helpful tips here: https://bit.ly/41wt4FE

02/01/2025

We have some spaces left in our Counterweight programmes for January start.

Counterweight is a free weight loss / management and behaviour change programme run in partnership NHS Grampian and Live Life Aberdeenshire’s Health and Wellbeing team.

This food-first programme is most suited for people with a BMI between 25 - 37.9 (for some ethnicities a BMI of less than 25 would meet criteria for the programme). BMI Calculator: https://www.nhs.uk/health-assessment-tools/calculate-your-body-mass-index

Our new blocks are due to start w/c January 6th…
💻Online via Microsoft Teams – Tuesdays 6:30pm
📍Fraserburgh Community and Sports Centre – Wednesdays 10am
📍Peterhead Leisure & Community Centre - Wednesdays 5:15pm
📍Inverurie Community Campus - Wednesdays 6pm
📍Stonehaven Leisure Centre – Thursdays 5:30pm
📍Deveron Community and Sports Centre – Fridays 6:30pm

Spaces are limited. For more information and to sign-up visit: https://livelifeaberdeenshire.org.uk/live-life-well/health-and-wellbeing-programmes/diabetes-programme/counterweight-programme/

01/01/2025

Wishing you all a very happy and healthy 2025. Happy New Year!

31/12/2024

It can be hard to know your weights and measures, particularly if you’re serving drinks at home or a party. A unit of alcohol can be a lot less than you think. The image below shows the units of alcohol of many common drinks. As we highlighted earlier this month consider low or no alcohol options or alternate between alcoholic and soft drinks so you won’t over indulge. Happy Hogmanay! More information is available here: https://bit.ly/4fLkabN

26/12/2024

You may well have leftovers following your Christmas feast. There’s lots of thing you can create with them, not just turkey sandwiches or bubble and squeak. The British Heart Foundation have 15 great ideas here: https://bit.ly/Thriftyleftovers

24/12/2024

It can be easy to eat too much, and many of us aren’t aware of portion sizes. To help with this serve yourself, and use your hand as a guide for portions, as this 'handy'😂 guide from the British Heart foundation shows.
Find out more from the BDA here: https://www.bda.uk.com/resource/food-facts-portion-sizes.html

23/12/2024

Adopting healthier habits can be easier than you think, the trick is to start with small manageable swaps.
- Try grilling meats rather than frying.
- To cut down on fat, remove skin and fat from meats as well.
- Swap refined white bread, rice and pasta for higher fibre wholemeal bread, whole wheat pasta and brown rice. These options will help to fill you up for longer.

20/12/2024

We often eat without thinking, especially if we’re at a party or with others. These tips may help.
- Try to slow down and really savour each mouthful.
- Eat before you go to a party so you can focus on chatting with your friends.
- Before eating have a drink of water – we often confuse hunger with thirst.
Healthy Weight Grampian has more information about mindful eating here: https://bit.ly/4fLPqHC

20/12/2024

19/12/2024

FREE Online x8 Session Parenting Programme - Starts January 2025. To sign up or to find out more, please email: [email protected]

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18/12/2024

Sign up to our specialist diabetes services that focus on what's important to you.

Whether you have Type 1, Type 2 or Prediabetes, our support will help if you're struggling with diet, weight loss, getting active, or if it feels too much.

Get support now at www.nhsgrampiandiabetes.scot.nhs.uk/support-services/

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18/12/2024

The cheeseboard is a temptation and cheese can be high in fat and salt. These tips may help you choose healthier options.
- Fill up on fruit and veg accompaniments such as apples, grapes and celery.
- Choose edam or brie, healthier options because they are naturally lower in fat.
- Have a smaller portion of a stronger cheese such as Danish blue
- Consider reduced fat variants of traditional cheese such as cheddar.

17/12/2024

We spy some party hats and a most excellent festive blouse, behind the door of no 16 on our advent calendar.

This wonderful bunch are our Allied Health Professional Leads. They help manage numerous multi-disciplinary teams across diverse professions, including podiatry, dieticians and speech and language therapy to name but a few examples.

These areas of expertise play a vital role in the building blocks of health & wellbeing in the community, and our leads are incredibly passionate about delivering person centred care right here in Aberdeenshire.

17/12/2024

17/12/2024

NHS Grampian's updated winter support guide is now available to download. It’s packed with helpful advice on staying well throughout the winter, as well as many useful contact numbers. You can download it here: https://www.nhsgrampian.org/winter-support/

16/12/2024

With seasonal socialising it can be easy to drink more than you mean to. These tips may help.
- Try lower alcohol or alcohol free beers or wines
- Add soda water to wine for a spritzer, or have a shandy.
- Alternate alcoholic drinks with low calorie soft drinks.
- Sip rather than glug
- Eat before you drink
- Offer to be the designated driver and enjoy some mocktails
Drinkaware have some helpful suggestions here: https://bit.ly/49fjpFp

16/12/2024

Members of our Community Dietetic team attended and presented at the Safe Swallow and Texture Modified Diet training sessions on 10th December. This was a great day with fantastic presentations from NHS Grampian Speech and Language Therapy, Catering and Dietetics departments as well as practical demonstrations from the Nutricia expert dysphagia chef.

If you are involved in preparing or serving food to people with swallowing difficulties or want to learn more please keep a look out for these training sessions in the future.

13/12/2024

You don't have to go without when you're having healthier swaps. You can still have Christmas pudding, just watch the portion size and swap brandy butter for half fait crème fraiche or custard made with semi-skimmed milk. Consider a small handful of dried fruit, or have a seasonal satsuma.