We have listed a number of other websites related to nutrition and healthy eating, which health promoters might find useful.
Nutrition and Healthy Eating Websites
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Active Scotland – Looking for ways to get active, but not sure where to start? Active Scotland is here to get you going.
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BBC Food & Recipes – Find recipes from your favourite chefs and TV programmes or search by ingredients.
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Braveheart – Braveheart works in anticipatory healthcare to make a positive difference to the health of people living with long term conditions in Falkirk District and Clackmannanshire, Scotland.
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British Dietetic Association – ‘The British Dietetic Association, established in 1936, is the professional association for dietitians.’ Food fact sheets are available on a wide range of dietary topics, they can be downloaded and printed free of charge.
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British Heart Foundation – This site has information on heart health, it contains facts about the heart, lifestyle tips and ideas of how to fundraise and has information on campaigns and events.
Other BHF links: Healthy Eating | Heart Matters
- Eating Well, Living Well – your guide to keeping your body fit and healthy.
- Eat Better Feel Better – This website has ideas of cheap and easy family meals, top tips for fussy eaters and improve your cookery skills by watching cookery demo podcasts.
- Eat Seasonably – This site is supporting Eat Seasonably, a campaign which helps everybody enjoy eating fresh fruit and vegetables at their seasonal best.
Forth Environment Link – is now a leading provider of environmental education and action for sustainable living in the Forth Valley area and beyond.
Diet Spotlight: Carbs, Protein, & Fats – Trying to figure out what to eat to maintain a healthy, balanced diet can seem overwhelming. There is a ton of information regarding what is and is not healthy to eat in addition to the various diets and food fads (in addition to all the diet reviews and other information available). - Food Standards Scotland – For safe food and healthy eating in Scotland. Contains Eatwell Everyday webpage – shows how to start eating more healthily meal by meal. Eatwell Everyday shows you 28 meals and snacks which help you to have a healthy balanced diet over a week.
- Food Train – Supporting Local Older People at Home. They provide a range of services, delivered by volunteers, to older people in Scotland including grocery shopping home deliveries, household support services and befriending services.
- Greener Scotland – Working towards a more sustainable Scotland -One stop website for greener living. Has an Eating Greener section which has information on eating seasonally, a recipe finder and useful tips and ideas on how to reduce food waste.
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Healthy Living Award – This website explains how simple the healthy living award can make it to eat and serve healthy food whether you are a caterer or a diner.
- Living it Up – Forth Valley – A service to help you get and share information for a healthier lifestyle. Find out what’s going on with Living it Up throughout Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire.
- Love Food Hate Waste – is a campaign from WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) and has lots of tasty recipes and top tips to help us make the most of the food we buy.
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NHS Choices – Your health, your choices – Your health, your choices – This site contains information from the National Health Service on conditions, treatments, local services and healthy living.
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Other NHS Choices links: Healthy Eating | Food and Diet | Losing Weight | Food Hygiene | Healthy Eating during Pregnancy
- NDR-UK – Is the UK’s practitioner-led nutrition and diet resource provider. They rpoduce nutrition resources for dietitians and other health professionals to use with the public to empower them to make changes to their diet to improve their quality of life.
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NHS Health Scotland – This website provides information and resources to support health improvement practitioners and organisations working to improve Scotland’s health and reduce inequalities.
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NHS Inform – This is a new health advice service for the public features a phoneline, website and face-to-face advice service.
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Take life on, one step at a time – This website contains practical ideas on how to improve your eating habits, increase your activity levels and reduce your alcohol intake.
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The Ismaili Nutrition Centre – This is a unique online service that is mainly aimed at the South Asian community in the UK.
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Vegan Society – This site contains details about the society and has a number of downloadable factsheets on various nutrition and health topics.
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Vegetarian Society – This site has details about the society, local group events and how to become a member.
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Weight Wise – The British Dietetic Association have launched an interactive website to help people manage their weight.
