Dietitian and academic at the University of Hertfordshire: food, health & science. All tweets are my own opinion / shared for interest

Joined February 2014
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Angela Madden 🇺🇦 🧡 retweeted
Dietary guidance around gallstones often focuses on dietary fat restriction. But there is surprisingly weak evidence for this intervention. @AngelaMMadden discusses what we actually know about diet in relation to gallstones and gallbladder conditions. sigmanutrition.com/episode60…
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Diet and gallstones: me talking with @NutritionDanny about the evidence and what more we need to investigate: dietary fat gets a mention but there's much more to it Thanks Danny for the opportunity! sigmanutrition.com/episode60…
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Angela Madden 🇺🇦 🧡 retweeted
“High-quality RCTs can provide the most reliable evidence...” the guidelines say. True! Yet @SecKennedy has not kept his promise to invest in nutrition research. And they forced their nutrition RCT guy @KevinH_PhD to leave. Thank you @TamarHaspel wapo.st/4qYpAVt
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We have a dental desert in East Anglia, & the UEA stands ready to open a new dental school. They have the necessary permissions, but crucially are waiting for the Govt to confirm funded undergraduate dental places. I've again pressed the Minister on when this will be available.
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Angela Madden 🇺🇦 🧡 retweeted
Scoping review of 53 studies investigating dietary beliefs and behaviours in people with #IBD Most people modify diet after diagnosis, and mostly this is food avoidance, but many other challenges Read full paper here 👉🏽 doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.202…
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Angela Madden 🇺🇦 🧡 retweeted
Replying to @NNUHResearch
@NNUHResearch - We have green light 🚦 today for OCEaN 👇👇👇🥳🥳🥳
The OCEaN Team are delighted to share the new OCEaN PIS Video!
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Congratulations @ProfWhelan & @sara_mancell great to this published!
What are the mechanisms of malnutrition in infants with biliary atresia? For those working in #paediatrics, we just published a review of diet in biliary atresia. Including the role of medium-chain triglycerides doi.org/10.1017/S00296651251… Great work by Dr @Sara_Mancell
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Angela Madden 🇺🇦 🧡 retweeted
What foods do people with #constipation think impact symptoms? 💩 ▶️Worsen - white bread, sugar cereals, processed meat, cake ▶️Improve - Prunes, dates, prune juice, beans, figs We are investigating dried fruits and juices as treatment! Full paper👉🏽 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Angela Madden 🇺🇦 🧡 retweeted
New year, new career! ▶️Research Assistant in Nutritional Sciences◀️ Work with @EiriniDimidi and I on feeding trial. Amazing opportunities for development and experience Must have BSc or MSc in Nutrition or Dietetics Full criteria and more details👉🏽 kcl.ac.uk/jobs/133845-resear…
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Angela Madden 🇺🇦 🧡 retweeted
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One vital way MAG drives change is by reporting national data on malnutrition. On International Volunteer Day, please volunteer a few minutes to contribute to BAPEN’s UK Survey of Malnutrition Risk and Nutritional Care. Take part today: bit.ly/49RBGuR
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Angela Madden 🇺🇦 🧡 retweeted
✅ The BDA joined the launch of the Right to Food Commission last week. @IanByrneMP is calling for dietitians to be involved across the UK, as evidence sessions begin in January. We'll share how members can take part soon. #RightToFood
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Angela Madden 🇺🇦 🧡 retweeted
Final call for dietitians to join the project group to review our Diet and Diverticular Disease resource. We are looking for one more dietitian to join the project group. If you are interested or would like more information, please email info@ndr-uk.org by 01/12/2025.
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Angela Madden 🇺🇦 🧡 retweeted
A Nutrient-Dense Approach to support a healthy weight, provides nutrient-dense options to increase energy & protein intake within the context of healthy eating guidelines, supporting adults at risk of malnutrition. Advice is easy to understand to help self-management #UKMAW2025
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Should dietitians recommend people eat less meat? A good listen - evidence-based and nuanced - thanks!
🎙️ Great episode of The Dietitian Café Podcast debating should dietitians recommend people eat less meat? It features our Head of Food Business Transformation @The_A_To_V and Registered Dietitian Kate Arthur. Listen in full: tinyurl.com/5camr56z
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Angela Madden 🇺🇦 🧡 retweeted
📢 Participants Needed for a Study at the University of Roehampton! Project title: Ethnic Differences in Adipose Tissue Dysfunction in the Development of Type 2 Diabetes ❗ 📍 Location: University of Roehampton & King’s College Hospital 📩 Sign up alsheham@roehampton.ac.uk
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Angela Madden 🇺🇦 🧡 retweeted
Have you heard about our next online lecture on eating well with a learning disability? Join us on Wed 12 Nov. Thank you Carly Atkinson MSc RD, Nicola Swaffield & Karen Coulman PhD RD  bit.ly/4pXfqp1
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Angela Madden 🇺🇦 🧡 retweeted
Have YOU seen this 👋 it's such a great resource for #AHPResearch - including boosting visibility of our #AHP #research leaders ✨️✨️✨️ @NHSNWRD @AHPFederation @NIHRresearch @natlouj @researchphysio @LPhysioprof @yvonnewren @SChalmersSLT
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Angela Madden 🇺🇦 🧡 retweeted
How to manage diet in constipation... @EiriniDimidi presents the evidence for the latest @BDA_Dietitians Guidelines for diet in constipation @UegWeek #uegw2025 About to be published in @JHND_Official and @NGMJournal
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Angela Madden 🇺🇦 🧡 retweeted
Systematic review of 25 RCTs shows impact of #fibre on some measures of chronic low grade inflammation (CLGI) in children In general, small effect sizes and wide variation in responses sometimes due to the types of #fiber used Full paper @jnutritionorg👉🏽 cdn.nutrition.org/article/S2…
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