Irish CORU-registered senior dietitian

Joined October 2015
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Orna O'Brien RD retweeted
Great discussion on nutrition for heart health. Lots of questions at this evening’s @UCDFoodHealth public health talk. Thanks to @BreigeMcNulty & @OrnaOBrien and to Geraldine & Alva from @UCDFoodHealth A pleasure to chair another evidence-based public talk @ucdagfood @ucd_sphpss
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Orna O'Brien RD retweeted
The benefits of whole grains for heart health @UCDFoodHealth @BreigeMcNulty @OrnaOBrien @Irishheart_ie
The interplay of diet and heart health @BreigeMcNulty @OrnaOBrien @UCDFoodHealth
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Orna O'Brien RD retweeted
Replying to @UCDFoodHealth
@UCDFoodHealth @BreigeMcNulty clearly explaining the different types of cholesterol. Supported by @OrnaOBrien from @Irishheart_ie Nutrition and heart health-what really matters? @ucddublin
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You simply can't underestimate the dedication, passion, hard work and drive of @Irishheart_ie 's powerhouse @Janis_Morrissey as she launches the Irish Health Promotion Alliance this afternoon 🙌
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Continually AWED and ENERGISED by @TCDBusiness 's Prof Norah Campbell when she speaks about the devious ways corporations influence, delay, weaken public health policy. Thank you Norah ! 🙌(at @Irishheart_ie 's conference today)
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At launch of @Irishheart_ie @UCC Primary Prevention of CVD new major report. My biggest learning so far from Prof Ivan Perry is around the "lazy" language of "lifestyle" we use - implies individual responsibility when population wide approaches far more effective (see 2nd pic)
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Orna O'Brien RD retweeted
To the heart and stroke community all around Ireland and the rest of the world, we’d like to wish you a safe and wonderful #WorldHeartDay. This year we’re using World Heart Day to highlight women’s heart health. #HerHeartMatters Find out more at irishheart.ie
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What a wonderful day with all these people, was a pleasure to talk at the #HerHeartMatters webinar on Friday ❤️
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Thrilled to MC @Irishheart_ie #webinar #herheartmatters on #WorldHeartDay2023 Putting a spotlight on #womenshearthealth Wonderful panel of experts @feminabrevis @OrnaOBrien @SamanthaDockray sharing their expertise.
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Some of the challenges and barriers to eating a more sustainable diet - for patients (blue) and health professionals (green) - a snippet from my talk at @RCSI_Irl @LifestyleMedi10 #ISLM conference this weekend
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Thanks @ConorKerley - what a conference #ISLM put together - deeply enjoyed learning more about the other pillars of lifestyle medicine.
@OrnaOBrien⁩ of ⁦@Irishheart_ie⁩ And fellow dietitian Talking to us at the Irish Society of Lifestyle Medicine About sustainable diets #dietitian #lifestylemedicine #sustainability ⁦@LifestyleMedi10⁩ ⁦@trust_indi⁩ ⁦@indi_plantbased
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Orna O'Brien RD retweeted
The Irish Heart Foundation is proud to be involved in hosting a conference today on #sustainablediets with @ClimHealthIre to launch the new report, ‘Fixing Food Together.’ Read the report here 👉climateandhealthalliance.wor…
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Thank you @TCDHealthP so glad you enjoyed the launch of #fixingfoodtogether @climhealth
Congratulations to @Irishheart_ie on the publication of @ClimHealthIre #FixingFoodTogether report. Lead author Orna O'Brien highlighting problems with over consumption and under nutrition asks: Who controls our food system?
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Such an honour to be on RTE's Morning Ireland talking about the launch of Fixing Food Together today
Our reporter @MoiraHannon spoke to people about the items in their grocery basket while @OrnaOBrien @Irishheart_ie told Audrey Carville why we need to eat fewer ultra processed foods Listen here ⬇️ rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22…
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Orna O'Brien RD retweeted
An informative and engaging conference from @ClimHealthIre today for the launch of the new position paper on #sustainablediets. Well done to all the speakers and organisers 👏👏👏
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Orna O'Brien RD retweeted
Chairing the final panel discussion of the day, is Dr John Allman. For the panel discussion, we are joined once again by @OrnaOBrien , @dustin_benton, Professor Norah Campbell, @OisinCoghlan, and @j0hn_k.
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Was a pleasure to speak at this @Irishheart_ie Heart Failure awareness event in @RCSI_Irl You can watch it back here: youtube.com/watch?v=a0Rb5RZ2… (diet section starts at 1hr 17mins) 🍎🍊🍇🍓🥬🥑🥕
On Thurs evening, people living with #heartfailure from Dublin and its surrounding areas, were invited to attend the first event in our Heart Failure Awareness and Education Series at @RCSI_Irl. A huge thanks to the speakers. For more information, see: irishheart.ie/news/heart-fai…
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Really looking forward to speaking at the launch of this this first-of-its-kind paper on how we can fix our Irish food system for human and planetary health. Register for free at eventbrite.com/e/climate-and… #CHAsustainable #sustainablediet #foodsystem

The Climate and Health Alliance will be holding a conference on #SustainableDiets next Tuesday the 16th of May in the Davenport Hotel in Dublin City Centre to launch its report 'Fixing Food Together'. Register below and join us on the day. eventbrite.ie/e/climate-and-…
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Orna O'Brien RD retweeted
Thank you to all who came today to the Happy Heart Healthy Eating Awards ceremony 2022 hosted by @irishheart_ie, @HsehealthW and @Healthy Ireland #HappyHeartAwards
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Great advice from @safefood_net on how to take the stress out of Christmas by planning ahead safefood.net/christmas/get-a…