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UP FRONT - from the Editor
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COVER STORY: DIETITIANS AS PRESCRIBERS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW by Katy Stuart RD
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FALTERING GROWTH: REAL LIFE CASES AND PRACTICAL ADVICE by Hazel Duncan
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FROM THE WILTSHIRE FARM FOODS DIETITIANS: SHEDDING LIGHT ON VITAMIN D: WHY IT MATTERS MORE THAN EVER FOR OLDER ADULTS
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CROHN’S DISEASE: THE VALUE OF PRE- AND POST-SURGERY DIETETIC INPUT by Nicola King, RD
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LONELINESS AND ISOLATION: INITIATIVES FOR BETTER NUTRITION OUTCOMES by Hannah Pritchard RD
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THE FOOD-FIRST APPROACH: HOW WE CAN CUSTOMISE IT FOR DIVERSE POPULATIONS by Joanna Injore, RD
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EGGS: A CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF COST, CONSUMPTION AND COMPOSITION by Aliya Porter, RNutr
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THE LAST WORD: CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN SOUTH ASIANS by Fareeha Jay, RD
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