How accurate is ChatGPT in giving nutrition information and recommendations? Read to the end to fully find out!

Based on a United Nations (UN) report, as the climate changes, food will become more expensive, scarcer and even less nutritious. People across the globe have already started to adapt what food they eat based on what’s available, accessible and acceptable to them.

Dietitians know, and care about evidence-based practice (EBP) - but do they apply it regularly in their jobs? Some evidence has suggested that allied health professionals, including dietitians, may begin to feel uncomfortable (or out-of-date) applying their EBP skills within 5 years of entering clinical practice, “particularly for those activities involving critical analysis of published studies”. The PEN Team asked: does this alleged discomfort stop dietitians from applying EBP?

A new diet, the NiMe diet, has been designed to restore our industrialized gut microbiomes to their “ancestral” state. The PEN Team asked: what is this diet, and what does it mean for dietitians in practice?

New Canadian clinical practice guidelines for the management of obesity in children and adolescents were released in April. The Practice-based Evidence in Nutrition: PEN® [PEN] team was asked: do these new guidelines change dietetic practice and how will the PEN database be updated based on the recommendations?

Recently posted in U.K. university news, the use of low calorie diets by individuals of South Asian ethnicity promoted weight loss, resulting in the remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Similar postings about T2DM remission have been seen on various social networks, often relating to the DiRECT Trial (Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial), as well as new related clinical practice guidelines in Canada. The PEN Team conducted a quick review of these studies to assess their application to dietetic practice.

Should individuals avoid anti-nutrients, and the plants that bear them? Two dietetic practicum students along with the PEN® Team revisited the topic of anti-nutrients from a previous Trending Topic on Lectins to try to answer this question.

The rise in mis- and disinformation throughout and following the COVID-19 global pandemic is well documented. Social media has intensified the rapid spread of misinformation to the public about nutrition and health, which has implications for dietetic professionals.