About this event

  • Date and time Mon 18 Nov 2024 from 10:00am to 3:30pm
  • Location Online
  • Organised by Food and Health

In an age where unending information is at everyone’s fingertips, and interest in diet and lifestyle has never been greater, the impact and reach of health and nutritional ‘misinformation’ is potentially huge. Thus, this topic should be of concern to all allied health professionals.

Join us for this educative and insightful one-day webinar, and hear from key experts in nutrition, dietetics and social media about high-profile examples of such misinformation, why people are vulnerable to it, and how it may impact our behaviour and health. Our experts will also consider where responsibility lies in countering such misinformation, how best to combat it, and where the public should look for reliable information. Participants will have ample opportunity to pose questions to our expert panel during the Q&A sessions throughout the day.

The meeting aims to provide participants with a clear understanding of the current research evidence and practices regarding posting online nutrition information and misinformation. Topics covered will enable clinicians and allied health professionals to be aware of the significant impact that nutritional misinformation can have on professionals and the public.

By attending the meeting, you will:

  • Acquire critical knowledge of the evidence regarding the impact of online nutrition misinformation. 
  • Understand the policies and processes pertaining to online nutrition information.
  • Gain greater awareness of the role influencers play in shaping the current discourses and culture. 

 

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Tickets

Standard pricing available until 18 November 2024.

Member

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£36.00 £27.00 £27.00 £27.00 £18.00

Non - Member

Consultant / GP / SAS Doctors AHP / Nurse / Midwife Trainee Nutritank Member Student
£66.00 £50.00 £50.00 £36.00 £33.00

Agenda

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Welcome and introduction

Dr Ally Jaffee, Food and Health Council Member, Royal Society of Medicine and Professor Greta Defeyter, Food and Health Council Member. Royal Society of Medicine 

Keynote speakers

The psychology of online misinformation

Professor Sander van Der Linden, Professor of Social Psychology, University of Cambridge

The global perspective on nutrition misinformation

Professor Sumantra Ray, Founding Chair, Chief Scientist and Executive Director, NNEdPro Global Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health

Big Tech’s perspective on online health misinformation

Dr Vishaal Virani, Ex-NHS Doctor and Head of Health, YouTube UK & Ireland

Nutrition fads across the decades and how to spot a fad

Aisling Pigott, Dietitian

How to spot nutrition / health misinformation online

Dr Idrees Mughal

Panel A: Questions and answers

Chairs: Dr Ally Jaffee and Professor Greta Defeyter

Discussants: Professor Sander van Der Linden, Professor Sumantra (Shumone) Ray, Dr Vishaal Virani, Aisling Pigott and Dr Idrees Mughal 

Lunch

Whose responsibility is nutrition education for the public?

Food industry nutritionist representative

Emily Prpa, Public Health Nutritionist and Science Manager, Yakult UK & Ireland

Media dietitian

Priya Tew, Dietitian, Author and TV Presenter

Media medic

Dr Ellie Cannon

Media nutritionist

Rhiannon Lambert, Nutritionist, Author and Leading Nutrition Media Spokesperson

Panel B: Question and answers

Chairs: Dr Ally Jaffee and Professor Greta Defeyter

Discussants: Emily Prpa, Priya Tew, Dr Ellie Cannon and Rhiannon Lambert

Whose responsibility is it for governance and regulation around credible online nutrition information?

Nutrition expert part of WHO Fides Programme

Aliya Porter, Registered Nutritionist, Porter Nutrition, WHO Fides member

Patient Information Forum (PIF) TICK director

Sophie Randall 

British Dietitian Association Senior Representative and Board member

Lucy Diamond, Diabetes Specialist Dietitian, Clinical Director, Oviva and Director, The Board for the British Dietitian Association (BDA)

Association for Nutrition Senior Representative and Board member

Dr Glenys Jones, Nutrition Academic and Deputy Chief Executive, Association for Nutrition (AfN)

Panel C: Question and answers

Chairs: Dr Ally Jaffee and Professor Greta Defeyter 

Discussants: Aliya Porter, Sophie Randall, Lucy Diamond and Dr Glenys Jones

Zooming in on nutrition misinformation case studies

Nutrition and ADHD

Dr Rachel Gow, Registered Nutritionist, Child Neuropsychologist specialising in ADHD and Nutritional Neuroscience

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed

Continuous glucose monitor, glucose physiology and anti-glucose spike supplements

Dr Nicola Guess

Ultra-processed food

Nichola Ludlam-Raine

Panel D: Questions and answers

Chairs: Dr Ally Jaffee and Professor Greta Defeyter 

Discussants: Dr Rachel Gow, Dr Nicola Guess and Nichola Ludlam-Raine

Comfort break

The lived experience of nutrition misinformation: The harms of the clean-eating trend and the harms of being a ‘nutrition and fitness’ influencer

Personal story

Lottie Cannon

Personal story

Rachel Evans

Panel E: Questions and answers

Chairs: Dr Ally Jaffee and Professor Greta Defeyter 

Discussants: Lottie Cannon and Rachel Evans

Closing remarks

Dr Ally Jaffee, Professor Greta Defeyter and Dr Leigh Gibson 

Location

Online

Registration for this webinar will close 1 hour prior to the start time. You will receive the webinar link 1 hour before the meeting. Late registrations will not be accepted.

Webinar recordings will be available for registered delegates up to 60 days after the live webinar, via Zoom. The link will be sent 24 hours after the webinar takes place.

This webinar will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.

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