Nutrition Resources

COVID19: Nutrition Resources

Nutrition & COVID19 Resources V13

11/08/2020

Position Statement on Vit D & High-Risk Groups

Highlights of the week

Since its inception, the taskforce has identified areas for research and evidence synthesis relating to nutritional aspects of the prevention and treatment of COVID-19, including issues of food and nutrition security amid this global crisis. Our aim has been to coordinate and share resources with NNEdPro’s global and regional networks, and the public, to highlight key challenges and best guidance on good nutrition and health practices in the context of COVID-19. Updates this week include:

Recent Nutrition site highlights include:

NNEdPro articles, blogs and publications on COVID-19

Combatting COVID-19

CN Article: Micronutrients & COVID‐19 - The evidence‐base supporting advice for at‐risk groups

Cambridge Independent Article: How to eat well and support the immune system

COVID-19 & Nutrition: The evidence so far

Sustaining Our Key Workers

ICU Nutritional Management - Insights from the frontline

Nutrition and Food Safety during Quarantine

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Food Security

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Further Guidance & Research

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BMJ-Nutrition, Prevention & Health Publications on COVID-19

Call for BMJ-NPH submissions

COVID-19: is there a role for immunonutrition, particularly in the over 65’s?

Nutrition, Immunity & COVID-19

Avoidance of vitamin D deficiency to slow the COVID-19 pandemic

Vitamin D and SARS-CoV-2 virus/ COVID-19 disease

COVID-19 mortality increases with northerly latitude after adjustment for age suggesting a link with ultraviolet and vitamin D

Zinc as nutritional intervention and prevention measure for COVID–19 disease

Dietary micronutrients in the wake of COVID-19: an appraisal of evidence with a focus on high-risk groups and preventative healthcare

Blog: What I learned about nutrition risks for Covid-19

Using the ‘shit’ of the current COVID-19 crisis as fertiliser for the soil to lay the foundations of a new and sustainable era: lessons from past crises to improve the future

Nutrition Guidelines

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NNEdPro COVID-19 Task Force:

Co-Chairs

Dr Dominic Crocombe & Prof Shumone Ray

Attending Members

Dr Suzana Almoosawi (Science Research) James Bradfield (Summer Events & Education), Dr Luke Buckner (Key Projects), Harrison Carter (Policy Outreach), Dr Tim Eden (Clinical Research), Elaine Macaninch (Patient & Public Practitioner Outreach), Shane McAuliffe (Science Communications), Sucheta Mitra (Secretariat), Martin Kohlmeier (BMJ-Nutrition)

Corresponding Members

Matheus Abrantes (Digital), Emily Fallon (Public Health), Pauline Douglas (on behalf of Prof Dan Del Rio, Dr Celia Laur & Dr Minha Rajput-Ray), Niky Raja (Public Health Support), Claudia Mitrofan (Science Support)