COVID19: Nutrition Resources

Nutrition & COVID19 Resources V16

22/10/2020

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:

British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehab: Joint BACPR/BDA/PHNSG statement on nutrition and cardiovascular health post-COVID-19 pandemic
Future nutrient-dense diets rich in vitamin D: a new insight toward the reduction of adverse impacts of viral infections similar to COVID-19
Impact of COVID-19 on people's livelihoods, their health and our food systems. Joint statement by ILO, FAO, IFAD and WHO
New BMJ Nutrition Articles Editorial: Nutrition is key to global pandemic resilience

Nutrition and COVID19 Webinar - Lessons learned to date by our Taskforce along with BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health

Nutrition and COVID19 Journal Club - Nutrition and COVID19: The cutting edge of emerging evidence and a look to the future

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

NNEdPro Global Centre Response to the UK Government Obesity Strategy

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Nutrition and Food Safety during Quarantine

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Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

United Nations (UN)

Food Systems and Nutrition Responses
Updated Covid-19 Global Humanitarian Response

Additional Food Security Resources

Accessing Food - Sussex
Brighton & Hove’s Local Response to COVID-19
COVID & Food Security
COVID & Acute Food Security in marginalised communities
Countryside and Community Research Institute
Food Authenticity Network
TIGR2ESS Global Food Security

BMJ

Growing Fears of a Nutritional Crisis in Lockdown UK

Food Standards Agency (UK)

COVID-19 Consumer Research

Joint statement by ILO, FAO, IFAD and WHO

Impact of COVID-19 on people's livelihoods, their health and our food systems.

Food Security

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World Health Organisation (WHO)

Breastfeeding & COVID-19
Food and nutrition tips during self-quarantine
WHO #HealthyAtHome

Nutrition Tips during Quarantine

Food safety, nutrition & wellness during COVID-19
Preventing Food Waste

European Food Information Council (EUFIC)

Tips to Eat Healthy During Quarantine or Isolation
Food and Coronavirus

World Obesity

Obesity and COVID-19: Policy Statement

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

Effect of the COVID-19-induced lockdown on nutrition, health and lifestyle patterns among adults in Zimbabwe

Exploring the implications of COVID-19 on widening health inequalities and the emergence of nutrition insecurity through the lens of organisations involved with the emergency food response

Editorial: Nutrition is key to global pandemic resilience

World Health Organisation (WHO)

Breastfeeding & COVID-19
Food and nutrition tips during self-quarantine
WHO #HealthyAtHome

Nutrition Tips during Quarantine

Food safety, nutrition & wellness during COVID-19
Preventing Food Waste

European Food Information Council (EUFIC)

Tips to Eat Healthy During Quarantine or Isolation
Food and Coronavirus

World Obesity

Obesity and COVID-19: Policy Statement

Nutrition Guidelines

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NNEdPro COVID-19 Task Force:

Attending

Co-chairs: Dr Dominic Crocombe (Exec) Prof Sumantra Ray (Ex-Officio)

Prof Martin Kohlmeier, Elaine Macaninch RD, Dr Marjorie Lima Do Vale PhD, Dr Harrison Carter, James Bradfield RD, Dr Luke Buckner, Shane McAuliffe RD, Sucheta Mitra, Dr Kaninika Basu, Sonigitu Ekpe

Corresponding

Matheus Abrantes, Dr Suzana Almoosawi PhD, Dr Timothy Eden RD, Emily Fallon ANutr, Dr Claudia Mitrofan PhD, Niky Raja

Lead Representative for Directors

Pauline Douglas (on behalf of Prof Dan Del Rio, Dr Celia Laur & Dr Minha Rajput-Ray)