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FV Community Dietitians

Our Role

Community Dietitians help to facilitate a positive change in food choices amongst individuals, groups and communities by working in partnership with a wide range of people.

The following documents give direction to our work:

Food for Life Forth Valley Nutrition Action Plan - PDF 47 Kb - 12 pages

Eating for Health - A Diet Action Plan for Scotland - July 1996

Eating for health: Meeting the challenge 2004 - PDF 815 Kb - 30 pages


How to contact us .... Click Dietetic Department - Contacts

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Collection of fruit Community Development
Community Dietitians work with local communities to develop activities appropriate to their needs which take account of the social aspects of food and allows people to become active in identifying food and health issues important to them.

Community Dietitians can work in partnership with community groups, network with other agencies and support other workers on food and health issues.
Collection of fruit Early Years
Community Dietitians provide information and support to staff and parents who work in an early years environment. We work closely with Children's services and education departments as well as Local Childcare Partnership members.
Collection of fruit Primary Care
Community Dietitians work with all members of the Primary Health Care Team to further enable them to promote good nutrition.
Collection of fruit Food in Schools
Community Dietitians support the whole school approach to health, and are concerned with all food and drink provided in schools. We work with children's services, education departments, catering services, schools, NHS primary care colleagues, and parents.
Collection of fruit Workplace
Community dietitians support and encourage workplaces and their caterers to adopt a 'whole workplace' approach to healthier eating.