May 2012

Living alone and getting older can pose challenges to one’s health. This was recently brought home to me by my colleague, Lara.  She has a close connection with her nan and they talk to each other by phone nightly. Lara described the familiar scenario of an independent person who “doesn’t want to ‘bother’ anyone,” as overall she is “feeling good.”

However, Lara’s nan has a low appetite, so it can be a struggle to eat enough to meet her health needs.  She also tends not to drink enough fluids during the day.  She finds they’re too filling and therefore cause her to eat even less.  + MORE

Over the last few months, Dean and I have been swimming in a sea of schnitzel, oxtail, onion rings, cannelloni and curries. If you passed by our desks you would have heard endless discussion about how to determine the sodium absorption of a piece of chicken in a marinade or how to figure out how much oil a samosa absorbs from the deep fryer. All of this has been for work on Informed Dining, helping restaurants in B.C. provide nutrition information to their guests.

With the recent launch of this new program unique to B.C. and almost 300 restaurant locations participating, Dean and I decided we wanted to see Informed Dining in action. + MORE