Healthy UCD Spring Nutrition Webinars for Staff

Join Healthy UCD and Culture & Engagement for a series of webinars given by UCD colleagues on nutrition subjects. These 25-minute webinars will cover; top tips for healthy eating in lockdown, healthy lunches and snacks for families, probiotics and intermittent fasting, followed by Q&A's.

To book your place for the individual webinars, click here!

Healthy lunches and snacks for all the family

Wednesday, 24th March 2021, 11am

In this webinar, registered dietitian Dr Sarah Browne will discuss snacking, healthy options for adults and children, and planning healthy lunch boxes for all the family. 

Top tips for healthy eating in lockdown

Tuesday, 30th March 2021, 11am

Julie Dowsett is a dietitian working in the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science and will show you how small changes to your routine and diet can lead to big benefits. Julie will talk through some science based tips to help you thrive in lockdown.

Probiotics... are they just yoghurt?

Thursday, 15th April, 11am

Wonder what all the hype around probiotics is about? Annelie Shaw is a Masters qualified dietitian specialising in gut health. This webinar will cover a review of pre and probiotics, the difference between the two, dietary sources and evidence supporting their use.

Intermittent Fasting- is it just another Fad Diet?

Tuesday 20th April 2021, 11am 

Intermittent fasting has grown in popularity in recent years and is hailed by many as the key to achieving weight loss. In this webinar, Pauline Dunne a CORÚ registered dietitian, will explain the concept, explore the evidence, and consider whether intermittent fasting could support our health or if it is just another fad diet.