Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition

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The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) advises Public Health England and other government agencies and departments on nutrition and health related issues.

The SACN advises on:

  • Nutrient content of individual foods, and on diet as a whole including the definition of a balanced diet, and the nutritional status of people.
  • Nutritional status of people in the UK and how it may be monitored.
  • Nutritional issues which affect wider public health policy issues including conditions where nutritional status is one of a number of risk factors (eg cardiovascular disease, cancer, osteoporosis and/or obesity).
  • Nutrition of vulnerable groups (eg infants and the elderly) and health inequality issues. [1]

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  1. Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition GOV.UK, accessed 30 March 2015
  2. Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition GOV.UK, accessed 20 March 2015