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As with good overall health, maintaining good dental health means eating a variety of foods from each of the five major food groups and drinking plenty of water throughout the day. Timing is important. A diet that promotes good oral health is not just about the foods you eat or avoid — when and how you eat them is equally important. One way to protect your teeth is by eating r ...

By eating fruits and vegetables of different colours, you are very likely to achieve a good range of vitamins and minerals for maintaining health and wellbeing. Certain colours are especially rich in protective compounds and each fruit or veg varies in different vitamin and mineral contents (eating 5 of the same colour still only counts as one portion so try to mix it up). Ve ...

Nutrition and Hydration Week is an annual event that has taken place in March since 2012. It was originally aimed at the health & social care sector but now many people from different organisations participate.  Its purpose is to promote nutrition and hydration as a key part of maintaining health and well-being,  to raise the awareness and educate people about th ...

Guided learning hours are the time an average learner spends being taught or instructed. This includes formal teaching, training, and both assessment preparation and assessment. This is under guidance or supervision of a lecturer, supervisor, tutor or other appropriate provider of education or training. Total qualification time represents the total number of hours required for ...

The Department of Health & Social Care in collaboration with the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) and key stakeholders from the social care sector has launched a groundbreaking eLearning resource designed to empower social care frontline workers and personal assistants across various care settings. The resource, "Ten Public Health Tips for the Social Care Workforce"  ...