'I'm a Dietitian – This Is Why Healthy Eating Advice Needs to Be Culturally Inclusive'
'No one should have to feel they have to decide between their culture and their health'
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Tai Ibitoye
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Tai Ibitoye (@taitalksnutrition) is a UK Registered Dietitian with postgraduate degrees in Dietetics and Nutrition and Human Nutrition. She is currently a doctoral researcher in Food and Nutritional Sciences. Here, she fills you in on why official healthy eating advice needs to include nutritious foods from all of the cultures represented in the UK, showing individuals from various ethnic groups how a healthy diet can be achieved via their traditional dishes. No one, she says, should feel they need to choose between their culture and their health.