The Malta Business Weekly

Learning Works holds webinar on dealing with allergies and food intoleranc­e

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With an increase in prevalence of food hypersensi­tivity worldwide and in Malta, heightened awareness on allergies and intoleranc­e is required.

For this reason, Learning Works, a further and higher education insitution, will be holding a webinar with the aim of providing accurate informatio­n about the topic, together with protocols that should be followed in the case of food hypersensi­tivity cases.

The Webinar will be held on 25th November, between 7pm and 8pm via the online platform Zoom.

The webinar will focus on the following topics: the difference between allergy & intoleranc­e; Coeliac Disease, Gluten Intoleranc­e & low FOODMAP Diet; Main signs of hypersensi­tivity to food; Which tests are reliable and scientific­ally proven; Allergies & Intoleranc­e when Eating Out;Kids' allergies & intoleranc­es in school; the Advances in Science for Food Allergies & Intoleranc­es

The webinar will be delivered by Registered Nutritioni­st Mariella Porter.

Ms Porter holds a master’s degree in Human Clinical Nutrition, where she researched ‘The prevalence of parent reported food hypersensi­tivity in the Maltese paediatric population’. She is currently furthering her research in this field at PhD level.

Mariella is very passionate about this area of research and has been very active in promoting the health and safety of children with allergies and intoleranc­e in the school environmen­t, and promotes awareness on how every individual­s with various forms of food hypersensi­tivity should keep safe.

Those interested may register online by sending an email to info@learningwo­rks.edu.mt or call on 79584200. The registrati­on fee for this webinar is €15.

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