Angie Jefferson is a registered nutritionist and dietitian. After gaining her qualifications from Kings College, London, Angie worked in various positions in the National Health Service (NHS) and discovered her passion for nutrition’s essential role in public health and disease prevention. Angie is an independent consultant who has supported a wide range of industry clients, NGO’s, and charities in the translation of complex nutrition science. Angie joined the British Nutrition Foundation in 2025 to help further their work supporting industry on Food Systems Transformation.
Globally, there are approximately 2.1 billion adults who currently are overweight or have obesity. It is forecast that this will substantially rise to around 3.2 billion by 2050 – accounting for almost 60% of the adult population 1. This highlights that traditional approaches to curbing the prevalence of overweight and obesity have had limited success. …
On October 14th, 2025, the KHNI hosted an expert scientific webinar; “Adapting Appetites: Scientific and Industry Perspectives on the rise of GLP-1 Medications”. The expert panel explored the latest science behind Glucagon Like Peptide-1s (GLP-1s), consumer behaviours across regions, the unique nutritional needs of users and what this means for future innovation in food…
