Kitchen staff in Tasmania's prisons have been accused of dismissing food allergies and dietary diseases amongst prisoners and telling Muslim inmates that pork-containing meats were pork-free, a detailed review of prison nutrition has found. Key points: The report identified "unwarranted scepticism" among kitchen and custodial staff about a female prisoner with diagnosed coeliac disease One Muslim prisoner said despite the …
A dietitian was appalled to find more than half of residents at a Hobart residential aged care facility were malnourished or at risk of malnourishment when she was called in as a consultant late last year. Key points: A dietitian says the malnourishment rates at an aged care facility she visited were "appalling" Nutrition Australia estimates up to 60 per …