Dietary support can help those for whom disease affects taste of food and appetite and can lead to weight loss
A leading cancer charity will offer nutrition lessons to patients across the UK after a trial showed the classes help them to negotiate the disease’s dietary challenges – and cut NHS waiting times.
Many people with cancer find that the disease or their treatment changes the taste of their food, dulls their appetite or leads to them losing weight.
Maggie’s cancer centres have been advising patients about food in a partnership with the Royal Marsden NHS cancer trust in London since 2020.
But it plans to extend its dietary support to those attending all its 27 centres in Britain and Northern Ireland amid growing awareness of how good nutrition can help cancer patients cope with and recover from the disease and the effects of chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Maggie’s centres in Manchester and Southampton also provide sessions, which often include cookery classes.
