A new online nutrition centre has 
been launched to promote healthy eating by the Aga Khan Health Board for the UK and TheIsmaili.org, the official website of the global Ismaili Muslim community.
The new website can be found at: www.TheIsmaili.org/nutrition It is a resource for anyone who enjoys traditional foods from Africa, Central and
South Asia and the Middle East. As well as a library of recipes annotated with nutritional information and healthy eating tips, the website features a regular column called ‘Eating for Health’, written by dietitians.
Azmina Govindji, Registered Dietitian and TV Nutritionist who also sits on the DRWF Editorial Advisory Board is working with the Nutrition Centre as a regular contributor. She says, ‘Unhealthy lifestyles such as traditional recipes that are high in saturated fat and salt may be contributing to increased incidence of obesity, type 2 diabetes and
cardiovascular disease.’
‘Most of the recipes on the website actually come from South Asian communities and we give advice on how to make them healthier. Each recipe is traffic light coded according to Food Standards Agency labeling criteria. If you are aware of the unhealthy aspects of your cooking, you are better able to make adjustments and manage these conditions’.
The website comes as a result of research carried out in the South Asian Food Survey, undertaken at King’s College London by the Aga Khan Health Board and was jointly funded by the Aga Khan Foundation and the Department of Health.