About Us
THE FOUNDER AND CEO
Salma Mehar RD has over 20 years of experience as a specialist registered dietitian for the UK's NHS. Her varied career has involved working with communities, particularly ethnic communities, improving health conditions, designing health interventions, and promoting health. Using her knowledge of several languages and cultures, she works with researchers, charities, and health app developers to improve the health of adults and children.
Salma created Nutrition Ed. and co-designed its products and resources to address the issues surrounding childhood obesity, the growing number of type 2 diabetes in children, and oral health issues in children. Salma believes good nutrition goes beyond physical benefits and impacts wellbeing, mental health, and educational outcomes.
Frustrated by the lack of effectiveness of many interventions, Salma wants to take action to support children from families struggling against health barriers and those who feel unable to apply health messages to their cultural diets and lifestyles.
Salma has an undergraduate degree in Nutrition Dietetics from North London University and a postgraduate diploma from Warwick University. She completed the NHS's Mary Seacole Leadership programme, is an advisor on many advisory panels and has appeared on television and radio. She has won several awards, one for her work as the co-author of Carbs and Cals's World Foods.
THE NUTRITION ED. TRUSTEES
Tahreem Siddiqi - Trustee & Treasurer
Tahreem is a parent and an active member of her community, advocating for health education and communicating the challenges they face. She has an academic background in Optometry and volunteers her time to local communities to talk about the importance of eye care. Tahreem also has an interest in climate change and how we can contribute to saving marine life.
Naeema Javaid-Zamaan - Trustee
Naaema is a deputy head teacher at a primary school in the London Borough of Brent. She has over 20 years of teaching experience. Naaema has a deep understanding of her local community and a passionate interest in supporting children from Ethnic Minority communities to achieve their dreams. Naaema is a keen traveller and loves all the different cultural foods Brent has to offer.
Alliya Khan - Beneficiary
Alliya is a speech and language therapist and has worked with children with complex needs from deprived backgrounds, such as the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Alliya has a strong interest in community engagement and a talent for organising community events.
Sharon McLaggan - Trustee
Sharon has worked as a public health oral health officer for over 20 years in the NHS, supporting families, schools and nurseries in improving their oral health. Sharon has a strong interest in community health and early years interventions in North West London. Sharon likes travelling and enjoys trying cultural foods available locally.
Hanan Mujahid - Trustee
Hanan has experience working with young people from refugee communities and supporting them in education. Hanan studied Engineering at Imperial College London and has an interest in sustainable energy. In his free time, Hanan plays football.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
DIGIBETE
Nutrition Ed. have been working with DigiBete for over a year advising on cultural resources and videos for children and families living. We continue to be informed by her valuable wide-range of expertise and are looking forward to developing our work across a range of new projects and resources over the coming year. I can't recommend them highly enough!
MYDIABETESMYWAY
Nutrition Ed. have been working with MyWay Digital Health on a number of projects, helping us with our cultural and dietary adaptations of our educational material for local communities. They have a great ‘can-do’ attitude and are passionate about making a difference through education. They can offer a huge amount of specialist knowledge and we are very keen to continue to work with them on future projects.
SOUTH LONDON CCG
We needed a dietitian with expert knowledge of foods from different cultures and communities to help produce resources for our diabetes prevention programme. Salma has co-authored on the renowned Carbs & Cals ‘World Foods’ book and came highly recommended from a number of people within the health and care sector. Nutrition Ed. were reliable and always delivered, We would most definitely employ their services again and highly recommend them.
PENDLE COMMUNITY RADIO
We at Pendle Community Radio are grateful to Salma Mehar for her fantastic support to raise awareness about healthy eating within our South Asian Community. Her knowledge and understanding of food around the world and her indepth knowledge about culture and food makes it so meaningful and relevant for people to understand diet and health. Explaining about food intake and making reference to cultural and religious guidance with excellent bilingual skills to give message in community languages makes it even better. Thanks Salma for your support and dedication.