british nutrition foundation british nutrition foundation the british nutrition foundation is a british registered charity. british nutrition foundationabbreviationbnfformation1967legal statusregistered charitypurposeprovision of information on nutrition sciencelocationnew derwent house, 69-73 theobalds road, londonregion served ukdirector generalprof judith buttrissmain organbnf councilwebsitewww.nutrition.org.uk operations the bnf's team of nutrition scientists conduct academic reviews of published research on issues of diet and public health. they present their reports in the bnf's nutrition bulletin, as well as various task force reports, intended for both academic and lay dissemination. the bnf also organises educational programs designed to provide accessible information on diet and health for children and young people, aged 3–16+ years. the bnf's education website, foodafactoflife.org.uk, provides teaching and learning resources about food and nutrition. criticism concerns have been raised about the bnf's relationship with the food industry. the bnf receives funding from some food manufacturers and distributors in the uk. the british medical journal published an article in 2010 criticizing the way in which the bnf has been treated as a source of impartial nutritional information by the media, usually without describing the industry ties. it also criticized the uk government for paying the bnf to develop educational materials on nutrition, and quoted tim lobstein, a director at the international association for the study of obesity-international obesity task force, saying that some bnf educational materials seem to support industry messages. a 1985 world in action documentary interviewed derek shrimpton, a previous director general at bnf, who said: "in the period i was there the foundation was solely taken up with defence actions for the industry." he also said that bnf worked to frustrate government committees working on policies to reduce sugar, salt, and fat consumption.