About
Nutrition and Wellness Consultants
Since 2014, NUWECO has helped people and organisations in Malawi and the United Kingdom understand their nutrition and build habits that last. Education comes first, with nutrition at the core of everything we do.
A fresh start
We have rebuilt how we work around guided online learning. Members follow a structured pathway, receive personalised feedback from our scientifically developed assessment and join a monthly live group session, wherever they live.
Nutrition is at the centre of everything. Membership adds learning on physical activity, sleep and stress, because they shape how we eat and how we feel. We also offer one-to-one consultations, workplace programmes and first aid training.
Our approach
We focus on understanding and practical skills rather than quick fixes. We are clear about what learning and assessment feedback can and cannot do, and we keep that separate from individual professional care.
Our team
Qualified people behind every service
- Registered clinical nutritionistLeads our nutrition learning and one-to-one nutrition consultations, including personalised meal plans.
- PhD-qualified counsellorOffers one-to-one counselling for stress, wellbeing and the emotional side of eating.
- Registered first aid instructorDelivers first aid training, including regulated adult and paediatric qualifications.
- Research-led designOur programmes and assessment are developed by a public health nutritionist with a PhD in nutritional epidemiology.
Founder
Dr Yankho Kaimila
Dr Yankho Kaimila is a public health nutritionist and educator, and a registered clinical nutritionist with the Medical Council of Malawi.
She holds a PhD in Public Health, specialising in nutritional epidemiology, and an MMedSci in Human Nutrition. For more than 12 years her work has combined research, teaching and practice, with a focus on preventing and managing diet-related non-communicable diseases.
Her research spans Malawi and the United Kingdom, including studies of UK diets. Her interests include dietary patterns and affordable dietary assessment tools, the role of pulses and legumes in healthy diets, child nutrition, and nutrition programmes for the workplace. She has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and presented her research at international conferences.
She founded Nutrition and Wellness Consultants in 2014, and opened NUWECE (Nutrition Wellness Center) in 2019. She is also a registered first aid instructor, qualified to deliver regulated adult and paediatric first aid qualifications. In 2020 she was named one of the Top 25 innovators in Africa by the Next Einstein Forum.
NUWECO and NUWECE
One business, two names
NUWECO (Nutrition and Wellness Consultants) is our business. It runs this website, membership and learning platform, and our consultations and workplace programmes.
NUWECE (Nutrition Wellness Center) is our physical centre, which operates under NUWECO. It is not a separate company. It opened in 2019, is currently located on the University of Malawi’s Chirunga Campus in Zomba, and includes a gym.
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