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Fish bellies, fava beans & food security

05 Apr 2024

Cambridge Zero and Cambridge Global Food Security gather academics and experts to share solutions for the planet’s looming food production problem.

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Messaging on healthy foods may not prompt healthier purchases: study

28 Jun 2022

Healthy food cues standing alone don’t prompt healthier buying decisions, but they may counter advertising for sugary and fatty foods, says study co-...

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New evidence suggests nutritional labelling on menus may reduce our calorie intake

27 Feb 2018

New evidence published in the Cochrane Library today shows that adding calorie labels to menus and next to food in restaurants, coffee shops and...

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Chicken Korma with Nan Bread

Chicken korma, Eton mess and a genetic variant provide clues to our food choices

04 Oct 2016

People who carry variants in a particular gene have an increased preference for high fat food, but a decreased preference for sugary foods, according...

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Nancy's Fruit Salad by John Hritz

Healthy vs unhealthy food: the challenges of understanding food choices

11 Mar 2016

We know a lot about food but little about the food choices that affect the nation’s health. Researchers have begun to devise experiments to find out...

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