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Supermarket aisle

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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Oysters

Scientists supercharge shellfish to tackle vitamin deficiency in humans

20 Jul 2020

Cambridge scientists have developed a new way to fortify shellfish to tackle human nutrient deficiencies which cause severe health problems across...

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Opinion: Accurate science or accessible science in the media – why not both?

02 Jun 2016

Michael Gaultois (Department of Chemistry), Joshua Conrad Jackson (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill), Ian Mahar (Boston University), and...

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Opinion: GM crops already feed much of the world today – why not tomorrow’s generations too?

24 May 2016

Professor Sir Venki Ramakrishnan (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology) discusses how genetically modified crops could help solve the problem of food...

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Fish and chips

Opinion: Local takeaways create a double burden for obesity

11 May 2016

Thomas Burgoine and Pablo Monsivais (Centre for Diet and Activity Research) discuss how takeaways can make social inequality worse.

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Opinion: Why some humans developed a taste for milk and some didn’t

11 Mar 2016

Giles Yeo (MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit) discusses the origins of lactose intolerance.

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Opinion: Obesity: stop accusing the poor of making bad choices

09 Mar 2016

Pablo Monsivais (Centre for Diet and Activity Research) discusses obesity and the influence of socioeconomic circumstances in shaping food choices...

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Fruits & Vegetables

Could the food we eat affect our genes? Study in yeast suggests this may be the case

11 Feb 2016

Almost all of our genes may be influenced by the food we eat, according to new research published in the journal Nature Microbiology . The study...

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The President of the Republic of Madagascar, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, receiving a copy of Forests and Food during his recent visit to Cambridge

Opinion: How tasty forest foods can help solve the global hunger crisis

27 Nov 2015

Dr Bhaskar Vira (Department of Geography) is co-editor of the open access book Forests and Food , which will be launched at the Global Landscapes...

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cacao fruits

Forests could play a vital role in efforts to end global hunger

06 May 2015

A new report underlines the crucial role that forests play in food security and poverty reduction with one billion people worldwide dependent on...

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Grandmother and grandchildren

Inherited ‘memory’ of nutrition during pregnancy may be limited to children and grandchildren

10 Jul 2014

When a pregnant mother is undernourished, her child is at a greater than average risk of developing obesity and type 2 diabetes, in part due to so-...

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Home made yoghurt

Yoghurt cuts risk of type 2 diabetes

06 Feb 2014

Eating more yoghurt can reduce the risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes, researchers at Cambridge have found.

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