By 2050, approximately a quarter of the UK population is expected to be over the age of 65. With this in mind, the World Health Organization (WHO) has put “healthy ageing”…Read More >
Diet
Microgreens: the health-giving shoots explained
Many of us germinated cress seeds on a bit of wet tissue at primary school, giving us a first introduction to edible microgreens. Recent interest in more diverse ways of…Read More >
Flavanols are linked to better memory and heart health – here’s what foods you can eat to get these benefits
There are plenty of good reasons to make sure you’re eating enough fruit and vegetables each day. Not only do fruit and vegetables contain many of the important vitamins and...Read More >
Why we need dietary recommendations for bioactives
In this blog, Gunter Kuhnle explains more about the first dietary recommendation for a type of plant compound that is not a vitamin – flavan-3-ols – found in tea, berries,…Read More >
Eating lots of meat is bad for the environment – but we don’t know enough about how consumption is changing
Responsible for roughly a third of the UK’s diet-related carbon emissions, the consumption and production of meat is a substantial contributor to climate change. A report commissioned by the government last year…Read More >
Tackling the obesity and non-communicable diseases epidemic in Malaysia
The World Population Review 2019 identified Malaysia as the fattest nation in South-East Asia. The percentage of obese and overweight adults in Malaysia increased from 50.1% in 2019 to 54.2%…Read More >
eNutri, web-based app testing project
We are seeking people aged 65 years or older to help us test eNutri, a Web-based app that aims to record accurate information about what people eat and drink. You…Read More >
Consumption of insect-based food products
This survey forms part of a research study within Food and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Reading. The aim is to investigate consumer perception of insect-based food products. Follow…Read More >