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Why we need dietary recommendations for bioactives

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11 November 20227 February 2023

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 >

Why we need dietary recommendations for bioactives

Four surprising ways climate change is affecting people’s health in England and Wales

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28 January 20222 February 2022

When you take age out of the equation, temperature-related deaths are on the decline in England and Wales. That’s according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). But…Read More >

Coffee’s health benefits aren’t as straightforward as they seem – here’s why

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22 December 202120 December 2021

You’ve probably heard it before: drinking coffee is good for your health. Studies have shown that drinking a moderate amount of coffee is associated with many health benefits, including a…Read More >

Cross-disciplinary Conversations on Caring in a Crisis

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5 July 2021

In this post Amie Bolissian considers how the ‘Old Age Care in Times of Crisis’ Symposium in April 2021, highlighted the polysemic nature of old age care, the different ways…Read More >

Coronavirus: is the Kent variant responsible for the rise in cases among young people in Israel and Italy?

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19 February 2021

At the start of the pandemic, one of the first questions scientists asked was: “What is the risk to children?” Information emerging from China was that – pre-existing conditions aside…Read More >

Improving the effectiveness of COVID-19 Testing

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5 June 20203 November 2021

There is a pressing need to develop accurate and safe COVID-19 antibody tests that can be conducted at home. Following the recent launch of a fundraising and volunteering campaign Dr…Read More >

Fuller for longer? How appetite research is used – and misused

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27 April 20203 November 2021

Has comfort eating become a pre-occupation for you during lockdown? Find out what we know about the science of our desire to eat and the myths around appetite-supressing foods in…Read More >

Our most popular papers of 2019

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20 December 20193 November 2021

Which Reading research publications got the most attention across the globe in 2019? We’ve scoured Altmetric data to bring you the top ten most talked about Reading-authored papers of the…Read More >

Improving health, curbing climate change – a win-win situation

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7 November 201915 November 2021

Professor Elizabeth Robinson, whose research contributes to The Lancet Countdown, explores how actions that individuals and governments can take to improve our health can also help to curb climate change.

Climate change: turning up the heat on our health

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17 October 201915 November 2021

We all know that climate change is harming the planet – but what about us? Sarah Harrop reports on a recent public lecture by economist Professor Liz Robinson, in which…Read More >

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