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Your input will directly influence the design and development of new innovative food solutions for cancer patients.<\/p>\n<p>Close to 70% of cancer patients undergoing treatments experience side-effects (taste loss, bad taste in mouth, metallic taste, saliva absence, sores in mouth, vomiting, loss of appetite) that may have a large impact on their daily food intake.<\/p>\n<p>The main aim of this study is to design and develop new innovative food solutions for cancer patients, taking into account not only their nutritional requirements but also their sensory changes thereby promoting eating pleasure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We are looking for:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cancer patients <\/strong>who require\/have required <strong>texture-modified foods <\/strong>to attend an online focus group session<\/li>\n<li><strong>Healthcare workers <\/strong>of adult cancer patients who require <strong>texture-modified foods <\/strong>to attend an online focus group session<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cancer patients <\/strong>experiencing <strong>taste &amp; smell alterations <\/strong>to evaluate some food products at home over 2 weeks,<\/li>\n<li>All participants must be <strong>aged 18+ (patients 18-70)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You will be remunerated for your time.<\/p>\n<p>The study runs until 7 December 2020<\/p>\n<p>For more information or if you would like to sign up, contact us at <a href=\"mailto:SensoryScienceCentre@reading.ac.uk\"><strong>SensoryScienceCentre@reading.ac.uk<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help researchers at the University of Reading evaluate food products specially designed for cancer patients who are experiencing taste and smell alterations and\/or require, or have required, texture-modified foods as&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#45;&#98;&#108;&#111;&#103;&#47;&#101;&#118;&#101;&#110;&#116;&#47;&#110;&#101;&#119;&#45;&#102;&#111;&#111;&#100;&#45;&#115;&#111;&#108;&#117;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#115;&#45;&#102;&#111;&#114;&#45;&#99;&#97;&#110;&#99;&#101;&#114;&#45;&#112;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#101;&#110;&#116;&#115;&#45;&#115;&#116;&#117;&#100;&#121;&#45;&#112;&#97;&#114;&#116;&#105;&#99;&#105;&#112;&#97;&#110;&#116;&#115;&#45;&#110;&#101;&#101;&#100;&#101;&#100;&#45;&#50;&#47;\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[149,1782],"tribe_events_cat":[2281],"class_list":["post-21250","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tag-cancer","tag-food-research","tribe_events_cat-agriculture-food-health","cat_agriculture-food-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - 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