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It鈥檚 time to change the way we think about changing what people eat

11 Apr 2016

探花直播Chancellor's recent announcement about a tax on sugary drinks is a step in the right direction towards fighting obesity, but we will need to use...

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Opinion: Why some humans developed a taste for milk and some didn鈥檛

11 Mar 2016

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

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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鈥檚 health. Researchers have begun to devise experiments to find out...

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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 . 探花直播study...

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 探花直播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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Lose weight now

Stored fat fights against the body鈥檚 attempts to lose weight

24 Nov 2015

探花直播fatter we are, the more our body appears to produce a protein that inhibits our ability to burn fat, suggests new research published in the...

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Phone for a doctor

28 Oct 2015

Worried you might be at risk from diabetes? Check your phone: it might help stop you getting the disease. And if you already have diabetes? Your...

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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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Hot, Takeaway, Fresh

探花直播rise of the takeaway

02 Apr 2015

探花直播number of takeaway food outlets has risen substantially over the past two decades, with a large increase seen in areas of socioeconomic...

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Supermarket promotions boost sales of less healthy foods more than healthier foods

11 Feb 2015

Supermarket price promotions are more likely to lead to an increase in sales of less healthy foods than healthier choices in supermarkets, according...

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Price gap between more and less healthy foods grows

09 Oct 2014

Novel use of UK national data finds a growing gap between the prices of more and less healthy foods between 2002 and 2012. Healthy foods in 2012 were...

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