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9th January 2018

Using phone apps to support healthy lifestyle

There is increasing recognition that personalized approaches may be effective in helping people establish healthier eating patterns and exercise more, and that this may be particularly effective in adolescents. This study, investigating the use of a smartphone app in supporting healthy lifestyle

News app,  diet,  exercies,  nutrition

20th October 2017

An apple a day

One of our Food Databanks team has grown some monstrous apples this year, which got us thinking, what nutrients would we get if we ate this one, weighing nearly 700g? Here is what we found: Weight 673g Nutrients per apple, 587g, assuming 13% left behind is the core. Kcal: 334 Protein:

News apple,  autumn,  nutrition

25th August 2017

Can coffee make you live longer?

A couple of recent scientific publications looking at coffee drinking and mortality led to a few interesting conversations in the office. We particularly like the press release that states “People who consumed one cup of coffee a day were 12 percent less likely to die compared to those who didn’t

News coffee,  drink,  nutrition

15th August 2017

Multi-disciplined science approach improves diet and health

The Food Databanks National Capability, which is hosted by the Quadram Institute, has contributed an article to a special Issue of Nutrition Bulletin, published today by the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. ‘Nutrition science past and future: Celebrating a

News BNF,  nutrition

4th July 2017

Wimbledon

Q: What can you serve but not eat? A: A tennis ball   Give me a break, I am having some trouble with my server, so I have made a food and nutrition related blog using words I can make out of the letters in WIMBLEDON. Fifteen of them. “How many?” “Fifteen: love” BOILED; there will be some

News food,  labelling,  nutrition,  tennis,  Wimbledon

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The Quadram Institute is at the forefront of a new interface between food science, gut biology and health. It will develop solutions to worldwide challenges in food-related disease and human health, and bring together the interdisciplinary teams and work with appropriate international organisations to address these major issues.

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