Human nutrition
2019-11-12
Human nutrition
- The influence of diet on health
- Food intolerances
- Functional foods, new food matrices for different categories of consumers based on bioactive compounds
- Understanding the role of food in maintaining health and well being
Research topic and directions of action
- Research to obtain new foods that consider the growth and mental development of children
- Muscle mass maintenance and obesity prevention
- Maintenance of immune function and mental performance
- The health of gastrointestinal tract to improve well being and the body’s resistance to disease
- Obtaining new products with sensory characteristics attractive to specific consumer groups such as the elderly or children
- Research into new foods to reduce the risk of foodborne diseases such us: obesity, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, arteritis,
- osteoporosis and cancer
- Research on the influence of diet in the aging process