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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