Nutrition, diet and lifestyle
Improving people’s health through nutrition, diet and lifestyle research
Workstreams
Childhood
Optimising nutrition in children with chronic disease
Cancer
Diet, activity and lifestyle in people with cancer
Type 2 diabetes
Improving metabolic control in people with type 2 diabetes
Peri-treatment
Improving nutrition before, during and after treatments (the peri-treatment period)
Research case studies
Bristol Satiety Toolkit
Developing software to visualise portion size
Contributing to the evidence base of NHS England’s Complications Related to Excess Weight clinics
We investigate how behaviour (including eating speed and meal mindfulness), hormones and our
brains affect relationships with food.
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Latest research news
New research shows humans possess surprising nutritional intelligence
Pioneering research has shed new light on what drives people’s basic food preferences, indicating our ...
Using Omega-3 fatty acids for the treatment of major depressive disorder in adults
Researchers from the National Institute for Health Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (NIHR Bristol BRC) and the University of ...