Globalisation and Diet
Up to a couple of generations ago diets heavily relied on local food availability, with periods of abundance and shortage. This pattern has now changed, particularly in the Western world. …
Course: Nutrition for Health and Sustainability
What are nutritional guidelines?
Nowadays, information on healthy eating can be found everywhere, from social media to the weekly glossy cover of your local supermarket’ magazine. As such, consumers are constantly being confronted with …
Social Science: The Role of Food in Society
Food is essential. Not just as bundles of useful nutrients, but also as something that creates and sustains identities and cultures across the world. How food shapes society Consider the …
The cultural importance of food
Food choice involves the selection and the consumption of foods and drinks that considers what, how, where, when, and with whom food is eaten. An abundance of food choices With …
What are micronutrients?
Intake requirements of minerals and vitamins vary from nutrient to nutrient and may also depend on an individual’s age, sex or physiological state (e.g. pregnant, lactating or other health conditions). …
A Healthy Balance of Macronutrients
To identify healthy types of macronutrients, it is first of all important to ask “healthy” in comparison to what? Healthy Macronutrients This article provides insights into the benefits of specific …
Macronutrients and Healthy Eating
In this activity, we will look at the components of our diets: macro and micronutrients, and the balance of healthy and less healthy components. What are Macronutrients? Macronutrients are the …
Food Production and Sustainability
Food is essential. It gives us life. It gives us health, energy, vitality; it helps us to survive, to grow and to adapt. Food is everything. And so its future …