The major public health priorities of the 21st century are obesity and ageing. Diet plays a significant role in the development of obesity and food choices modulate the ageing trajectory.
Our strategy is to focus our research in these, and related, areas of high public health significance including the prevention of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and colon cancer.
The three research themes within the HNRC are:
Much of our research is multi-disciplinary and in many cases we take a life-course approach. Our research ranges from basic and cellular mechanisms to the development of dietary interventions for maintenance of health and wellbeing.