AI-generated food images look tastier than real ones

How technology is changing our perception of food

13-Mar-2024 - With the Global Nutrition and Hydration Week 2024, researchers have announced an intriguing discovery – consumers generally prefer AI-generated images of food over real food images, especially when they are unaware of their true nature. The new findings have been published in Food Quality and ...

Dairy products linked to increased risk of cancer

06-May-2022 - The first major study to investigate dairy consumption and cancer risk in Chinese adults found that greater intake was associated with higher risks of liver cancer and female breast cancer. Overall evidence to date on whether eating dairy products affects the risk of cancer has been inconsistent. ...

What do adults in the UK eat?

All UK adults are invited to help progress research on diets and health by taking part in a short online survey.

16-Feb-2022 - Diets in the UK have seen large changes in recent years, with more people adopting or experimenting with different eating habits, including flexitarian, vegetarian and vegan. But there is very little information about what people following these different diets actually eat, or the motivations ...

Changing drinking patterns in China could drive a major increase in liver diseases

21-Sep-2021 - According to new research led by NDPH, Chinese people who regularly drink alcohol have significantly greater risks of developing severe liver diseases. The results are published today in BMC Medicine. Liver disease is a major global health problem, causing over 2 million deaths each year.China ...

Soft drinks levy shows success on reducing sugar intakes

11-Mar-2021 - New research indicates that a tax on sugary drinks has succeeded in reducing sugar consumption from soft drinks. The study, which involved NDPH researchers, is published today in The BMJ. Sugary drinks are recognised as a major contributor to obesity, and the World Health Organization has ...

Results show higher fracture risks for vegans, vegetarians and pescatarians than meat eaters

25-Nov-2020 - New results from the EPIC-Oxford study suggest that vegans, vegetarians and pescatarians (people who eat fish but no other meat) may be at higher risk of bone fractures, compared with meat eaters. In particular, the results showed that vegans had a higher risk of fractures anywhere in the body ...

Different foods linked to different types of stroke

25-Feb-2020 - Different types of food are linked to risks of different types of stroke, according to the largest study to investigate this to date. Stroke is the second leading cause of deaths worldwide, and there are two forms: ischaemic stroke, the most common, occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery ...

Sugar levels in UK soft drinks lowered following government levy

13-Feb-2020 - The UK government’s Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL), introduced to help tackle childhood obesity and related conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, has resulted in UK soft drinks manufacturers lowering the sugar levels in their drinks. The SDIL was introduced on 6 April 2018, and ...

Red meat and fish consumption in China associated with risk of diabetes

28-Jan-2020 - Previous studies in western countries have linked eating red meat with diabetes but patterns of meat consumption in China are different - people in China tend to have mainly plant-based diets and eat less red meat than those in western countries. The incidence of diabetes in China has increased ...

Amount of sugar sold in soft drinks drops by 29% in the UK

16-Jan-2020 - There was a 29% reduction in the total amount of sugar sold in soft drinks in the UK between 2015 and 2018, despite an increase in sales of soft drinks by volume of 7%, according to new research from NDPH. There has been considerable pressure on industry to reduce the sugar content of soft ...