Your body is home to trillions of microorganisms, including bacteria, yeasts, and viruses, which live in various areas such ...

Overweight and obesity both describe conditions of excessive body fat that presents a risk to health. 2 Excessive fat deposits increase our risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, certain cancers, and ...

Brussels, October 29th, 2024 – The European Food Information Council (EUFIC) is excited to launch its Switch to Whole Grains campaign with the support of the Whole Grain Initiative. The science-backed ...

Humans rely on animal farming for major components of our food supply such as meat, fish and dairy. Healthy animals are critical to food safety as they reduce the risks of transmission of infectious ...

As consumers, we receive a lot of information about the food we eat. Every day, we are bombarded with both accurate and misleading information about the benefits or risks (or sometimes both!) of ...

We aim to live a healthy life and it has become a hot topic of debate in the media and society to describe what healthy living is. Healthy living is having the opportunity, capability and motivation ...

Die Forscher arbeiten ständig daran, die Herausforderungen anzugehen, denen die weltweite Lebensmittelversorgung jetzt und in Zukunft gegenübersteht. Zukünftige Herausforderungen umfassen alles von ...

Food choice refers to how people decide on what to buy and eat. A complex set of factors that vary from person to person and depend on culture, heritage and up-bringing all influence food choice. We ...

Funktionelle Lebensmittel sind Lebensmittel, die über die Grundnahrung hinaus gesundheitliche Vorteile bieten, da sie Bestandteile enthalten, die das Potenzial haben, die körperliche oder geistige ...

Healthy eating is a crucial part of keeping us healthy. For good health, we need more than 40 different nutrients, and no single food can supply them all - we need a wide variety of foods. Poor, ...

Laura joined EUFIC in 2002 as Scientific Advisor, and has since contributed to the growth of the organisation fulfilling different functions throughout the years. She leads the organisation since ...