The new year is quickly approaching and people all around the world will soon start thinking of their new year resolutions. Many of us will come up with meaningful and healthy changes to make in 2020. Yet most of us will struggle to stick with our plans to live healthily, whether it concerns dieting, being…
Obesity represents the most common metabolic disorder in industrialised countries, but the excess of weight is a global burden[1]. This disorder is reaching alarming proportions among adults, as well as young people. The rising incidence of obesity implies a great concern and commitment for the healthcare system, as there is a strong association between obesity and…
Obesity, a health global issue Obesity has been defined as the global pandemic of the 21st century, since it is estimated that more than a third of the world’s population is overweight or obese1. Characterised by the excessive accumulation of fat, obesity is related to an increased risk of suffering from other metabolic disorders, such as insulin…
Eating habits and consumption trends are in a continuous process of transformation. In recent years, the food industry, aware of resource scarcity, is looking for nutritional alternatives, including functional foods, that promote optimal health and help reduce the risk of disease. However, it’s important to know which will be the food of the future and…
A nutritionally well-balanced diet is essential for the metabolic needs of the body to function throughout the lifespan. Consistent with this, the absence of a balanced diet is a well-recognised contributor to various health problems, including malnutrition, heart disease, stroke, cancer and type 2 diabetes, amongst others 1-3. Each person reacts differently to the same nutritional…
Nutrition and dietary habits are among the most relevant factors affecting human health. This fact makes the capacity to evaluate in great detail a person’s dietary intake paramount to become able to understand the association between diet and health. The assessment of dietary intake currently relies on traditional methods, such as food frequency questionnaires, dietary…
In the last century, we have achieved the maximum lifespan that the human being has ever experienced. Advances in hygiene, medicine and technology underlie this record. But this increase in lifespan does not come for free, since we are now familiar with some diseases associated to ageing that centuries ago were almost unknown, such as…
The PREVENTOMICS European project will develop, from this November and for 3 years, personalized plans for nutrition and lifestyle habits to improve the health of people, based on individual traits such as physical and behavioural traits, lifestyle, genotype, preferences and physical condition. The personal health plans, which will consider consumers’ needs and requirements, will reach…