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Food, Nutrition and Culinary Science

The research field Food, Nutrition and Culinary Science is unique thanks to its wide-spanning capacity in food and meals. The department’s research is conducted within six areas. Read more under each page below.

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“If we continue to eat like we do today we will destroy the planet”

To tackle climate change, we must eat less meat. But what really makes people change their diets?

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Exploring future food through science and education

Two conferences in Umeå this autumn on future food, health, and the role of schools in food education.

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Five questions to doctoral student Susanna

Susanna is a registered dietician and doctoral student.

Karin Danielsson
Digital health consultations with dietitians increase accessibility

Researches how the work of dietitians has changed with the help of digital tools.

Profile areas

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Education of teachers in home and consumer studies

This research domain contains studies of educational perspectives in the school subject home and consumer stud...

Symbol Fysiologiska aspekter kost
Health and Environment

In this field, researchers are studying how a diet affects various physiological systems and biological parame...

FO Kost och nutrition
Dietary and nutrition therapies

Dietary and nutrition therapies relates to adapting the intake of food and nourishment to optimise health by p...

Symbol matvanor
Food habits and nutritional intake in various groups

This research domain comprises research on dietary habits and nutritional intake during various stages of life...

Människa
Human relationship to food, meals and health

This research domain includes studies of the human relationship to food, meals and health from various perspec...

Symbol Professionella måltider
Professional meals

This research domain focuses on the professional practise of cooking, meal creation, hospitality and productio...