Food and Diet image galleries
Food is often a visual experience (it's said that the first bite is with the eye, after all). With that in mind, we've chosen a series of photographs, illustrations and micrographs from Wellcome Images" target="_blank">Wellcome Images for our four 'Big Picture: Food and Diet' image galleries.
Starting with the teeth, travelling through the gastrointestinal tract and ending with the rectum and anus, we've put together images that take you on a tour through the digestive system.
What we choose to eat has a direct impact on our health and bodies. In this gallery, take a close-up look at different nutrients and foodstuffs, as well as some of the diseases that can occur if your diet lacks certain vitamins.
This gallery highlights some of the problems in nutrition and food production faced by people living in low- and middle-income countries, then looks at some potential solutions.
How have thoughts about the 'ideal body' changed throughout history? This gallery gives a taste of the different ways that the human body has been viewed over time.