Big Picture: Food and Diet - contents by topic
Ethical, legal and social aspects
- Lesson ideas on ‘Feast or famine?’ food policy article [PDF 244KB]
- Image gallery of historical views of the body
- Image gallery on nutrition in developing countries
Health and disease
- Brown fat: a good fat?
- Video about making bread at an artisan bakery
- Image gallery on diet and disease
- Image gallery on nutrition in low- and middle-income countries
- Image gallery on the anatomy of the digestive system
Historical aspects
- Studying the stomach: the story of William Beaumont’s gory experiments
- Exploring ancient diets
- Killing the calorie
- Video on recreating an ancient biscuit recipe
- Image gallery of historical views of the body
How science works: ways to research health and disease
- Researching health and disease: biobanks
- Researching health and disease: genetic studies
- Researching health and disease: international cohort studies
- Researching health and disease: nutritional studies
- Video on modelling the stomach
- Video on testing digestion with the model gut
Mythbusting
- Food for thought: What’s wrong with too much caffeine?
- Food for thought: Should we be aiming for five a day?
- Food for thought: Is eating salt bad?
- Food for thought: Should all people over 55 be given statins?