Food and Diet
In this issue, we look at what drives us to eat, what happens to food once we've eaten it, and what impact our dietary choices have on our health and that of people across the world.
Extra teaching materials
In addition to the printed issue, we've created plenty of online teaching resources to help both inside and outside the classroom.
ANIMATION
ARTICLES
- Studying the stomach
- Brown fat: a good fat?
- Exploring ancient diets
- The man who can taste sounds
- Differences in taste
- Killing off the calorie
- Food for thought
- How science works: researching health and disease
- Anatomy of appetite
- Building a baby: maternal diet
GLOSSARY
IMAGE GALLERIES
INFOGRAPHIC
LESSON IDEAS
QUIZ
VIDEOS
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