FOODplus Vision
To improve the health of current and future generations through research excellence to develop foods with improved nutritional qualities that links food, nutrition and sustainable agriculture
We will
- Develop research programs in food and nutrition as they relate to human health, with a particular focus on mothers and young families
- Work to enhance the nutritional value of plant and animal varieties and work with food manufacturers to develop these into new food products for humans
Our Research will
- Develop new tools to assist in undertaking nutritional studies in the community
- Identify novel biomarkers of nutritional intakes in humans
- Continue to conduct high quality nutritional intervention trials in mothers and babies to provide the best evidence to inform policy makers and health professionals
Example Projects
- A novel system for stabilising fatty acids collected in a blood spot on filter paper
- New dietary approaches for improving the iodine status of pregnant women and their infants
- Low GI breakfast foods from a high amylose wheat developed at Waite
- The effect of maternal omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on the growth and developmental outcomes of children at school age
- Plant oligosaccharides to regulate inflammatory/allergic responses
A Joint Venture of WCHRI and the University of Adelaide
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