UCC researchers seeking volunteers to take part in a 12-week nutrition study

RESEARCHERS on the College School Cork (UCC) Faculty of Meals and Dietary Sciences are on the lookout for volunteers to assist them conduct analysis into methods to develop dietary pointers that can assist to guard well being, in addition to cut back greenhouse fuel emissions.

The ‘My Planet Weight loss program” is a 12-week vitamin research that gives members a possibility to enhance their well being whereas following a planet-friendly weight loss program.

The research can even take a look at whether or not these pointers can present folks with the ample vitamins they require, compared to a nutritious diet that doesn’t take environmental affect under consideration.

Researchers are looking for wholesome adults aged 18-64 who eat meat most days to take part within the 12-week research with advantages together with suggestions on their present weight loss program and tailor-made dietary recommendation from a certified nutritionist. They can even be supplied with personalised sources and recipes alongside the way in which.

Professor Mairead Kiely, Head, Faculty of Meals and Dietary Sciences, UCC, and Principal Investigator of the research stated: 

“Current research have proven that what and the way we eat can have an effect on the surroundings.”

“This research will enable us to create a weight loss program that’s more healthy for folks, and more healthy for the planet,” she added.

Professor Mairead Kiely, Head, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, UCC, and Principal Investigator of the study
Professor Mairead Kiely, Head, Faculty of Meals and Dietary Sciences, UCC, and Principal Investigator of the research

To assist inform the research, the researchers will accumulate data on members’ dietary consumption, analyse nutrient ranges of their urine and blood, and take measurements corresponding to weight, top, and blood stress.

The research is funded by the Division of Agriculture, Meals, and the Marine. The knowledge collected will likely be used to tell policymakers and assist the event of sustainable dietary pointers.

This research is a collaboration between College School Cork, College School Dublin, and Queen’s College, Belfast and is a part of an all-island challenge on Sustainable Wholesome Diets, funded by the Division of Agriculture, Meals, and the Marine and DAERA in Northern Eire and led by Teagasc Ashtown.

Extra data is accessible by emailing the research researcher Ursula Leonard: myplanetdiet@ucc.ie

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