Press Release Archive
Releases dated September - December 2003
- IFR building to be leased by hospital trust - 23 December 2003
- UK scientists create medical and food safety tool from virus - 18 December 2003 Scientists have found a way to explode deadly food-poisoning bacteria using an agent found in viruses
- New members of IFR Governing Body appointed - 10 December 2003
- Food - can it really prevent cancer? - 22 October 2003 Food is a major and underused anticancer weapon, according to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cancer
- Students: healthy diet, healthy body (and a healthy bank balance!) - 15 September 2003 A healthy diet is perhaps the most effective way to achieve a healthy body, inside and out
- IFRs Head of Nutrition calls for a nutrition strategy for the UK - 8 September 2003 The cost to the NHS of diet-related diseases is escalating because of our ageing population and the current obesity epidemic, all of which have ultimately to be met by taxpayers
- Slice of life - a new technique to scan the human body - 4 September 2003 IFR and Lancaster University are developing a quick, safe and non-invasive scanner to measure the composition of the human body
Releases dated May - August 2003
- The Atkins Diet - 14 August 2003 The Atkins Diet is a low carbohydrate, high protein, high fat diet designed to promote weight loss. IFR comments
- Institute of Food Research welcomes Kraft's anti-obesity drive - 2 July 2003 IFR welcomes Kraft's decision to reduce portion sizes and the fat and sugar levels in its products
- Science of strawberries - 18 June 2003 As well as delicious with cream, this symbol of the summer could help fight cancer according to scientists
- Plastic Pathogens demystified - 12 May 2003 Scientists at IFR have discovered how the food poisoning bacteria Campylobacter jejuni uses disguise and plasticity to survive.
- Food - 2 May 2003 Food can give us immense pleasure - texture, flavour, mouth feel, warmth. Come to our open day and find out more
- Everything you want to know about food - 2 May 2003 IFR's Open Day on 15 May could be the time to ask those questions
Releases dated January - April 2003
- A hearty breakfast for a marathon - 14 April 2003 How Paula Radcliffe's breakfast helped her through the London Marathon
- It takes two to fight cancer - 31 March 2003 Two food components recognised for their ability to fight cancer are up to 13 times more powerful when put to work together
- Chocolate-coated chemistry - 7 March 2003 Concepts such as "polymorphism" and "super-cooling" will be broken down to bite size pieces with the help of the Food of the Gods
- Yeast sheds new light on evolution - 6 March 2003 The humble baker's yeast has helped shed light on how new species may evolve
- EEDA members visit leading research institute in Norwich - 30 January 2003 The UK's Institute of Food Research (IFR) was the destination for East of England Development Agency (EEDA) board members for their meeting this month
- Peers investigate food research in Norwich - 14 January 2003 Members of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology visited IFR on a fact finding mission
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