Pea flour helps malnourished children regain weight and restores gut bugs
Adding pea flour to feeds for severely malnourished children helps them gain weight and restores the balance of microbes in their gut.
10 times Imperial made us smile in 2020
This year has been far from typical, but Imperial College London has created some rainbows amongst the clouds.
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Using AI Deep Learning to Recognise Consumed Food for Passive Dietary Monitoring
Our Hamlyn researchers proposed a deep-learning scheme for counting bites & recognising consumed food from videos, aiming to assist dietary monitoring
Post-Brexit farming should support more fruit and veg to help reduce CVD deaths
Earmarking more land for growing fruits and vegetables after Brexit could help to reduce deaths from cardiovascular disease.
Protein supplement could help weight loss after exercise
Combining an appetite-supressing supplement with moderate exercise could help to burn fat faster, according to new research.
Gene targets for obesity and wildfire research: News from the College
Here’s a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
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Q&A: Tackling zinc deficiency with a new approach to urine testing
Imperial College London researchers have developed a new urine test that looks to ‘chemical fingerprints’ for more precise zinc testing.
Indian Colistin ban in animal welfare major step in fight against AMR
Welcome policy changes as India becomes one of the early countries to ban the use of Colistin in animal industry
Scientists untangle links between our genes and intake of alcohol and of salt
Scientists have shed light on the complicated relationship between the makeup of our DNA and how much alcohol we drink.
Smartphone network helps uncover hundreds of anti-cancer molecules in our food
A crowdsourcing project which uses thousands of idling smartphones has helped to uncover anti-cancer properties of everyday foods and medicines.
