Food systems, nutrition, health and the environment

Food, Nutrition and Health

Food, Nutrition, and Cancer

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A systems approach to personalised nutrition: Report on the Keystone Symposium “Human Nutrition, Environment and Health”

Personalised medicine has emerged as a novel strategy for treating disease. By combining analyses of genetic and environmental factors, treatments can be specifically tailored to the individual, thereby improving their efficacy. This approach has been particularly useful in cancer, where high heterogeneity in tumour phenotypes and microenvironments make “one-size-fits-all” treatments difficult ...

‘ Environment and Food ’ or Population , Health , Environment , and Food ?

A s commentators on Colin Sage’s book Environment and Food (Sage 2012) and with one of us as a member of the ‘meet the critics’ ’ session at AAG 2012, we are pleased to collaborate with fellow critics and Sage on furthering the compelling debates he develops in his timely and sharply executed book. Together, as a geographer (David) dedicated to coupled human-land systems – and as a reviewer for...

Nutrition and Food Sciences: Fascinating and Challenging