Effects of nutrients, foods and dietary patterns on health indices of people in coastal areas

• Effects of dietary patterns, functional foods, and nutrients on glycemic response, glucose metabolism, appetite and body weight
• Determination of glycemic index of foods
• Effects of dietary patterns, foods, and nutrients, including seafood, on cardiometabolic risk factors in healthy adults, individuals at high risk for developing diabetes, overweight/obese and people with diabetes
• Anthropometry and novel techniques in food science in coastal populations
• Recording and analysing food intake

Learning outcomes:

• Acquire knowledge on basic techniques used in food science
• Record data from coastal communities
• Analyse and compare data
• Evaluate results of food indexing analysis
• Combine information
• Develop laboratory skills
• Debate on food and diet sustainability issues