1. Division of Nutritional Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham And partners

2. Registered students (2014/15) BSc Nutrition106 BSc Nutrition & Food Sciences67 Master of Nutrition & Dietetics112 MSc Nutritional Sciences9 MSc Clinical Nutrition14 MSc Advanced Dietetic Practice10 PhD Nutrition & related40 TOTAL358 Largest HEI provider of Nutrition Education in the UK

3. Nutritional Sciences: Research interests Early Life Programming of Chronic Disease Molecular Basis of Chronic Disease Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease Molecular Basis of Chronic Disease Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease Food Allergens Phytonutrients Plant Product Quality Animal Product Quality Impact of nutrition on human life-long health & disease Farm Animal Growth Nutrient utilisation Sociological and psychological aspects of diet selection

4. Nutritional Sciences: Research interests Early Life Programming of Chronic Disease Molecular Basis of Chronic Disease Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease Molecular Basis of Chronic Disease Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease Food Allergens Phytonutrients Plant Product Quality Animal Product Quality Impact of nutrition on human life-long health & disease Farm Animal Growth Nutrient utilisation Sociological and psychological aspects of diet selection Sustainable Nutrition/ Global Food Security

5. The early life origins of disease Greater atherosclerosis Persistent, high blood pressure Programming mechanism: exploring the placental proteome Maternal protein restriction or iron deficiency produce the same outcome in offspring. Identification of common genes Control Protein Low Protein Control Iron 57 Low Iron 147 9 9 “gatekeeper” proteins.

6. Food quality: Animal produce *** * ** * * *** * ** The impact of altering the fatty acid composition of beef on development of atherosclerosis? Assessment of likely impact on health using a mouse model Lesion

7. Replacing meat with other more sustainable sources of high-quality protein mMol/lprepost Total cholesterol 4.45±0.534.05±0.66*** HDL cholesterol 1.53±0.391.50±0.38 LDL cholesterol 2.40± 0.362.15± 0.46** Total triacylglycerol 1.14±0.530.88±0.31* Consumer Insight driven development of ingredients and products to aid in the reduction of meat consumption Marlow Foods/University of Nottingham + 4 other partners

8. Human

9. Clinical & Public Health Nutrition Sociology & Behavioural Aspects of Human Nutrition Clinical Aspects of Dietetics & Nutrition Main Research Themes: Diet and health throughout the lifespan Psycho-social and cultural factors that influence food choic Effectiveness of implementing diet policy and nutrition interventions to improve human health Sociology & Behavioural Aspects of Human Nutrition Clinical Aspects of Dietetics & Nutrition Main Research Themes: Diet and health throughout the lifespan Psycho-social and cultural factors that influence food choic Effectiveness of implementing diet policy and nutrition interventions to improve human health

10. Food security: feed utilisation efficiency Identifying the mechanisms by which feed can be utilised more efficiently – BBSRC/Zoetis Growth promoter model system Significant increases in muscle weights Identify novel targets for manipulation (?) Tim Parr and John Brameld

11. FishPLUS

12. Aquaculture is fastest growing source of food in the world. Demand for nutritionally sound, affordable and locally sourced plant-based fish feeds rising. Project aims to identify and develop alternative plant-based products to improve growth and health of farmed fish in the ASEAN region.

13. Insects for Food & Feed