📢New research from Prof Peter Rogers and colleagues suggesting that the carb-to-fat ratio and fibre content, but not ultra-processing, predict food liking and reward. Results are consistent with energy-to-satiety ratio being a key determinant of food value. Read more below!👇

Is swallowing a hydrogel pill safe and can it help with weight loss? New project👉@EllaHintonP, Jeff Brunstrom, Prof J Hamilton-Shield + Becca Elsworth will work with Oxford Medical Products to assess satiety + appetite in this first-in-human study! Project page tinyurl.com/5f89a259

Merry Christmas from all of us in the NBU!

Prof Ciarán G Forde (middle) shortly before his inaugural lecture at Wageningen University yesterday. A scintillating overview of 20 years studying the impact of sensory experience on eating behaviour.

Many thanks for coming over Jeff Brunstrom and Peter Rogers for making the trip over for the celebration! NBU Bristol Wageningen Human Nutrition and Health

📢New project alert! When young people with type 1 #diabetes start carbohydrate counting for themselves they can be at risk of developing disordered eating. Karen Rigby is leading work aimed at understanding how we can identify those at risk! Project page tinyurl.com/5n8wfrbn

Back in 2016 CYEngland developed the UK Diet and #Diabetes Questionnaire as a tool to help people living with the condition assess their diet. Find out how it's fared since then and what has surprised her about its life in the 'wild'💪 Read our interview tinyurl.com/4jp8t8js

Huge congratulations to Dr Annika N Flynn and Dr Maya Gumussoy who graduated today

A great talk by PhD student Jody on “Estimating the UK population prevalence of changes to eating behaviour surrounding exercise, and exploring factors associated with eating more after exercise” NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) NBU Bristol #BFDG2024

Another smashing talk by PhD student Becca Elsworth on “Assessing effects of a novel weight management product on appetite” #BFDG2024 @EllaHintonP NBU Bristol Jeff Brunstrom NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)

Well done Annika N Flynn for a brilliant overview of the SNEAK project “No need to change recipes! Merely swapping meals on a weekly menu reduces carbon footprint and intake of saturated fatty acids” #BFDG2024 Jeff Brunstrom NBU Bristol BristolUniPsych NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)

Congratulations @Qing_Zhang__ on your great poster presentation “Which aspects of mindful eating are associated with body mass index?” #BFDG2024 NBU Bristol BristolUniPsych Dani Ferriday

We had a smashing time at #BFDG2024 - thanks to the organisers for a brilliant meeting Amy Ahern Andrea Smith @SuzannaWood in Cambridge. Looking forward to hosting next year in Bristol!

📢Here are a couple of relevant new PhD opportunities! For more information on them, please see the advert below or follow this link: gw4biomed.ac.uk/exploring-the-…

📢New project! Alice Porter is exploring why UK families may/may not buy + eat meat-free #Protein AND what could help them be more #PlantBased. She will interview parents to understand if they eat differently with children/alone/with other adults More tinyurl.com/3tar937f

📢New project on our website! Jeff Brunstrom will use a vending machine developed developed during an earlier project to evaluate how people respond to new foods. In partnership with Modern Baker SUPERLOAF! #HealthInnovation #Research #Bakery Project info👉tinyurl.com/7pbb6hck

Super to host Dr. Laura Wilkinson today for the BristolUniPsych School seminar series - a super talk “understanding the role of variety in our food environment: from dietary diversity to multi-component food items”

New NBU paper from Alice Porter Dani Ferriday Jeff Brunstrom "Investigating the psychology of eating after exercise — a scoping review" cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Huge congratulations to Becca Elsworth - we are all thrilled for you!

Canine cuteness alert!👀🐶 More than pretty pooches, these furry friends are on a mission to cut their carbon pawprint 🐾. Find out how lab-grown meat could make pet - and human - diets more sustainable in future🌍. Read more about the BBC News (UK) scoop ⬇️ bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/febr…