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Evolution of human diet and body composition
Nutrition and obesity are major topics in medicine and research. We explore insights in the evolution of human nutrition and human obesity by studying modern data on human diet and body composition.
Keywords: Evolutionary Medicine
Diet
Nutrition
Obesity
Body composition
Human nutrition and obesity are major topics in medicine and research. We explore insights in the evolution of human nutrition and the propensity for human obesity by studying modern data on human diet and body composition. The hydration of the human body is another aspect that we study to explore determinants of musculoskeletal diseases.
We use data from published studies or large cohort data on the one hand, and collect own data on the other hand. We use food questionnaires, bioelectrical impedance analysis, and 3D body scanner, to collect data on nutrition, body composition, and body form of healthy and diseased human populations.
Human nutrition and obesity are major topics in medicine and research. We explore insights in the evolution of human nutrition and the propensity for human obesity by studying modern data on human diet and body composition. The hydration of the human body is another aspect that we study to explore determinants of musculoskeletal diseases. We use data from published studies or large cohort data on the one hand, and collect own data on the other hand. We use food questionnaires, bioelectrical impedance analysis, and 3D body scanner, to collect data on nutrition, body composition, and body form of healthy and diseased human populations.
To investigate cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between body composition, hydration, anthropometric measures, nutrition, physical activity, sex and age, comparing data between patients with different diseases and healthy controls. This will enable us to investigate the determinants of diseases. The interaction of these determinants over time might influence disease onset and progression, and a better understanding of this process might improve prevention and treatment of diseases.
To investigate cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between body composition, hydration, anthropometric measures, nutrition, physical activity, sex and age, comparing data between patients with different diseases and healthy controls. This will enable us to investigate the determinants of diseases. The interaction of these determinants over time might influence disease onset and progression, and a better understanding of this process might improve prevention and treatment of diseases.
PD Dr. Dr. med. Nicole Bender, Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, nicole.bender@iemuzh.ch, 044 635 05 31.
PD Dr. Dr. med. Nicole Bender, Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, nicole.bender@iemuzh.ch, 044 635 05 31.