Epidemiological Centre

Contact: Prentice Andrew
Phone: +44 207 958 81 15
Country: United Kingdom (UK)
Description:

Nutritional deficiencies in low income countries impair the growth and development of children, reduce their resistance to infections, and contribute to almost half of all child deaths worldwide.
Maternal malnutrition during pregnancy and lactation harms the fetus and infant with both short- and long-term consequences for their health. Future generations are also affected.
The MRC International Nutrition Group (ING) works to reduce this burden with a focus on the world’s poorest populations, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The ING's mission is to gain novel insights into the basic mechanisms linking diet and disease in order to develop more effective community and clinical interventions.

Gastrointestinal function
YES
Digestive function
NO
Cardiovascular function
YES
Cognitive function
YES
Muscle function
NO
Respiratory function
YES
Saliva
NO
DNA
YES
Blood
YES
Plasma serum
NO
Feces
YES
Hair
YES
Breastmilk
YES
Adipose
NO
Urine
YES
24 hour recall
YES
FFQ
YES
Photographic food record
NO
YAQ
NO
Classical food record
NO
Alcohol questionnaire
NO
BES
NO
DEBQ
NO
TFEQ
NO
DSM IV
NO
Clock drawing test
NO
MSQ
NO
HAD
NO
SF36
NO
QOLS
NO
IWQOL
NO
Proteomics
NO
Metagenomics
NO
Metabolomics
YES
Biochemistry
YES
Genetics
YES
Genomics
NO
Imaging
YES
Spectrometry
YES
Cancer
NO
Healthy
YES
Ageing
YES
Paediatric
YES
Gastrointestinal disease
YES
Metabolic syndrome
YES
Other disease
NO
Diabetic
NO
Orthopaedic
NO
Chronic respiratory disease
NO
Obese
NO
Cardiovascular
NO
Mental disease
NO
Malnutrition
YES
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