THE SCIENCE OF
eating well
Winning the highly prestigious 2017/2018 Queen’s Anniversary Prize for our research into ‘Food and Nutrition for Health’ is the result of tremendous teamwork over five decades, with our alumni playing a vital role.
This highly coveted honour is awarded every two years by the Queen in acknowledgement of world-leading research and teaching.
Professor Sue Lanham-New, Head of the Department of Nutritional Sciences, said:
“This is the first time the Queen’s Anniversary Prize has been given in the field of nutritional sciences, so the University’s success has really raised the profile of the whole discipline. It has given us a fantastic boost here at Surrey, but has also filtered through to many other organisations.”
The World Health Organization estimates that 60 per cent of the global disease burden could be prevented by improving diet and, in the UK, conditions such as Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease account for tens of thousands of avoidable deaths every year. Addressing this – one of the world’s biggest challenges – has been the focus of Surrey’s nutritional science research for 50 years.
Surrey’s research, led by our Department of Nutritional Sciences and the Food, Consumer Behaviour and Health (FCBH) research centre, has not only brought about major changes in government policy but – just as importantly – helped to transform consumer perception, encouraging us all to make healthier choices about what we eat.
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