Nutrition and dietary habits

Knowledge about nutrition and dietary habits is important to promote healthy dietary habits and to prevent diet-related diseases. For that purpose DTU National Food Institute works broadly with studies of nutrients and other health promoting substances in the diet, maintains data on the dietary intake of nutrients, carries out major national dietary surveys and measures the effect of strategies on promoting healthy dietary habits.

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Data on dietary habits and physical activity

Read about the Danish National Survey of Diet and Physical Activity

Webinar about healthy and climate-friendly diets

Watch a webinar on healthy and climate-friendly diets, and learn about sustainable food systems, dietary guidelines and much more.

Dietary habits during a pandemic

DTU National Food Institute has set out to study what effect the corona pandemic is having on what Danes eat.

Risk-benefit analysis

Read about DTU National Food Institute's work with assessing positive and negative effects of foods

Publications

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07 November 2024

Conference - relevant for e.g. food industry companies

On Tuesday, 12 November 2024, you are invited to a conference on research and advisory services that promote health and prevent disease. The event will take place at DTU National Food Institute in Kgs. Lyngby. See the programme, which includes lectures, exhibition stands, and opportunities to visit several of the institute's laboratories

31 October 2024

View the morning programme for the conference on health promotion and disease prevention

Register for the conference on 12 November 2024, where you can learn about research and advisory services that promote health and prevent disease. The registration deadline is 10 November, and participation is free of charge. Explore the day’s programme, which includes lectures, exhibition stands, and guided tours.

24 October 2024

Invitation to Professor Elinor Hallström's inaugural lecture

Join the inaugural lecture of Professor Elinor Hallström Friday 29 November 2024, where she will discuss the potential of dietary changes to transform both human and environmental health.

24 September 2024

The resilience of the food system is a complex balancing act

How to adapt to global changes in the food system is a key topic at the ILSI Symposium, taking place on 27 November 2024 at DTU Lyngby Campus, co-hosted by DTU Skylab. Senior Researcher Sara Monteiro Pires from DTU National Food Institute will moderate a session on the resilience of the food system at this international event.

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