Food and Nutrition

Nutritional Epidemiology

Nutritional epidemiology is the study of the relationship between diet and health outcomes in populations. It investigates how dietary patterns, nutrient intake, and food consumption influence the risk of developing chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. By analysing large-scale data from population studies, nutritional epidemiology helps identify dietary factors that promote health or contribute to disease. This field also evaluates the effectiveness of public health interventions aimed at improving nutrition, such as dietary guidelines or food fortification programs. Through its findings, nutritional epidemiology informs policies and recommendations to enhance population health and reduce the burden of diet-related diseases.