Food and Health Programme
Welcome to the Food and Health programme
The Food and Health programme is an interdisciplinary research and teaching programme drawing on specialist expertise in food science, process engineering, nutrition, health, social sciences, business and commercialisation from across the University of Auckland.
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Drastic change in our food systems needed
12 July 2019Opinion: We need to transform how we grow, market, consume and dispose of our food, and fast. -
What its really like to grow old
12 July 2019Enough talk about decline, disability, frailty and disease in advanced age – a new University of Auckland-led study suggests 85-plus New Zealanders view managing their own health as a matter of challenges and adaptation. -
Petition to tax sugary drinks can’t be ignored (again)
24 May 2019Aotearoa New Zealand is spending more than $20 million every year to anaesthetise children so they can undergo multiple tooth extractions as a consequence of consuming sugary drinks.
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International Congress on Engineering and Food Event as iCalendar
23 September 2019 - 26 September 2019The International Congress on Engineering and Food is a quadrennial event, which has been established as the major event in food engineering and related fields over the last 50 years. The 2019 Congress will highlight opportunities for engineering innovations across the food supply chains to add value and enable the sustainable manufacture of healthier food products for the global markets. -
IUFoST 20th World Congress Event as iCalendar
16 August 2020 - 21 August 2020The International Union of Food Science and Technology's 20th World Congress is being held in Auckland in August 2020. Save the date now.
