sleep 2023.01.04 New research project will investigate the effect of sleep extension on body weight, metabolism and learning ability in children Many children and young people sleep less than recommended. A new research collaboration between the University of Copenhagen and Rigshospitalet will study the effect of sleep extension on weight, metabolism and learnin…
SCIENCE Dissemination Award 2017 2017.12.06 Fascinated by fish Camilla Trab Damsgaard, Associate Professor in child nutrition at the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports will receive the SCIENCE Dissemination Award 2017 for being the initiator and…
malnutrition 2017.09.12 New research to treat acute malnutrition Researchers from University of Copenhagen and humanitarian organizations have conducted a large study in Burkina Faso in West Africa treating more than 1600 children with acute malnutrition. The study showed that…
sustainable food 2017.05.10 Six-legged livestock – sustainable food production Farming crickets for human consumption is less of a burden on the environment than other livestock production systems according to a new study by the University of Copenhagen’s Department of Nutrition, Exercise and…
GREEiNSECT 2016.02.24 GREEiNSECT Technical brief #1 Technical brief #1: Insects as food and feed in Kenya – past, current and future perspectives now available