A research of excellence in Nutrition and Health

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Attracting talent to improve society

The research center in Nutrition wants to add to its team researchers who can make outstanding contributions in our areas of research, bringing new technologies or diverse approaches.

Training activities

The researchers of the research center in Nutrition have a list of courses, seminars and conference to promote the update of knowledge as well as multidisciplinarity among the different areas of research.

Transfer

The activities of research and development of research center in Nutrition have resulted in the development of products and services that have been marketed and are available to consumers.

The projectproject, financed by the CDTI at framework of the CIEN call, and involving the companies AMC Innova Juice and Drinks, Iberfruta Muerza, Hijo de José Martínez Somalo, group ICA, Congelados de Navarra, Galletas Gullón and Europastry, concluded with a multicenter nutritional intervention, between Madrid and Pamplona, which investigated the feasibility of integrating personalized foods and tools to promote healthy aging.

Specifically, the impact of the inclusion of these foods on general health status and quality of life was evaluated. For this purpose, 127 women and men between 50 and 80 years of age, overweight or obese, were recruited and randomly distributed between a control group , which received the standard recommendations, or to the precision group , where in addition to a precision nutrition strategy, with the inclusion of personalized foods, a mobile application was used. In addition to anthropometric and body composition parameters, biochemical parameters and quality of life were determined before and after the 3-month intervention.

In addition to improving health status by reducing body weight, blood pressure and metabolic health, compared to the control group , the main improvement was in quality of life, with additional improvements in emotional well-being and vitality. In conclusion, this study demonstrated the benefit of a precision nutritional intervention to promote healthy aging and emotional well-being, improving their quality of life.

More information

Professor Amelia Martí presented the Oral Communication "Dual reduction in ultra-processed food consumption and cardiovascular health risk after a weight loss program in a pediatric population with abdominal obesity", where within a lifestyle intervention, a group of more than 100 girls and boys were randomized to the intervention groups. And they examined how a nutritional intervention not only facilitated weight loss and improvement of clinical parameters, but also promoted the reduction of ultra-processed food consumption and cardiovascular risk as measured by the WHO 8 essential parameters.

On the other hand, Natalia Vázquez-Bolea and Santiago Navas-Carretero presented a poster with the data adherence to the Mediterranean per diem expenses of an intervention in schoolchildren in Navarra, the ALINFA study. In this analysis, children randomized to the intervention group , with per diem expenses isocaloric and specifically designed foods, were classified according to their adherence to the Mediterranean per diem expenses . It was found that improvement in adherence to the per diem expenses Mediterranean occurred in both groups, even in those who already had high adherence.

Both programs of study, were carried out in the pediatric population, demonstrating the commitment of research center in Nutrition to programs of study for the prevention of obesity and the acquisition of healthy habits in childhood, which will have repercussions in adulthood.