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FOOD SECURITY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES 16/09/2010   10:00-12:00 cost: £ 5.00 Venue: MB518, Aston University Summary: There are genuine concerns about food security and the UK is vulnerable to animal and plant diseases that can seriously disrupt the food supply chain. Indeed, the UK could be under increased risk of a catastrophic failure. Speakers bring together ideas on food security and infectious diseases and ask: who should regulate and manage animal and plant diseases; and who should bear the costs?
FOOD IN OUR LIVES 16/09/2010   13:00-15:00 cost: £ 5.00 Venue: MB517, Aston University Summary: Explore some of the meanings we attach to food and the growing role of food in a geographical setting as part of culture, commerce and environment. The idea that we are what we eat goes back to the beginnings of Western and Asian medicine. Discover the surprising cultural and historical perspectives on the links between food and medicine, industrial science, and sustainability.
CAN I EAT STEAK AND CHIPS AND STILL SAVE THE PLANET? 16/09/2010   19:00-21:00 cost: free Venue: The Victoria Pub Summary: Every time you open the paper, someone tells you that your eating habits are unsustainable. Professor Chris Pollock from Aberystwyth University, argues that we need to develop a sense of balance, and to stop striving for a perfect solution, because there isn't one. We do need to alter radically the way in which we produce and consume food.
FOOD ALLERGY IN CHILDREN: A GLOBAL PROBLEM 17/09/2010   18:30-20:30 cost: free Venue: The Victoria Pub Summary: We don't know the rates or the causes of food allergy. Using a single approach, we have examined more than 12,000 children from nine European countries, and China, India, Russia and Ghana, revealing different rates of food allergy globally caused by a range of foods. Find out how vital these facts are for future public health advice.
FOOD FACTORY (10.00) 18/09/2010   10:00-11:00 cost: free Venue: MB404 A+B, Aston University Summary: Grab your lab coat and follow scientists from MRC Human Nutrition Research in an exciting lesson in cookery. Find out what really goes into processed food and explore the complexities involved in providing safe and nutritious food. Learn about food labelling and have a go at designing your own cereal from scratch.
FOOD FACTORY (12.00) 18/09/2010   12:00-13:00 cost: free Venue: MB404 A+B, Aston University Summary: Grab your lab coat and follow scientists from MRC Human Nutrition Research in an exciting lesson in cookery. Find out what really goes into processed food and explore the complexities involved in providing safe and nutritious food. Learn about food labelling and have a go at designing your own cereal from scratch.
THE GREAT BIG FOLIC ACID DEBATE 18/09/2010   13:00-17:00 cost: free Venue: MB549, Aston University Summary: A lack of folate can lead to neural tube defects, while a diet rich in folic acid can help reduce the risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease. For this reason mandatory fortification of bread flour with folic acid has been recommended. The science behind this decision is a fascinating insight into how what we eat and who we are affects our health.
FOOD FACTORY (14.00) 18/09/2010   14:00-15:00 cost: free Venue: MB404 A+B, Aston University Summary: Grab your lab coat and follow scientists from MRC Human Nutrition Research in an exciting lesson in cookery. Find out what really goes into processed food and explore the complexities involved in providing safe and nutritious food. Learn about food labelling and have a go at designing your own cereal from scratch.
DRINKING UP TIME: SCIENCE AND ALCOHOL SINCE 1600 18/09/2010   19:00-20:00 cost: £ 3.00 Venue: The Bartons Arms Summary: Take a light-headed stagger through the scientific history of drink in the company of James Sumner, University of Manchester historian and part-time time-traveller. This talk (with occasional shouting) meets Isaac Newton, Humphry Davy and others as they ponder the great questions: Is wine alcoholic? Should beer contain rotting fish? And what spoils drink - microbes, or thunder?
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