Nutritional Sciences PhD with Integrated Study

Study modes: Full time

Course description: The overarching theme of the division is the scientific understanding and improvement of nutrition for both humans and animals; main areas of research include: Control and manipulation of the nutritional and processing quality of animal and plant products, including texture of fruit and meat products; nutritional enhancement of fat and protein content in animals.(read more)

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All nutrition courses at University Of Nottingham

Nutritional Sciences PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: The nutritional sciences are concerned with the process by which living matter acquires substances called nutrients for growth, repair and energy, but the science of nutrition is better defined as being concerned with understanding the effects of food on the body in both health and disease.(read more)

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All nutrition courses at King's College London (University Of London)

Nutritional Sciences PhD

Study modes: Full time

Course description: The overarching theme of the division is the scientific understanding and improvement of nutrition for both humans and animals; main areas of research include: Control and manipulation of the nutritional and processing quality of animal and plant products, including texture of fruit and meat products; nutritional enhancement of fat and protein content in animals.(read more)

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All nutrition courses at University Of Nottingham

Obesity and Eating Disorders PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Research areas include: Psychological interventions for obesity; relationship between trauma and attachment difficulties and obesity; relationship between binge eating, emotional eating and obesity; obese peoples perceptions of their obesity; transgenerational transmission of eating disorders.(read more)

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All nutrition courses at University Of Hertfordshire

Food Science and Nutrition PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: School is closely involved in national surveys requisitioned by the UK government and the EU; investigations include research into the balance between energy input and output in lean and obese individuals, and the mechanisms by which diet in pregnancy affects metabolism in offspring.(read more)

All nutrition courses at London Metropolitan University

Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Institute mission is to undertake research on essential nutrients and their interaction with the genome and the environment as they influence development and health; primary research areas: nutrition in pregnancy and infancy as it affects nervous and vascular system development; composition and structure of membranes and cell function; pre-natal (in utero) metabolic programming and chronic diseases in adulthood.(read more)

All nutrition courses at London Metropolitan University

Nutrition PhD

Study modes: Full time

Course description: Research oppurtunities: mammal ecology and behaviour;
comparative mammalian biology; primate and human evolution;
primate socioecology; insect ecology; aquatic ecology; climatology and meteorology; environmental pollution and environmental monitoring; human metabolism and enzymology; nutritional support – metabolic and organisational aspects; stress and health; computer modelling of brain function; neurobiology.(read more)

All nutrition courses at Roehampton University

Nutritional Sciences PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: There are 3 research groups: Nutritional sciences division; nutrition and dietetics group; food group; associated centre and units: clinical research centre; Surrey sleep research centre.(read more)

All nutrition courses at University Of Surrey

Nutrition PhD

Study modes: Full time

Course description: The academic staff of the department are interested in a wide range of aspects of nutrition science; these include research into: Nutrients; nutraceuticals and supplements through to the effects of diet on health; the group has strong links with the Lincolnshire health authority and have research partners in Greece, Hungary, Spain and France.(read more)

All nutrition courses at University Of Lincoln

Food and Nutrition PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: There are 2 groups: food technology and nutrition research; recent and current topics include: the effect of heat resistant protease activity on the shelf life of UHT milk; food safety training a model HACCP instructional technique; the development of wheat-free and gluten-free products; the effect of high monosaturated fat diets supplemented with various antioxidents.(read more)

All nutrition courses at Manchester Metropolitan University

Food Science PhD

Study modes: Full time | Part time evening

Course description: Research interests include: food biochemistry and nutrition; diet and health; food allergy; immunochemistry; absorption and metabolism of dietary components; analysis and fate of vitamins, additives and phytochemicals during thermal processing; analysis and origin of flavour substances in raw materials and food products; the Maillard reaction; chemistry of carbohydrate components of food; physico-chemical studies of food colloids.(read more)

All nutrition courses at University Of Leeds

Human Nutrition PhD

Study modes: Full time

Course description: Research programmes available at MRC Human Nutrition Research Centre and Mitochondrial Research Unit; research areas at MRC HNR include: Nutritional vulnerability in specific population groups, particularly infants, children, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women, the elderly, people in developing countries.(read more)

All nutrition courses at University Of Cambridge