NEW PROJECT: Research on Nutrition Diagnostics starts

Wednesday, 14 May 2008 09:33

Food and Health Research Centre ETTK at University of Kuopio starts research focusing on non-invasive diagnostics of the nutritional and metabolic status. The project "Measurement of volatile compounds of breath and the assessment of nutritional status" will be performed in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Science of the University of Kuopio. The goal is to develop easy-to-use solutions for the health care sector and for home use. Tekes has allocated a grant for the new project, which has partially funded by the The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) of European Union.

The project will include analysis of the chemical composition of breath in relation to metabolic status, and analysis methods as well as sampling techniques will be developed. The aim is to identify biomarkers related to different states of the metabolism. The future aim is to continue the research in this branch of non-invasive diagnostics so that new applications can be developed to assist and motivate healthy eating patterns.

Contact person:
PhD, senior researcher Olavi Raatikainen
University of Kuopio
Department of clinical nutrition/ETTK
Box 1627
FIN-70211 Kuopio
Phone: +358 40 550 5971 or +358 17 163 611