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" Over the last year, AI has experienced a boom among the general public, but in medical research we've been using it for much longer. As we keep tweaking it to make it better, we'll soon see, in the next few years, useful clinical applications emerge. This isn't the future: it's the present or a very immediate future," says Salvador Macip, dean of theFaculty of Health Sciences at the UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) and a researcher with the university's<anchor>FoodLab</anchor> group.
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# FoodLab

## Grup interdisciplinari en alimentació, nutrició, societat i salut

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Main investigator:Medina Luque, Francesc XavierArea:Health sciencesArea of specialization:City and Community, Digital healthAffiliation center:

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Collaborates with:e-Health CenterODS:

3 - Health and well-being

4 - Quality education

5 - Gender equality

12 - Responsible production and consumption

### About the group

The Interdisciplinary research group on Food, nutrition, society and health (FoodLab) focuses its interdisciplinary research on the evolution of dietary patterns and their relationship with society and health, thus linking with nutrition, disease prevention and food culture.

The aspects to which particular attention are paid are the following:

1. Programmes promoting healthy eating and physical activity, particularly the use of eHealth and the ICTs to empower people to change habits to prevent and address chronic diseases, especially overweight. In addition, to provide tools to health professionals for incorporating nutrition and eHealth applications, and to study nutrition applied to sport for both performance and health.
2. Analysis of dietary transformations from a sociocultural perspective and application of qualitative methodologies.
3. Scientific communication on diet-nutrition, health and society.

Furthermore, particular attention is paid to the Mediterranean diet: biodiversity, sustainability, food culture and healthy food supply.

### Group Research Lines

Analysis of the evolution of eating patterns and behaviours

2 - End hunger3 - Health and well-being12 - Responsible production and consumption

Nutrition, diet, physical activity and sport

Promotion of physical activity and healthy eating. Nutrition, sport performance and health.

3 - Health and well-being

Nutrition and public health by promoting a healthy diet and physical activity

2 - End hunger3 - Health and well-being

Diet, culture and social transformations

2 - End hunger3 - Health and well-being11 - Sustainable cities and communities12 - Responsible production and consumption

Nutrition to prevent and cope with chronic diseases, particularly with overweight

3 - Health and well-being

Diet, culture and social transformations

3 - Health and well-being

2 - End hunger3 - Health and well-being11 - Sustainable cities and communities12 - Responsible production and consumption

Gastronomy, health and society. Healthy food

2 - End hunger3 - Health and well-being11 - Sustainable cities and communities12 - Responsible production and consumption

Artificial intelligence (AI) applied to nutrition, metabolism and cardiometabolic, endocrine and women pathologies.

3 - Health and well-being

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