National Centre of Excellence in Functional Foods Capability Map

ID:	1 (Added: 27-Feb-2008)
Organisation:	University of Wollongong
Department:	Smart Foods Centre
Contact:	Professor Linda Tapsell
Position:	Director
Phone:	+61 2 4221 5132
Email:	ltapsell@uow.edu.au
Address:	Wollongong NSW 2522
Website:	http://www.uow.edu.au/health/smartfoods/index.html
Description:	The Smart Foods Centre has expertise in clinical resaerch in nutrition and dietetics. The University of Wollongong is home to Australia's only Whole Room Calorimeter (WRC), used for studying energy expenditure in a controlled environment. The Smart Foods Centre provides consulting and expert services to the food industry including evidence based reviews of functional foods and food components, regulatory advice and dietary modelling.
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Resource Capabilities

Facilities:		Appetite, Clinical (in house), Energy Expenditure, Gut Health
Foods:		Beverages, Dairy: All, Dairy: Milk, Fats & Oils: All, Fruit: All, Grains: All, Grains: Wholegrains, Meat: All, Meat: Chicken, turkey, Meat: Red meat, Nuts, Seafood: All, Vegetables: All
Health Benefits:		Gut: All, Heart: All, Heart: Cholesterol, Metabolism: All, Metabolism: Body Weight, Nutrition support: Cachexia
Organisation Type:		University
Science Capabilities:		RCT - Calorimeter, RCT - Feeding trial, RCT - Long term dietary modelling, RCT - Short term
Special Capabilities:		Diet trials