Early childhood is an important time for learning about nutrition and establishing healthy eating behaviors. Young children rely on parents to provide food options, and the availability of food in the home affects their dietary choices.

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Released On: 06 Mar 2024

 Zeynep Madak Erdogan, Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) Associate Director for Education and Sylvia D. Stroup Scholar of Nutrition and Cancer, received the prestigious 2024 Michael B. Kastan Award for Research Excellence given by the American Association for Cancer Research’s (AACR) Molecular Cancer Research (MCR) journal.

URBANA, Ill. — Chris Barrett, an acclaimed international agriculture economist, will present at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on Feb. 26, 2024, as part of the MillerComm Lecture Series.

Playing with the taste of chocolate to create unique flavour experiences led to fame and fortune in the fictional world of Wonka. Now scientists are finding ways of doing it for real.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a portable, self-powered ultraviolet-C device called the Tribo-sanitizer that can inactivate two of the bacteria responsible for many foodborne illnesses and deaths.

Elvira de Mejia, professor of food science, received an honorary doctoral degree from the