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Check out this @RTEBrainstorm article written by FNS PhD student @BenLeenSmith, exploring how mealtimes can help shape healthy eating habits in children.
👉 rte.ie/brainstorm/2026/0115/…
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5 steps to building lifelong healthy eating habits for your kids. Just as our children often mirror our own interests, voice and mannerisms, they also notice and absorb our attitudes and behaviours towards food, writes @BenLeenSmith @fnsucc @UCC rte.ie/brainstorm/2026/0115/…
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What shapes the diets of Irish toddlers (18–36 months)? A study led by @BenLeenSmith from @fnsucc surveyed +1000 parents and found overall low dietary guidelines adherence with food preparation and fussiness, key barriers to healthy eating. Read more: doi.org/10.1111/jhn.70084
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👶 Have a toddler aged 24–42 months?
We’re conducting a 12-week dietary intervention study, exploring practical ways to improve the diets of young children.
📌 2 in-person visits to @UCC @fnsucc
✅ Start here: tinyurl.com/NurtureDiet
#nutrition #toddlernutrition #Cork
👶 Have a toddler aged 24–42 months?
We’re conducting a 12-week dietary intervention study, exploring practical ways to improve the diets of young children.
📌 2 in-person visits to @UCC @fnsucc
✅ Start here: tinyurl.com/NurtureDiet
#nutrition #toddlernutrition #Cork
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Top 3 finish in the Olympic Development Mile @pennrelays - Good start to the season
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He's staying.
ALT Mo Salah sat on a throne at Anfield to announce he has signed a new contract. The text says 'more in than out'
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Athletes’ food choices aren’t simple. Our new study—the largest yet with 1145 athletes—reveals a complex web where sensory appeal, performance, sport type & competition level among others, interact. Understanding this is key to better nutrition strategies. See full study below.
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Are you 65+? Join the OASIS Study! Help us explore the benefits of vitamin D-fortified foods. Involves 2 visits to UCC, blood samples, diet assessments & 10 weeks of trial bread. Travel expenses covered within Cork city. Contact Dr Colette O'Neill at oasis@ucc.ie or 086 811 0792
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Are you 65+? Join the OASIS Study! Help us explore the benefits of vitamin D-fortified foods. Involves 2 visits to UCC, blood samples, diet assessments & 10 weeks of trial bread. Travel expenses covered within Cork city.
Contact Dr Colette O'Neill at oasis@ucc.ie or 086 811 0792
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A brilliant weekend hosting @IreUniAthletics 2024-2025 cross-country championships
🥈 Women's Team
🥉 Men's Team
🥈 Overall Team
Our first women's team medal since 2018 & men's team medal since 2013!! A weekend to build upon over the next few years
@UCCSport @bankofireland
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A new study has found 4 in 5 pregnant women in Ireland are iron deficient - here's what you need to know. By
@ElaineMcCarthy_ @UCC @fnsucc @infantcentre rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0925/…
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We are asking all students who care about athletics in UCC and sport in general, to complete the SU’s Survey on Outdoor Sports Facilities Development, to make our voices heard and to guarantee a home at the Mardyke for our club, local clubs & UCC students
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy step into history with back to back Olympic golds.
O'Donovan is the first Irish athlete to win medals at three different Olympics.
He is Ireland's greatest ever Olympian.
Ireland's 5th medal of the Games, 2nd gold, and we're not even halfway
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From leaves to sausages, the weird and wonderful diets of Olympic athletes. By @ElaineMcCarthy_ @UCC & Kevin McCarthy rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0716/…
Absolutely massive day for Irish Sport 🤯🔥
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If you are female (18-35years) and currently active , DCU are currently looking for participants for this very important piece of research ! Details and sign up link below and in comments! @DcuPerformance @DCU @SimonDevenney
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Attention 18-55 year olds! UCC researchers are conducting a 10-week trial to discover the impact of a probiotic & dietary fibre blend on immune health & the gut microbiome. Get a €150 voucher upon study completion.
More info here: forms.office.com/e/jYJBG0T3J…
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In Ireland, older adults from lower socioeconomic groups are vastly underrepresented in dietary intake datasets and dietary interventions, and there are stark differences in life expectancy and health. There is still time to apply to this valuable PhD, please share widely🙏🙏🙏
We are delighted to have this exciting PhD studentship advertised via the HRB funded SPHeRE Scholarship programme: shorturl.at/sNP13 entitled “Co-creating food-based interventions to meet policy guidelines with older adults in disadvantaged communities (CREATE)”.
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We are running a research project into the protein intakes of athletes. Take part by completing a one time 10-minute survey! All levels welcome! ucc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/S…