Date/Time: Wednesday 18 January 2023, 5.00pm

Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University

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All our events remain free and open to all, but pre-booking is required. Bookings for this lecture will open at 10.00am on 1 November. To reserve your place click the booking link below or telephone our booking voicemail line 0191 208 6136.

The 2023 Holmes Lectures will be given by researchers from the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University. The lectures will explore how food, nutrition, sport and exercise can help keep you healthy for longer. Lectures will take place in the Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building.

Keeping healthy with sport and food (part 1): An apple a day 

How true is the saying ‘You are what you eat’? Humans have always been interested in how the food we eat can impact our health and wellbeing. Throughout history there have been food fads and trends. Whilst there is health advice to eat your ‘five-a-day’ and the surge in people adopting a plant-based diet has not always led to healthier eating patterns.

There is a distinguished history of nutrition research at Newcastle University. Our research has developed a diet which can reverse type 2 diabetes, influenced World Health Organisation guidance on sugar intake developed the UK national diet assessment tool and we have campaigned for free school meals for all key stage 1 children. Join Bernard Corfe, Professor of Human Health and Nutrition, and fellow academics from our Faculty of Medical Science to hear about their latest research.

For group bookings and school visits, please email the Public Lectures office at public.lectures@ncl.ac.uk or telephone our booking voicemail line 0191 208 6136.

Please also join us for Keeping healthy with sport and food (part 2): Run for your life which will be held on Wednesday 25 January.