The Health Pole

The national network of research in human nutrition and the metagenomics demonstrator specialized in Health

The Health Pole is dedicated to the impacts of food on human physiology and health

The Health Pole is mainly composed of:

 

✔️ The national network of 4 Research Centers in Human Nutrition (CRNH) located in Auvergne, Ile de France, Ouest, Rhône-Alpes

Main research themes:

  • Metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular risks and diabetes
  • Food and sedentary behavior
  • Bone and muscle
  • Perinatal nutrition
  • Adipose tissue and obesity
  • Gastrointestinal tract
  • Cancer
  • Food allergies

 

Presentations by the directors of the CRNHs (April 2014, direct link):

 

✔️ MétaGénoPolis: a pre-industrial demonstrator specialized in metagenomics for the investigation of the microbiota.