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| Formation | since 1992 |
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| Purpose | Human Nutrition Clinical Research |
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Director |
Pr Martine Laville (CRNH Rhône Alpes) |
| Website | www |
The Centres de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine or CRNHs is a network of human nutrition research centres in France. Their goal is to improve the knowledge on the functional properties of food, metabolism, and human physiology, ranging from basic research to the study of behaviours and their impact on health. France has four CRNHs which share common tools and complementary scientific skills that allow them to develop multi-center programs using their platforms and specific skills.
Nutritional issues are of major importance as populations around the world are considerably changing their diet and lifestyle with large health consequences. Food related-diseases such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, malnutrition, and cancer are becoming major public health issues. CRNHs provides scientific answers to nutrition related health issues by promoting science and accelerating technology transfer to society. CRNHs contributes to technology transfer between hospital sectors, research laboratories and industries. CRNHs’ expertise, its platforms for clinical exploration, analysis and data processing offer significant opportunities for collaborations. CRNHs develops research programs in nutrition within the framework of national, European, and international research programs, working closely with industry partners and researchers worldwide. To advise on strategic development, CRNHs has been endowed with an external scientific advisory board composed of experts from several European nations.
CRNHs missions
- Create a research pole of experts
- Coordinate and lead multicentric research program to improve the knowledge in human nutrition
- Create a platform between laboratories and hospitals for the translational research
- Answer to public health major issues by giving a scientific answer to the nutrition problem
Organisation
Director : Pr Martine Laville (CRNH Rhône Alpes)
Co-directors : Pr Noel Cano (CRNH Auvergne), Alain Grynberg (CRNH Ile de France), Pr Michel Krempf (CRNH Ouest)
In France there is now four CRNH having common tools and complementary scientific skills.
CRNH Ouest
Target tissues
- Perinatal nutrition
- Brain and enteric nervous system
- Lipids and chronic diseases
- Allergy
CRNH Auvergne
Nutrition in elderly and in chronic diseases
- Skeletal Muscle and Bone: sarcopenia and osteoporosis
- Cardiovascular : prevention of metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis, metabolomics, food metabolome
- Gastro-intestinal: digestive pain, microbiota
- Hormone-dependent cancer: nutrition, breast and prostate cancer
CRNH Ile de France
Human dietary behaviour
- Nutritional Epidemiology and cohorts, food economy
- Adipose tissue
- Cardiovascular
- Gastro-intestinal
- Endocrinology
CRNH Rhône Alpes
Obesity, Diabetes, Physical Activity
- Nutrition, health and well-being,
- Clinical nutrition, aging and chronic diseases
- Health properties of food and diet
- Lipid/lipoprotein metabolism and cardio metabolic risks
- Relationship between sedentary behaviour and health consequences