092293/Z/10/Z: You are What you Ate: Food Lessons from the Past

Project Summary:The project encourages public debate and reflection on eating behaviours by combining historical and bioarchaeological research on how medieval and early-modern people ate with biomedical research on modern nutrition and food science. Participants use history to engage with issues that affect health in the 21st century such as obesity, alcohol consumption, dental care, nutritional disorders, famine and the role of food processing, preservation techniques and seasonality. Events funded by the grant include schools and youth activities, exhibitions, talks, festival attendance, cooking demonstrations and osteology workshops, many of which take place at historical sites in West Yorkshire. Project partners include Wakefield Council and Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford.

Grant Holder:Dr Iona McCleery

Organisation:University of Leeds

Financial Year:2009/2010