More than 80 children on 23rd July, aged 5 to 11, have learned the importance of understanding the properties of food and how a healthy diet can help reduce the risk of some of the world's leading causes of death. This was achieved through the ‘MuseoChef: Your Healthy Pantry’ event in Madrid, an initiative within the InnoSol4Med project, organized by researchers from the Food Science Research Institute (CIAL), a joint research center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). The activity was part of the summer camps program at the CSIC’s Natural Sciences Museum.
During the session, children were taught the significance of knowing what we eat and how research contributes to enhancing food properties and their impact on health and well-being. Through workshops and interactive games, the children designed their own diets based on information about food properties, with a focus on the intestinal microbiota. They also explored the role of food preservatives and certain emerging contaminants, learning about their origin and function in food.
