Guido Camps studied Veterinary Medicine in Utrecht, Artificial Intelligence in Nijmegen and Information Management Systems at Harvard University. In 2014 he took a position at the Human Nutrition department in Wageningen, where he obtained his PhD on using an MRI scanner to make food digestion in the stomach visible. ‘I really enjoy tasty food, but am also prone to gaining weight. That is why I enjoy finding ways to help through nutrition research. My work has caused me to view food differently. If I want something to snack on mindlessly, I grab a bag of carrots and not a bag of chips or M&Ms. This contains fewer calories and also helps me achieve my vegetable target for the day.’
Can you remember what you ate last week? In a Wageningen food lab, sensors register the size of your serving, what it contains and the number of times you chew. They can even see right through the bread to determine what is on top. Here, nutrition scientists study how smart…