How much fibre is in the food you eat?

In this drop-in interactive Cambridge Festival activity, part of the open day at the Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology, we’ll invite you to guess the fibre content of a variety of foods.

We will explain why dietary fibre is important for health, and how scientists at the MRC Epidemiology Unit measure how much fibre people in the UK are eating, as part of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey.

We’ll also bring our Fortune Telling Molecules activity, where you can pick five cards, spin the wheel, and find out how analysing the fat molecules circulating in the bloodstream can help predict the risk of developing diseases such as type 2 diabetes.