Research Themes & Experts The Food, Metabolism and Society domain encompasses a breadth of cross-disciplinary research at UCL from experts across numerous departments and institutes. Discover more about the research themes covered by their work. Metabolic Disease Reseach areas include obesity, type 2 diabetes, and genetic disorders of metabolic function Metabolism and Global Health Research areas include malnutrition, metabolic disease in the developing world, and food security and supply. Biodiversity and Agriculture Research areas include agricultural impacts on biodiversity, genetically-modified crops and urban farming. Metabolism and Deep Time Research areas include ageing, archaeology, and the historical and evolutionary perspectives on metabolism research. Food and Decision Making Research areas include behaviour change for healthy living, obesogenic environment, and socioeconomic factors.