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Autistic people and those with ADHD are more likely to have eating disorders. Here’s why – and how this affects their treatment
Date: 30/09/2024
Why are neurodivergent people, such as autistic people and those with ADHD, more likely to experience eating disorders than the broader population? And how does this impact their treatment?
Research suggests myelin fatty acid metabolism could serve as an energy reserve for the central nervous system
Date: 30/09/2024
These findings suggest that oligodendroglial lipid metabolism can serve as an energy reserve, helping to overcome glucose deprivation and associated neurodegeneration.
Expert panel calls for nutrition competencies in US medical education
Date: 30/09/2024
A professionally-diverse panel of medical and nutrition experts have proposed a set of recommended nutrition competencies for medical students and physician trainees. The study addresses a longstanding concern that most physicians in the U.S. are not equipped to advise patients about nutrition and food choices.
Companies keep selling harmful products – but history shows consumers can win in the end
Date: 30/09/2024
When people think of epidemics, they might think they’re caused only by viruses or other germs. But as public health experts, we know that’s just part of the story. Commerce can cause epidemics, too. Social media, guns, sugar: These are all examples of what we call “market-driven epidemics.â€
The Food Programme - The Brain Gut Connection
Date: 27/09/2024
The discussion focusses on the known connections between food and mental health, from childhood through to old age.
First-ever Study of its Kind Explores the Role of Nutrition in Managing Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Date: 26/09/2024
The EASe-GAD study reported a 55% reduction in average anxiety scores among those receiving the treatment, in addition to confirming feasibility and acceptability of a nutritional approach to helping individuals experiencing anxiety.
Research suggests obesity in moms doubles the risk of autism in babies
Date: 24/09/2024
"While further research is needed to explore the biological mechanisms underlying these associations, the findings do stress the need for health interventions that promote healthy living and weight among parents-to-be."
Study reveals link between microbiome and aggression in mice
Date: 23/09/2024
"Our findings are revolutionary. They suggest that a disrupted microbiome during critical developmental periods can lead to persistent aggressive behaviours later in life."
Newborn screening for vitamin B12 deficiency: Benefits outweigh harms
Date: 18/09/2024
The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) was commissioned to investigate whether screening for vitamin B12 deficiency and the diseases homocystinuria, propionic acidemia and methylmalonic aciduria should be included in the German extended newborn screening (ENS) program.
UK government’s nutrition advisers are paid by world’s largest food companies, BMJ analysis reveals
Date: 11/09/2024
Campaigners say these conflicts of interest are detrimental to public health, but defenders say they reflect the lack of funding in nutrition research. Sophie Borland reports.
Eating fish, not omega-3 supplements during pregnancy associated with lower likelihood of autism diagnosis
Date: 03/09/2024
Eating any amount of fish during pregnancy was associated with about a 20% lower likelihood of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis, particularly in females, and a slight reduction in autism-related traits in offspring, "This study provides yet more evidence for the safety and benefit of regular fish consumption during pregnancy,"
Vitamin B1 linked to reduced fatigue in some inflammatory bowel disease patients
Date: 03/09/2024
A new study provides insight into why vitamin B1—also known as thiamine—helps some patients regain their energy, while others do not experience the same effect.
Billions worldwide consume inadequate levels of micronutrients critical to human health, new study finds
Date: 29/08/2024
"Most people—even more than previously thought, across all regions and countries of all incomes—are not consuming enough of multiple essential micronutrients. These gaps compromise health outcomes and limit human potential on a global scale."
Mental health and chronic diabetes complications strongly linked both ways, study finds
Date: 22/08/2024
"The findings highlight a need for clinicians to actively screen for mental health disorders in patients with diabetes in addition to screening for chronic complications, which is the recommended standard of care in diabetes."
Inflammation during childhood linked to onset of mental health issues in early adulthood
Date: 21/08/2024
Children who have persistently raised inflammation are at a higher risk of experiencing serious mental health disorders including psychosis and depression in early adulthood, according to a new study.
Parents' eating behavior influences how their children respond to food, according to new research
Date: 20/08/2024
Young children often display similar eating behavior as their parents, with a parent's own eating style influencing how they feed their children.
Study offers possible explanation for link between diabetes and Alzheimer's
Date: 12/08/2024
People with type 2 diabetes have more difficulty getting rid of a protein that potentially increases the likelihood of contracting Alzheimer's disease.
Pathways linking body and brain health and impacts to mental health revealed
Date: 09/08/2024
Our work reveals the interplay between brain, body and lifestyle, and their collective influence on mental health. Pathways elucidated here may inform behavioural interventions to mitigate or prevent the synergistic co-occurrence of physical and mental disorders.
Food and exercise can treat depression as well as a psychologist
Date: 02/08/2024
A 'diet and lifestyle' therapy was as effective as psychotherapy for reducing depression, according to a new clinical trial in which both interventions were delivered 'virtually'. And it would cost less to provide.
Psychiatric Diagnoses Don’t Explain ‘Why’.....
Date: 30/07/2024
Psychiatric diagnoses, like major depressive disorder and ADHD, are not explanatory.
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