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Cuesta-Marti C et al 2026 - Bifidobacterium longum and prebiotic interventions restore early-life high-fat/high-sugar diet-induced alterations in feeding behavior in adult mice
Lee G et al 2025 - Parental high-fat/high-sugar diets and their lasting impact on brain development in offspring: a longitudinal mouse MRI study
Dicken S J et al 2025 - Ultraprocessed or minimally processed diets following healthy dietary guidelines on weight and cardiometabolic health: a randomized, crossover trial
Delaroque C et al 2025 - Maternal emulsifier consumption alters the offspring early-life microbiota and goblet cell function leading to long-lasting diseases susceptibility
Rehn S et al 2025 - Behavioural and physiological effects of binge eating: A systematic review and meta-analysis of animal models
Ganguly S et al 2025 - Consumption of sucrose-water rewires macronutrient uptake and utilization mechanisms in a tissue specific manner
Kullmann S et el 2025 - A short-term, high-caloric diet has prolonged effects on brain insulin action in men
Tekalegn Y E et al 2025 - Clustering Patterns of Unhealthy Lifestyle Behaviours Among Adolescents: A Multilevel Analysis of a Nationally Representative School-Based Survey from 73 Countries
Butler M et al 2025 - Obesity-associated memory impairment and neuroinflammation precede widespread peripheral perturbations in aged rats
Gracner T et al 2024 - Exposure to sugar rationing in the first 1000 days of life protected against chronic disease
Chavez-Ugalde I et al 2024 - Ultra-processed food consumption in UK adolescents: distribution, trends, and sociodemographic correlates using the National Diet and Nutrition Survey 2008/09 to 2018/19
Aramburu A et al 2004 - Ultra-processed foods consumption and health-related outcomes: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Zhang X et al 2024 - Social Isolation, Brain Food Cue Processing, Eating Behaviors, and Mental Health Symptoms
Hayes A et al 2024 - Western diet consumption impairs memory function via dysregulated hippocampus acetylcholine signaling
Ballester-Navarro P et al 2024 - Association of Circadian Misalignment with Diet and Physical Activity in Adolescents
Lane et al 2024 - Ultra-processed food exposure and adverse health outcomes: umbrella review of epidemiological meta-analyses
Sherling D et al 2024 - Newest updates to health providers on the hazards of ultra-processed foods and proposed solutions
Buckland G et al 2024 - Associations of childhood diet quality scores with arterial stiffness and carotid artery intima-media thickness in adolescence/early adulthood: findings from the ALSPAC cohort
Lateral hypothalamic proenkephalin neurons drive threat-induced overeating associated with a negative emotional state
Alassaf M et al 2023 - Diet-induced glial insulin resistance impairs the clearance of neuronal debris in Drosophila brain
Hosseini A et al 2023 - Consuming artificial sweeteners may alter the structure and function of duodenal microbial communities
Gearhardt A et al 2023 - Social, clinical, and policy implications of ultra-processed food addiction
Touvier M et al 2023 - Ultra-processed foods and cardiometabolic health: public health policies to reduce consumption cannot wait
Johnson R et al 2023 - The fructose survival hypothesis for obesity
Samuthpongtorn C et al 2023 - Consumption of Ultraprocessed Food and Risk of Depression
Galen K et al 2023 - Brain responses to nutrients are severely impaired and not reversed by weight loss in humans with obesity: a randomized crossover study
Shrivastava K et al 2023 - Maternal overnutrition is associated with altered synaptic input to lateral hypothalamic area
Jackson K et al 2023 - Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes and perinatal health: A quasi-experimental study
Morrison S et al 2023 - The effect of modest changes in sleep on dietary intake and eating behaviour in children
Thanarajah S et al 2023 - Habitual daily intake of a sweet and fatty snack modulates reward processing in humans
Peng S et al 2023 - Does obesity related eating behaviours only affect chronic diseases? A nationwide study of university students in China
Chen K et al 2022 - Childhood neurodevelopmental disorders and maternal diabetes: A population-based cohort study
Nguyen M et al 2022 - Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and weight gain in children and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials
Santos K et al 2022 - The impact of macronutrient composition on metabolic regulation: An Islet-Centric view
Gertler & Gracner 2022 - The Sweet Life: The Long-Term Effects of a Sugar-Rich Early Childhood
Grech A et al 2022 - Macronutrient (im)balance drives energy intake in an obesogenic food environment: An ecological analysis
Gearhardt A et al 2022 - Highly processed foods can be considered addictive substances based on established scientific criteria
Wang Y et al 2022 - Maternal consumption of ultra-processed foods and subsequent risk of offspring overweight or obesity: results from three prospective cohort studies
Tsan L et al 2022 - Early life low-calorie sweetener consumption disrupts glucose regulation, sugar-motivated behavior, and memory function in rats
Jones G et al 2022 - British Journal of Nutrition Article contents Abstract Methods Discussion Footnotes References Putting nutrition education on the table: development of a curriculum to meet future doctors’ needs
Hadjihambi A et al 2022 - Partial MCT1 invalidation protects against diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and the associated brain dysfunction
Camacho-MuÃ±oz D et al 2022 - Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids reverse the impact of western diets on regulatory T cell responses through averting ceramide-mediated pathways
Parnham J et al 2022 - The Ultra-Processed Food Content of School Meals and Packed Lunches in the United Kingdom
Marshall N et al 2021 - The importance of nutrition in pregnancy and lactation: lifelong consequences
Yunker A et al 2021 - Obesity and Sex-Related Associations With Differential Effects of Sucralose vs Sucrose on Appetite and Reward Processing: A Randomized Crossover Trial
Ludwig D et al 2021 - The carbohydrate-insulin model: a physiological perspective on the obesity pandemic
Taylor et al 2021 - Dietary fructose improves intestinal cell survival and nutrient absorption
Nunes & Anastasiou 2021 - Fructose in the diet expands the surface of the gut and promotes nutrient absorption
Bont J et al 2021 - Urban environment and obesity and weight-related behaviours in primary school children
Chang K et al 2021 - Association Between Childhood Consumption of Ultraprocessed Food and Adiposity Trajectories in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children Birth Cohort

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