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What you eat as a teenager may shape food choices later in life
Pregnancy, Fatty Acids, and the Endocannabinoid System (ECS): One Substrate Story Behind Two Epidemics
Metabolic roots of memory loss: Early obesity and low choline levels linked to brain inflammation risk
Junk food diet can quickly disrupt memory circuits in the brain, study finds
Diet-related brain inflammation: Three days of high-fat eating impair memory in aged rats
Research suggests obesity in moms doubles the risk of autism in babies
Study finds being overweight is associated with alterations in brain pulsations
Sugar cravings could be caused by loneliness, study finds
Junk Food Diet in Teens Linked to Long-term Memory Issues
How food preferences are linked to cognition and brain health – and why a balanced diet is superior
Pilot study shows ketogenic diet improves severe mental illness
Could ultra-processed foods be the new 'silent' killer?
Why Your Brain Hates Junk Food
The Number-One Worst Food for Your Brain
Hunger hormones impact decision-making brain area to drive behaviour, study finds
Insulin resistance turns tidy brain cells into slobs — which could be a link between diet and neurodegenerative diseases
Ultra-processed food linked to higher risk of depression, research finds
Ignorance to sex differences may explain why nutrition interventions fail in research
Gut microbes are the community within you that you can't live without –Â how eating well can cultivate your microbial and social self
Obesity and Mental Health: A Surprisingly Strong Connection
Study finds 'concerning' links between BMI and children's brain health
Mother's health, diet during pregnancy may impact child's later neurodevelopment
Fatty liver disease endangers brain health
Residue from rinse agents used in commercial dishwashers found to destroy protective layer in gut
Obesity medicine expert discusses the connection between metabolism and mental health
Omega 3s may hold the secret to slowing the process of aging, experts reveal
Brain networks can play role in weight-loss success
How does excess sugar affect the developing brain throughout childhood and adolescence?
Diet, exercise can improve teens' mental health
How highly processed foods harm memory in the aging brain (and the protective effect of Omega-3 DHA)
Harmful body fat not only increases your waistline, but also your risk of dementia
What happened when I ate ultra-processed food for a month
Managing children's weight, blood pressure and cholesterol protects brain function mid-life
Is Your Belly Fat Fogging Your Thinking?
Enhancing blood sugar control boosts brain health for people with type 2 diabetes
Curcumin and fish oil offer cognitive boost
World first study links obesity with reduced brain plasticity
Lipoic acid supplements help some obese but otherwise healthy people lose weight
Junk food orders up trouble for young brains
18 December 2019 - Futurity - More body fat may hamper thinking as you age
How junk food shapes the developing teenage brain
10 December 2019 - MedicalXpress - Brain differences may be tied to obesity, kids' study says
High waist circumference associated with elevated risk of obesity-related dementia
3 September 2019 - MedicalXpress - New insights: Dementia, risk, risk reduction, and translation into practice
New insight into how obesity, insulin resistance can impair cognition
29 November 2018 - The Guardian - 'Diabolical' diets: four in 10 children consume sugary drinks daily
Ban on sale of energy drinks to children
1 August 2018 - Science Daily - Measure of belly fat in older adults is linked with cognitive impairment
1 December 2017 - Science Daily - Obesity increases dementia risk
19 October 2017 - MedicalXpress - Lower brain glucose levels found in people with obesity, type 2 diabetes

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