FAB: Nutritional Programming

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Nutritional Programming - News

Sugar in first 1,000 days linked to poor health later
Britain’s postwar sugar craze confirms harms of sweet diets in early life
Four in five pregnant women in Ireland are iron deficient – here’s why that’s worrying
The Stronger Minds Podcast: Why I'm Starting a Beef with the NICE People
Food for thought: How diet affects the brain over a lifetime
Study suggests prenatal diet may play a role in autism
Nutritional epigenetics education reduces ultra-processed food intake in parents of children with autism and ADHD
Stunting in infancy linked to differences in cognitive and brain function
Study demonstrates adding complex component of milk to infant formula confers long-term cognitive benefits
Eating emulsifiers during pregnancy and lactation linked to health risks in mouse offspring
FAB WEBINAR - Feeding Humanity: The Key Role of Nutrition in the Mental Health Crisis
A mother's diet can protect her grandchildren's brains, genetic model study shows
YOU NEED TO HEAR THIS! - The Food Programme - Feeding Your Brain: A Users Guide
Low fibre intake during pregnancy may delay development in infants' brains
Professor warns of micronutrient deficiency risks in sustainable diets
Dietary Interventions for ADHD: Emerging Research and Considerations
Can we train our taste buds for health? A neuroscientist explains how genes and diet shape taste
Critical Brain Nutrients: Evidence that Current Dietary Advice Harms Mental Health – and Potential Solutions
Higher rates of autism and ADHD in American children may reflect poor diet and toxic exposures
Planning for a baby? Why both men and women should consider quitting alcohol before and during pregnancy
Father's alcohol consumption before conception linked to brain and facial defects in offspring
Lower birth weight, more weight gain seen with in utero COVID-19 exposure
Excess calories during development may alter the brain and spur adult overeating
Can certain nutrients protect against the effects of fetal alcohol exposure?
Maternal obesity can affect foetal development
Offspring obesity: review stresses “urgent need” to address maternal vitamin D deficiencies
Bad diets are not just for Christmas – they’re for life
Omega-3 fatty acid could boost IQ for preterm babies
Origins of Health - How Important Is Iron for the Developing Brain?
Maternal intake of choline during pregnancy impacts children's sustained attention
Halved risk for severe retinal disease in extremely premature infants
Study: Maternal vitamin D deficiency could impair baby's cognitive development
The benefits of DHA & Choline for brain development and function - FOOD MATTERS LIVE
Alcohol consumption by fathers before conception could negatively impact child development (and choline supplementation in pregnancy reduces similar brain damage from maternal alcohol consumption)
Could some people with schizophrenia in poorer nations simply have a vitamin deficiency?
Epigenetic Influences on Depressed Mood: A Concise Review
Infant blood markers predict childhood mental health
High-fat (Omega-6-rich, Omega-3 deficient) maternal diet can cause brain damage in the unborn child
'High-fat' (Omega-6-rich, Omega-3 deficient) maternal diet can cause life-long changes in the fetal brain
Child nutrition experts make case for fatty acid rethink in infant formula
Today's obesity epidemic may have been caused by childhood sugar intake decades ago
Early maternal anemia tied to intellectual disability, ADHD and autism
New study on omega-3 fatty acid supplements and preterm birth prevention
Processed foods may hold key to rise in autism
Researchers reveal issues with WHO recommended pregnancy supplements
Drinking alcohol even at conception damages placenta development: study
New report card could mark governments' progress in improving preconception health
Drinking alcohol at conception shown to harm brain development (in rats) – new study
No safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy, suggest researchers
Expectant mothers can prevent fetal brain problems caused by the flu, study finds
Adequate prenatal omega-3 intake can vastly lower preterm birth risk: DSM expert
Clinical trial: Prenatal DHA prevents blood-pressure increase from obesity during childhood
Essential nutrient may help fight Alzheimer's across generations
Studies raise questions over how epigenetic information is inherited
The Mother and Child Foundation - Prenatal nutrition: of paramount importance
Prenatal exposure to folic acid fortification of foods may reduce mental illness risk
Pregnancy diet and offspring "hyperactivity-inattention symptoms"?
Lancet nutrition series: Pre-pregnancy supplementation ‘insufficient’ to boost offspring health
Maternal binge drinking linked to mood problems and alcohol abuse in offspring
Prenatal choline intake increases grey and white matter in piglets
Pregnant women deficient in vitamin D may give birth to obese children
Nutrients in child's first 1,000 days key for neurodevelopment
Eating more foods with choline during pregnancy could boost baby's brain
Improved nutrition for extremely low birth weight preemies
There is no safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy, new study shows
Can Vitamin D Exposure In Utero Alter Children’s Metabolic Profiles?
Nutrition one of most 'significant individual factors' for child development in first 1,000 days: Comprehensive evidence paper
What babies eat – before and just after birth – can impact them for life, says new book
Health risks of light drinking in pregnancy confirms that abstention is the safest approach
What is the global prevalence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder?
Dad's diet influences brain agility of kids: Mice study
Chinese famine data shows no long-term health effects except for schizophrenia
Prenatal Nutritional Deficiency and Psychosis: Where Do We Go From Here?
Mother's diet in pregnancy may have lasting effects for offspring
Unhealthy diet during pregnancy could lead to ADHD in children, researchers find
Obese parents triple obese offspring risk, experts warn
Mother's BMI may affect the biological age of newborn babies
The lasting legacy of early nutrition
How obesity in mothers can harm their babies: children born to obese parents 'risk heart attacks, diabetes and asthma in later life'
Fewer indications of ADHD in children whose mothers took vitamin D during pregnancy
Unhealthy diet during pregnancy could be linked to ADHD
Imprinting obesity: Mum's metabolic health may have lasting impact on baby
Mother's high-fructose diet may lead to foetal metabolic disorders: Study
“Exciting results”: Tufts/Harvard meta-analysis supports omega-3s for child brain development
Why fish intake by pregnant women improves the growth of a child's brain
Your poor diet might hurt your grandchildren's guts
A simple daily pregnancy pill could boost population IQ and save the NHS money
High-fat (and high-sugar) diet, obesity during pregnancy harms stem cells in developing fetus
Development of brain function altered by prenatal alcohol exposure
Vitamin A, E, D deficiencies 'dramatically' higher in pre-term babies
FDA - Fish: What Pregnant Women and Parents Should Know
Pregnant mother's fatty diet may alter baby's brain
Study calls for maternal vitamin D supplementation
High fish intake during pregnancy leads to better verbal intelligence, motor skills in children
Mental disorders affect more than a third of Europeans
BBC Radio 4 - The First 1000 Days - A Legacy for Life - Part 3: Future Generations
BBC Radio 4 - The First 1000 Days - A Legacy For Life - Part 2: Infancy
BBC Radio 4 - The First 1000 Days: A Legacy for Life - Part 1: In the womb

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