The Paper of the Month for October is ‘Potato consumption is not associated with elevated cardiometabolic risk in adolescent girls‘ from the British Journal of Nutrition and is free to access for 1 month.…
New research reveals that a significant number of babies are not being fed in accordance with New Zealand’s infant feeding guidelines and this puts them at greater risk for childhood obesity.…
The Paper of the Month for January 2021 is ‘Prevalence Of Malnutrition In Covid-19 Inpatients: The Nutricov Study’ from the British Journal of Nutrition and is free to access for 1 month.…
The association between egg consumption and diabetes is inconclusive. In the USA, egg consumption has been shown to increase the risk of diabetes. However, studies on egg consumption and diabetes are limited in Asia with conflicting results.
June’s Paper of the Month is from the British Journal of Nutrition and is entitled: ‘Dietary approach to stop hypertension (DASH) diet and associated socioeconomic inequalities in the United Kingdom’ by Linia Patel, Gianfranco Alicandro and Carlo La Vecchia.…
A study by researchers led by Dr Gerda Pot at King’s College London has suggested that children who skip breakfast regularly may not be consuming the daily amounts of key nutrients for growth and development that are recommended by the UK government.…
The Nutrition Society Paper of the Month for June is from British Journal of Nutrition and is entitled ‘Dietary fat and physiological determinants of plasma chylomicron remnant homoeostasis in normolipidaemic subjects: insight into atherogenic risk‘.…
Researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington and the University of Auckland, have found that a ‘home-grown’ naturally occurring probiotic reduces the risk of developing diabetes during pregnancy (gestational diabetes) and lowers fasting blood sugar.…
The Nutrition Society Paper of the Month for January is from British Journal of Nutrition and is entitled: ‘Impact of food supplementation on weight loss in randomised-controlled dietary intervention trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis’.…
Two sets of scientists have written commentaries in the latest issue of the British Journal of Nutrition querying the findings of a recent article published in the same journal by scientists from Newcastle University that suggested potential nutritional benefits of consuming organic milk.
Dr Janine Coulthard and Dr Gerda Pot, researchers at King’s College London, have found no significant link between eating the evening meal after 8pm and excess weight in children, according to a paper published this month in the British Journal of Nutrition.
A recent study by experts from Harvard University, the University of Eastern Finland and Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health shows that a high egg intake may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes
UK toddlers are consuming more calories and protein than recommended, potentially putting them at risk of obesity in later life, according to a new UCL study. The study, published today in the British Journal of Nutrition, showed children’s diets are lacking in fibre, vitamin D and iron but contain too much sodium which may lead to future health problems.
In the largest study of its kind, led by an international team of experts at Newcastle University, UK, and published in the British Journal of Nutrition has shown that both organic milk and meat contain around 50% more beneficial omega-3 fatty acids than conventionally produced products.
Women at risk of carrying babies with neural tube defects may benefit from taking inositol alongside folic acid during pregnancy, suggests research published in the British Journal of Nutrition from a team at the UCL Institute of Child Health, the research partner of Great Ormond Street Hospital.
An EU-funded study published this week in British Journal of Nutrition (BJN) shows that consuming cocoa flavanols improves cardiovascular function and lessens the burden on the heart that comes with the ageing
A new paper, from DSM and published in British Journal of Nutrition, examines vitamin E function and requirements in relation to polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs).
Scientists have long recognized the dangers of cadmium (Cd) exposure to the human body. Now, an invited commentary, place this finding in the context of the growing epidemiology linking Cd exposure to adverse health outcomes, and conclude that consistent consumption of organic foods over a lifetime could be expected to favorably influence health and mortality risk.
In the largest study of its kind, an international team of experts led by Newcastle University, UK, has shown that organic crops and crop-based foods are up to 69% higher in a number of key antioxidants than conventionally-grown crops.
Researchers at the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) in Stoke Mandeville Hospital, a research partner of the Centre of Gastroenterology and Clinical Nutrition at University College London, have found that a daily commercial probiotic drink (containing Lactobacillus casei Shirota: Yakult Light) significantly reduces incidence of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in spinal injury patients.…
The August Nutrition Society Paper of the month is from British Journal of Nutrition and is entitled ‘Vitamin D in serum is influenced by diet and season in North Greenland: indicators of dermal 25OHD production north of the Arctic Circle’ No need to worry about vitamin D deficiency if you live in North Greenland.…
Pregnant women, in Germany, are not sufficiently supplied with Vitamin D – and not just in winter. This is the result of a study, published in British Journal of Nutrition, by Prof.…
The March Nutrition Society Paper of the month is from British Journal of Nutrition and is entitled ‘Nutrition economics – food as an ally of public health’.…
People can burn up to 20% more body fat by exercising in the morning on an empty stomach, according to new research from Northumbria University.…
The January Nutrition Society Paper of the month is from British Journal of Nutrition and is entitled ‘Fewer adults add salt at the table after initiation of a national salt campaign in the UK: a repeated cross-sectional analysis’ The UK Food Standards Agency’s consumer awareness campaign and trends in discretionary salt use There is a strong body of evidence that links high dietary salt intakes to hypertension, which is a major cause of cardiovascular disease.…
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A national study of older Americans shows those who have limited mobility and low physical activity – scientifically categorized as “frail” – are five times more likely to report that they often don’t have enough to eat, defined as “food insufficiency,” than older adults who were not frail.…
Exercising before breakfast is better for you than exercising afterwards according to new research, published in British Journal of Nutrition, by scientists at the University of Glasgow.…
Jack Winkler’s commentary on a report by Ng et al., challenges the proposal of a 10% tax on ‘sugar-sweetened beverages’ (SSB).…
This is the first post in our new series: “Conversations with Authors.” For our inaugural post, we asked Dr. Vesla Weaver to meet (virtually) with Dr.…
More and more research is finding inflammation as a potential contributing factor towards to the development of various mental illnesses. A systematic review was conducted to determine the association between parasitic infection and mental illnesses in various African populations. Two parasite groups were evaluated; helminths and protozoans, and four mental illness classifications; depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, schizotypal disorders and unspecified mental illnesses.
The March article of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International is the first blog of the series. The blog is written by Dr Dami Ajayi, Specialty Doctor, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Trainee/Blog Editor, BJPsych International.…
The English language contains a wealth of insults and terms of abuse. Personal insults attack the core and immutable aspects of a person, such as their race, ethnicity, appearance, age, or a disability.…
Although the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic now feels like a distant memory, the political consequences of that period remain a critical lens through which we can understand voter behaviour in times of crisis.…
Maria is a smallholder farmer in rural Singida, Tanzania. We worked together for the past few years on the Singida Nutrition and Agroecology Project (SNAP-Tz), a nutrition-sensitive agroecological intervention that sought to improve children’s diet. In it, farmers learned about and experimented with sustainable agriculture, nutrition, and gender equity using an integrated and participatory curriculum
This year, Mona Suleiman, who is doing her PhD at the University of Bath, was the winner of the award. The competition this year was high, but Mona’s presentation stood out for the fundamental impacts of her research that were explained in a very comprehensible way.
It is an article of faith among ordinary Filipinos that American troops will die with Filipino troops defending Philippine claims to the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea (SCS).…
More and more research is finding inflammation as a potential contributing factor towards to the development of various mental illnesses. A systematic review was conducted to determine the association between parasitic infection and mental illnesses in various African populations. Two parasite groups were evaluated; helminths and protozoans, and four mental illness classifications; depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, schizotypal disorders and unspecified mental illnesses.
The March article of Muses – the arts blog from BJPsych International is the first blog of the series. The blog is written by Dr Dami Ajayi, Specialty Doctor, Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Trainee/Blog Editor, BJPsych International.…
This is the first post in our new series: “Conversations with Authors.” For our inaugural post, we asked Dr. Vesla Weaver to meet (virtually) with Dr.…
The opportunity to showcase some of the exciting archaeological research currently underway on medieval Ethiopia in a journal as widely read as Antiquity is important.
Q&A with Editor-in-Chief of the Precision Medicine Journal, Dame Anna Dominiczak, for International day of Women and Girls in Science
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