The MooDFOOD project: Prevention of depression through nutritional strategies
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MooDFOOD is a ‘Multi‐country cOllaborative project on the rOle of Diet, Food‐related behaviour, and Obesity in the prevention of Depression’. Depression is one of the most prevalent, severe and disabling disorders in the European Union (EU) and places a heavy burden on individuals and families. A large proportion of the EU population is overweight, which increases depression risk. Targeting food‐related behaviours and nutritional status of people prone to overweight and obesity offers opportunities to prevent depression. The MooDFOOD consortium combines expertise in nutrition, consumer behaviour, psychia...
Source: Nutrition Bulletin - February 8, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: M. Cabout, I. A. Brouwer, M. Visser, Tags: News from EU Research Source Type: research
Impact of probiotics on the immune response to influenza vaccination is strongly influenced by ageing
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Influenza vaccination in the over 65s suffers from low success rates because of the age‐associated decline in immunity. Strategies for improving the response to vaccination are therefore urgently needed. Emerging evidence suggests that alteration of the gut microbiota could potentially influence antiviral defences and modulate the outcome of viral infections. Research conducted as part of a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Diet and Health Research Industry Club (DRINC)‐funded project identified immunoregulatory properties of a novel probiotic (B. longum infantis CCUG 52486) and d...
Source: Nutrition Bulletin - February 8, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: P. Yaqoob Tags: News from the Research Councils Source Type: research
Gene –nutrient interactions on metabolic diseases: Findings from the GeNuIne Collaboration
This article describes how the British Nutrition Foundation Drummond Pump Priming award was used to initiate a large scale collaborative project called the Gene‐Nutrient Interactions (GeNuIne) Collaboration, the main objective of which is to investigate the effect of gene‐nutrient interactions (nutrigenetics) on metabolic disease outcomes using population based studies from various ethnic groups. The article also provides a summary of gene–diet interaction studies, performed in developing countries as part of this collaborative project, and gives an overview of how nutrigenetic findings can be translated into persona...
Source: Nutrition Bulletin - February 8, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: K. S. Vimaleswaran Tags: News and Views Source Type: research
Health and nutrition claims – guidance, regulation and self‐regulation
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The law on nutrition and, especially, health claims on food is complex and evolving. There is a widely felt need for guidance and dialogue between stakeholders. A well‐attended seminar was organised in September 2016 that brought together regulators, enforcement practitioners and the trade and appeared to go some way to addressing this need. It was generally agreed that several next steps are desirable: to run the seminar again (e.g. in the north of England); to develop a multiple stakeholder forum in order to arrive at correct interpretation and shorten the decision‐making process in difficult cases; to intro...
Source: Nutrition Bulletin - February 8, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: M. J. Walker Tags: News and Views Source Type: research
Current evidence linking nutrition with brain health in ageing
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Cognitive dysfunction and depression are significant problems of ageing with major health and socio‐economic impacts; therefore, preventing or delaying the onset of these disorders should be a public health priority. In particular, there is a need to identify modifiable factors that could be targeted to promote better brain health in ageing. Epidemiological studies indicate a protective role for certain dietary patterns, in particular the Mediterranean diet, and for specific nutrients, including n‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, polyphenols and B vitamins. Although, the evidence to date from randomised controll...
Source: Nutrition Bulletin - February 8, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: K. Moore, M. O'Shea, C. F. Hughes, L. Hoey, M. Ward, H. McNulty Tags: News and Views Source Type: research
Vitamin D during childhood and adolescence: Evidence ‐based dietary requirements for adequacy and implications for bone health
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Vitamin D is a unique nutrient that has captured the attention of scientific and medical communities, regulatory authorities and the general public over recent years. Low vitamin D status is a worldwide public health concern and occurs across all age, sex and ethnic groups. Dietary requirements for vitamin D have been re‐evaluated and revised over recent years by several authoritative bodies, including the Institute of Medicine, the Nordic Council of Ministers, the European Food Safety Authority and, of course, the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition. However, a lack of vitamin D dose–response trials...
Source: Nutrition Bulletin - February 8, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: T. J. Smith, K. H. Hart Tags: News and Views Source Type: research
Childcare and childhood obesity – what's the risk?
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Source: Nutrition Bulletin - February 8, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: L. Chambers Tags: Facts Behind the Headlines Source Type: research
Are probiotics useful for the average consumer?
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Source: Nutrition Bulletin - February 8, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: S. Lockyer Tags: Facts Behind the Headlines Source Type: research
Eggs and type 2 diabetes: Current evidence suggests no cause for concern in the short ‐term
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Source: Nutrition Bulletin - February 8, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: N. R. Fuller, T. P. Markovic, A. Sainsbury, I. D. Caterson Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Childhood obesity still rising
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Source: Nutrition Bulletin - February 8, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: J. L. Buttriss Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Health effects of resistant starch
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The merits of a fibre‐rich diet are well documented. Resistant starch (RS) is a form of starch that resists digestion in the small intestine and, as such, is classified as a type of dietary fibre. RS can be categorised as one of five types (RS1–5), some of which occur naturally in foods such as bananas, potatoes, grains and legumes and some of which are produced or modified commercially, and incorporated into food products. This review describes human evidence on the health effects of RS consumption, with the aim of identifying any benefits of RS‐rich foods and RS as a functional ingredient. The reduced glyc...
Source: Nutrition Bulletin - November 30, 2016 Category: Nutrition Authors: S. Lockyer, A. P. Nugent Tags: Review Source Type: research
Table of Contents
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Source: Nutrition Bulletin - November 15, 2016 Category: Nutrition Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research
Conference Diary
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Source: Nutrition Bulletin - November 14, 2016 Category: Nutrition Tags: Conference Diary Source Type: research
Guidance for the design and implementation of human dietary intervention studies for health claim submissions
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The recently completed EU‐funded BACCHUS Integrated Project (grant number: 312090) has focused on identification of cause‐and‐effect relationships between consumption of bioactive peptides and polyphenols and physiological effects on cardiovascular health. An important BACCHUS output is a toolkit to support the needs of small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in the food sector considering making health claims on their products. The toolkit draws together best practice guides, a bioactives database, an intake assessment tool and an e‐learning platform. This paper focuses on the Best Practice Guide f...
Source: Nutrition Bulletin - November 14, 2016 Category: Nutrition Authors: A. Lucey, C. Heneghan, M. E. Kiely Tags: News from EU Research Source Type: research
Identifying crop variants with high resistant starch content to maintain healthy glucose homeostasis
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Identifying dietary tools that prevent disordered insulin secretion from pancreatic β‐cells is an attractive strategy to combat the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes. Dietary resistant starch has been linked to improvements in the function of β‐cells, possibly via increased colonic fermentation and production of short‐chain fatty acids (SCFAs). Increasing the resistant starch content of commonly consumed foods could therefore maintain glucose homeostasis at the population level. As part of Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Diet and Health Research Industry Club (DRINC) i...
Source: Nutrition Bulletin - November 14, 2016 Category: Nutrition Authors: K. Petropoulou, E. S. Chambers, D. J. Morrison, T. Preston, I. F. Godsland, P. Wilde, A. Narbad, R. Parker, L. Salt, V. J. Morris, C. Domoney, S. J. Persaud, E. Holmes, S. Penson, J. Watson, M. Stocks, M. Buurman, M. Luterbacher, G. Frost Tags: News from the Research Councils Source Type: research
