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23 February 2017 - BBC News - Fruit and veg: For a longer life eat 10-a-day

Eating loads of fruit and vegetables - 10 portions a day - may give us longer lives, say researchers. The study, by Imperial College London, calculated such eating habits could prevent 7.8 million premature deaths each year.

23 February 2017 - The Telegraph - Alzheimer's could be caused by excess sugar: new study finds 'molecular link'

23 Feb 2017 - Nutraingredients - EPA-dominant omega-3 and other nutraceuticals can boost effectiveness of anti-depressants

22 February 2017 - JAMA Network - Prenatal Nutritional Deficiency and Psychosis: Where Do We Go From Here?

Researchers report that extremely inadequate gestational weight gain is linked to nonaffective psychosis in offspring. This result is concordant with several previous studies designed as natural experiments that linked prenatal maternal famine to offspring nonaffective psychosis.

22 February 2017 - MedicalXpress - Fighting malnutrition with education

In a recent study published in Frontier in Nutrition, the research team identified the criteria and guiding concepts to be applied in the academic training of human nutrition.

22 February 2017 - British Medical Journal - Time for the UK to commit to tackling child obesity

21 February 2017 - MedicalXpress - UK government plan to prevent child obesity is 'severely limited,' argue experts

21 February 2017 - DailyMail - Why IS chocolate so impossible to resist? TV doctor reveals the reasons why certain foods can make you addicted

20 February 2017 - Eurekalert - Only one-third of parents think they are doing a good job helping kids eat healthy

17 February 2017 - MedicalXpress - How gut microbiome and diet can affect depression

An international group of researchers headed by André Carvalho has published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics a paper that provides new data and prospects for the links between the intestinal flora and several disorders, notably depression.

16 February 2017 - MedicalXpress - The Enteric nervous system promotes intestinal health by constraining microbiota composition.

16 February 2017 - EurekaAlert - Vitamin B3 prevents glaucoma in laboratory mice

In mice genetically predisposed to glaucoma, vitamin B3 added to drinking water is effective at preventing the disease - study.

16 February 2017 - Science Daily - B vitamins reduce schizophrenia symptoms, study finds

15 February 2017 - EurekaAlert - Fructose consumption linked to the increase of liver disease among adolescents and children

14 February 2017 - MedicalXpress - 'Fat taxes' could save billons in healthcare costs: study

13 February 2017 - The Guardian - Very premature babies at risk of mental health problems – research

13 February 2017 - EurekAlert - Gluten-free diet may increase risk of arsenic, mercury exposure

10 February 2017 - MedicalXpress - Winning the veggie wars with kids

10 February 2017 - MedicalXpress - Gut bacteria may play a role in Alzheimer's disease

10 February 2017 - Nutraingredients - Fish oil asthma benefits may be blocked by medication

Omega-3 fatty acids could reduce the production of antibodies that cause allergic reactions and asthma symptoms. But the possible benefits are reduced by asthma medication, say researchers.