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27 September 2016 - Futurity - Can a fish oil diet ease depression in veterans?

29 September 2016 - UK Government Policy Paper - Childhood obesity plan: PHE's role in implementation

28 September 2016 - Vitamin D Council - High dose vitamin D supplementation improves quality of life among patients with MS

In recent years, studies have discovered that vitamin D supplementation helps manage these symptoms. Furthermore, research has illustrated that low vitamin D status relates to reduced QOL.

27 September 2016 - Food Navigator - Too much gluten may trigger coeliac disease in babies

High gluten intake before the age of two carries coeliac disease risk, researchers say, challenging coeliac development links with breastfeeding and age.

27 September 2016 - The Conversation - Case against soft drink levy is sugar coated

15 September - Nutraingredients - Could DHA supplements during pregnancy boost attention in children?

14 September 2016 - Nutraingredients - Review questions food fortification dominance in nutrition policy

14 September 2016 - MedicalXpress - Omega-3 and Omega-6 supplement improves reading for children

12 Sep 2016 - MedXpress - Historical analysis examines sugar industry role in heart disease research

05 September 2016 - Mail Online - Children who eat plenty of oily fish may be better readers than their peers, experts say

31 August 2016 - MedicalXpress - Zinc found to reverse brain cell changes in autism

Cellular changes in the brain caused by genetic mutations that occur in autism can be reversed by zinc, according to research at the University of Auckland.

30 August 2016 - Nutraingredients - Breast milk sugar may give babies defence against lethal infection: Study

A naturally-occurring sugar found in breast milk may provide protection against life threatening bacterium by acting as a food source for 'friendly bacteria' in a baby's intestine, a study by Imperial College has concluded.

28 August 2016 - The Conversation - Dropping the plan to ban junk food ads in prime time was a bad move - the UK will regret it

The government's Childhood Obesity Plan has been met with widespread anger from numerous health organisations. This was not least because it delivered “absolutely nothing” to regulate food advertising, something Jamie Oliver had called for.

24 August 2016 - BBC - Depression: A revolution in treatment?

It's not very often we get to talk about a revolution in understanding and treating depression and yet now doctors are talking about "one of the strongest discoveries in psychiatry for the last 20 years".

24th August 2016 - Journal of Family Health - Childhood Obesity: A Plan for Inaction

23 August 2016 - Nutraingredients - Which supplements should women take during pregnancy?

23 August 2016 - Nutraingredients - Vegans should take vitamin B12 supplements "permanently": German Nutrition Society

19 August 2016 - The Conversation - Childhood obesity plan forgets about babies and toddlers

18 August 2016 - BBC News - Childhood obesity: Plan attacked as 'weak' and 'watered down'

18 August 2016 - Nutraingredients - EFSA publishes final choline opinion based on big EU data

The opinion on the essential nutrient B-vitamin choline, found in eggs and other foods, was based on consumption data from 12 national surveys in nine EU countries.