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06 March 2016 - Nutraingredients - Caffeine opinion not measuring effect of 5 Red Bulls and a bottle of vodka: EFSA

Accounting for the lifestyle choice of excessive consumption of energy drinks and alcohol was not the point of EFSA's risk assessment on caffeine, the authority has said at a Brussels stakeholder meeting on the draft yesterday.

02 March 2016 - Nature - Brain food: Clever eating

02 March 2016 - The Telegraph - Half of pregnant women attending their first maternity appointment are overweight or obese

Almost half of pregnant women attending their first maternity appointment are overweight or obese, new data suggests.

02 March 2016 - Nutraingredients - Malnutrition is a neglected issue in elderly care: UK report

Only half of UK health professionals think malnutrition is a priority in their organisations, a survey commissioned by charity Age UK has found.

29 Feb 2016 - How Nutrition in The Workplace Affects the Bottom Line

Parents' anxiety, depression correlates with fussy eating in kids, study finds

Parents’ anxiety, depression correlates with fussy eating in kids, study finds

22 February 2016 - Nutraingredients - UK spotlight falls on mandatory vitamin D fortification

19 Feb 2016 - Nutraingredients - B vitamins may boost cognitive ability in older adults: Study

11 Feb 2016 - Nutraingredients - Food choices linked to 'plasticity genes' and child upbringing

Insight into food choices, genetics and environment.

10 Feb 2016 - Nutraingredients - Big, fat and deficient: The UK's double diet burden

Parents and teachers unaware of mental benefits of good childhood nutrition

26 Jan 2016 - Nutraingredients - Low folate in early pregnancy linked with poorer cognition in children later

Oxford University - Omega-3 levels affect whether B vitamins can slow brain's decline

Why fish intake by pregnant women improves the growth of a child's brain

Researchers at Tohoku University's School of Medicine have found an explanation for the correlation between eating fish during pregnancy, and the health of the baby's brain.

Your poor diet might hurt your grandchildren's guts

Modern, western-type diets can damage not only the health and variety of your gut bacteria, but those of our children and grandchildren too.

Higher Omega-3 Index linked to better processing speeds in teenagers

Teenagers with higher blood levels of omega-3s may have better information processing speeds, compared with those with lower levels, says a new study. Data published in Nutrients indicated that omega-3 index – a quantification of the fatty acid status of a person – were significantly associated with information processing speeds and that every 1% increase in the Omega-3 Index was linked to a 1.23 digit increase on the Letter Digit Substitution Test (LDST).

11 Dec 2015 - BBC News - Obesity 'biggest threat to women's health' in England

1 Dec 2015 - Foodnavigator - Sugar addiction much harder to address than salt

Analysis reveals big costs savings for DHA supplements during pregnancy

Supplementing pregnant mothers with DHA omega-3 could lead to significant costs savings for patients and healthcare systems, according to a new analysis from Australia.

Lower availability of omega-3 fatty acids associated with bipolar disorder

A new study finds that people with bipolar disorder have lower levels of certain omega-3 fatty acids that cross the blood-brain barrier than people who do not.