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14 March 2016 - The Conversation - Epigenetics: Can stress really change your genes?

We often talk about our genetic make-up and “how good” or “how healthy” our genes are. We also know “bad genes” can lead to us having a higher chance of developing a particular disease if our parents are carriers. But while scientists can look for those faulty or changed genes, over the last decade we have learned this is not the whole story.

07 March 2016 - U.S. News - Low Prenatal Vitamin D Linked to Later MS in Offspring

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

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

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

23 Feb 2016 - Food Navigator - 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

02 Feb 2016 - 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

19 Jan 2016 - Oxford University - Omega-3 levels affect whether B vitamins can slow brain's decline

14 Jan 2016 - Eurekalert - 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.

13 Jan 2016 - ScienceMag - 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.

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

30 Nov 2015 - Nutraingredients - Analysis reveals big costs savings for DHA supplements during pregnancy