The term 'ultra-processed food' emerged in the 1980s, mostly used in reference to highly-processed convenience foods and snacks, often energy-dense, poor in nutrients, and inclusive of various synthetic additives such as emulsifiers, colors, artificial sweeteners, and/or flavor enhancers. ...

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• 2023
• December 2023

To reduce peanut allergy prevalence, infant feeding guidelines now recommend introducing peanuts in an age-appropriate form (such as peanut butter) as part of complementary feeding. However, due to a lack of randomized trial evidence, most infant feeding and food allergy prevention guidelines do not include tree nuts. The aims of this trial were to determine safety and feasibility of dosage consumption recommendations for infant cashew nut spread introduction. ...

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• 2023
• July 2023

This review aims to summarise and evaluate the potential mechanisms and evidence for the role of prenatal infection on the central nervous system, and how it... ...

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• 2013
• July 2013

Antioxidant intakes in pregnancy may influence fetal immune programming and the risk of allergic disease. ...

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• 2012
• November 2012

Including immediate implications for pregnancy complications, increasing evidence implicates maternal obesity having a major impact on long term child health. ...

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• 2017
• January 2017

Here, we present evidence that there are two major control points to explain the immunodeficiency in CB T-cells, leading to a decreased IFNy synthesis. ...

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• 2017
• March 2017

We discuss how the choice of probiotic strains, timing and duration of administration can critically influence the outcome due to different effects on immune modulation and gut microbiota composition ...

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• 2016
• December 2016

The United Nation, recognizing the importance of nutrition as a part of the challenges faced by humanity, and declared 2016-2025 the decade of nutrition. ...

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• 2017
• August 2017

Advances in science have illuminated the role of the “ecological theatre”—the total living environment—in human health ...

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• 2017
• August 2017

Recent studies based on hospital admissions have reported a significant increase in anaphylaxis prevalence. ...

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• 2017
• May 2017