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Food and Behaviour Research: 12th June 2014 This week's round up of the latest news, and events It's officially summer, at least here in the Norther
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Food and Behaviour Research: 12th June 2014
This week's round up of the latest news, and events |
It's officially summer, at least here in the Northern Hemisphere. At FAB everyone is getting ready for July when we again host what we believe will be yet another seminal conference.
Our round-up this issue leads with current articles from speakers from our conference. To hear their views in person, join us at the Royal College of Surgeons on 10th July (if you have not yet booked your place, please do so here).
Group rates and special packages
If you are interested in attending FAB's July Conference as a group or would like to take advantage of our combination conference booking and associate membership package, please contact Gael Hillyard for special rates by Tuesday 17th June 2014 at gael@fabresearch.org or call 01463 667319. |
NEWS AND RESEARCH ROUND-UP |
 Video of Prof Robert Lustig at FAB's March 2013 conference |
How Sugar Went From a Condiment to a Diet Staple
If we don’t acknowledge and aggressively address the inherent connection between “all dessert, all the time” and the medical, social and economic devolution we currently face, America will find itself fat, stupid, and broke. Prof Robert Lustig, 3rd June 2014, Time Magazine. Read more here. |
Sugar sweetened drinks should carry obesity warnings
California is considering health warnings on sugary drinks like those on cigarette packets. Professor Simon Capewell, Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Public Health and Policy, University of Liverpool, thinks it’s a good idea that the public would support. Many other potentially harmful products already carry effective health warnings. For example, insecticides and other toxic products have long carried labels warning users to take extreme care. Similarly, cigarettes have gone from being socially acceptable to quite unacceptable after warning labels were implemented. The effectiveness of tobacco warnings and plain packaging is now accepted by almost everyone not linked to the industry. These successes in tobacco control highlight the importance of targeting the “three As”—affordability, availability, and acceptability. Prof Simon Capewell, 27th May 2014, BMJ To read more visit here. |
One-third of English adults have prediabetes, study reports
Rates of prediabetes have risen sharply in England, and without intervention, the nation may experience a steep increase in diabetes in the coming years, according to University of Florida researchers working with the University of Leicester in England. 9 June 2014 MedicalXpress. Read more here.
These above dietary problems are widespread - and their links with mental health, and the implications for policy and practice, will be debated at the upcoming FAB Conference on 'Sugar, Fat, Food and Addiction', featuring a world-class speaker line-up including Professor Robert Lustig, Professor Simon Capewell, and Captain Joe Hibbeln from the US as well as several leading UK researchers, professionals and public health experts. Sugar, Fat, Food and Addiction: New Approaches to the Public Health Crisis, London, 10 July 2014: book your place here. |
Fish: What Pregnant Women and Parents Should Know - Draft Updated Advice from the FDA and EPA
There is long standing evidence of the nutritional value of fish in the diet. Fish contain high quality protein, many vitamins and minerals, omega-3 fatty acids, are mostly low in saturated fat, and some fish even contain vitamin D. The nutritional value of fish is especially important during growth and development before birth, in early infancy for breastfed infants, and in childhood. Read more and find the draft updated FDA advice here. |
How your parents' diet before your birth impacts your health
Chromosomes and genes contain the blueprint for your physical characteristics. But your parents' health and diet before you were conceived can also affect how your genes are expressed – and impact your long-term health. 20 May 2014 - The Conversation. Find out more by visiting here.
Vitamin A, E, D deficiencies 'dramatically' higher in pre-term babies
This study reveals a disturbingly high prevalence in Tunisian newborns of deficiencies of the fat soluble vitamins A, D and E, with serious implications for these infants' physical and mental health and development. It included over 600 babies born at a major maternity hospital in Tunisia serving pregnant women of low to average socioeconomic status. 10th June 2014, Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn, Nutraingredients. More here.
Possible benefit in omega-3 supplementation for extremely preterm infants
This systematic review included 18 randomized control trials and 6 observational studies analyzing the effects of omega-3 LCPUFA supplementation in neonates; individual trials comprised of a range of gestational age, omega-3 derivative (fish, algae, eggs), and route of administration in addition to differences in study design. 9 Jun 2014 - 2 Minute Medicine Read more here
See also 'Pre-pregnancy diet 'permanently influences baby's DNA', here. 30th April 2014, BBC
Nutrition researchers shoot holes in assertion that multivitamins are unnecessary
A response published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine by four well-known nutrition researchers takes strident issue with an editorial published in the same journal that multivitamins are not useful. 3rd June 2014, Hank Schultz, Nutraingredients. Read here. |
EVENTS
Sugar, Fat, Food and Addiction: new approaches to the public health crisis, 10 July 2014 - Royal College of Surgeons, London
Book your place today to make sure you do not miss out on this important conference. To find out more, and to register online, please visit here. |
The International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL), Stockholm, 28th June 2014 This is ISSFAL's 11th Biennial Congress, and will provide a unique occasion for the exchange of scientific results in the ever-expanding area of lipid research. FAB Researchers presenting in Sweden will include Captain Joe Hibbeln from NIH in Washington, Dr Alex Richardson of Oxford University, Michael Crawford from Imperial College in London, Professor Sheila Innis from Vancouver and many others. More here |
BBC Radio Oxford - Wednesday 18th June, 2 to 3 pm Dr Alex Richardson discusses Food and Addiction with Kat Orton (this programme will also be available on BBC iPlayer - UK only). Visit here |
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