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News Releases from NUTRITION 2018
Large Study Finds Workplace Foods Contribute to Unhealthy Eating
Bacteriophages Offer Promising Alternative to Antibiotics
Adapting Lifestyle Habits Can Quickly Lower Blood Pressure
Federal Food Aid to Puerto Rico High in Salt, Sugar
Fruit and Vegetable Prescriptions Encourage Children to Eat Healthy
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Maternal Dietary Choline Status Influences Brain Gray and White Matter Development in Young Pigs
Choline is an essential nutrient that is essential to proper brain development. Research in animal models suggests that perinatal choline deficiency influences neuron development in the hippocampus and cortex, yet these observations require invasive techniques.
The authors of this study set out to characterize the effects of perinatal choline deficiency on gray and white matter development with the use of noninvasive neuroimaging techniques in young pigs.
The observations from this study suggest that prenatal choline deficiency results in altered cortical gray matter and reduced white matter in the internal capsule and putamen of young pigs. With the use of noninvasive neuroimaging techniques, results from this study indicate that prenatal choline deficiency greatly alters gray and white matter development in pigs, thereby providing a translational assessment that may be used in clinical populations.
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AbstractBackground. Choline is an essential nutrient that is pivotal to proper brain development. Research in animal models suggests that perinatal choline defFruit and Vegetable Prescriptions Encourage Children to Eat Healthy
Results of Study Presented at Nutrition 2018
A new study shows that a fruit and vegetable prescription program can improve access to healthy foods for underserved children. The program, which was implemented in Flint, Michigan, could be replicated in other areas to address food insecurity in children.
“Fruit and vegetable intake tracks from childhood to adulthood, making it important for health care professionals to guide children towards healthy eating early on,” said lead researcher Amy Saxe-Custack, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University and Nutrition Director of the Michigan State University-Hurley Children’s Hospital Pediatric Public Health Initiative. “We need to consider not only nutrition education but also barriers to access and affordability of fresh fruits and vegetables, particularly in underserved areas. The prescription program is a first step to introducing fresh, high-quality produce to children.”
Dr. Saxe-Custack presented results from the new study at the #ASN annual meeting, Nutrition 2018, held this past June in Boston.
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