Elsevier,
Journal of Food Protection, Volume 26, February 2023
This review highlights how essential oils can be effectively used as natural food preservatives through advanced delivery and packaging techniques, supporting the shift toward environmentally friendly alternatives to synthetic chemicals in global food systems while addressing sensory and regulatory challenges.
Elsevier,
The Lancet Global Health, Volume 11, Issue 3, March 2023, Pages e466-e474
This Health Policy paper supports SDG 3 by analysing the current national action plans for antimicrobial resistance adopted by UN member states at the 2015 World Health Assembly; the authors identify gaps in key domains and highlight opportunities to facilitate sustainable delivery and operationalisation of national action plans.
Elsevier,
Educational Research Review, Volume 38, February 2023
This scoping review of 30 years of research on young children's eating practices in early childhood education and care (ECEC) highlights three areas of focus: how repeated exposure and modeling impact children's food intake, often focused on increasing fruit/vegetable consumption; teachers' nutritional knowledge, strategies for managing eating, and perceptions of mealtimes; teachers' feeding behaviors, children's participation and sociality, and additional learning (e.g. language) during mealtimes. The review highlights the need to consider cultural diversity, food allergies, and the practical challenges teachers face in promoting healthy eating in ECEC.
Elsevier,
Experimental Neurology, Volume 360, February 2023
This review discusses the role of the endocannabinoid system in pain management, particularly in the context of chronic pain co-morbid with Alzheimer's disease (AD), highlighting the prevalence of chronic pain among AD patients, the limitations of current treatments, and the need for further research and future directions.
Elsevier,
Behavioural Brain Research, Volume 437, 2 February 2023
This case report discusses the comparison of circulating levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and platelets between Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and healthy older adults, revealing lower VEGF levels and a trend towards reduced platelet numbers in AD patients, indicating potential modifications in angiogenic factors associated with the disease.
Elsevier,
Behavioural Brain Research, Volume 438, 13 February 2023
This article discusses the impact of early life sensorial intervention on behavioral patterns, peripheral immune-endocrine organs, corticosterone levels, and responses to NMDA-induced motor depression in male and female 3xTg-AD mice, highlighting sex and genotype differences in susceptibility to glutamatergic excitotoxicity and modulation of the neuroimmunoendocrine system in Alzheimer's disease.
Elsevier,
iScience, Volume 26, Issue 2, 17 February 2023, 106091
This study conducts genome wide association analysis in 904 admixed children of Native American and european ancestry and reveals the effect of ancestry on childhood BMI and adiposity
Elsevier,
Current Developments in Nutrition, Volume 6, Issue 9, September 2022, nzac131
The authors of this paper offer a simple framework to stimulate thought and commitment to research on participation in community-based nutrition interventions and concludes that nutrition across various sectors and contexts is key to accomplishing SDG goal 2.
Elsevier,
The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 7, February 2023
This article supports SDG 3 and 9 by describing a survey of health-care workers in New Zealand on the acceptability of PPE disinfection and reuse to reduce waste and increase availability and sustainability; the survey that this practice was common and had high acceptability, contingent on availability of scientific evidence in support of the disinfection process, and workers' trust in the organisation undertaking the disinfection
