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
Elsevier,
The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 7, February 2023
The rich potential of legal rights in advancing planetary health is no longer untapped.1 In July, 2022, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution A/76/L.75, which recognised “the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right”, by a landslide of 161 votes. This historic resolution stands on the shoulders of a long line of UN initiatives, such as the Human Rights Council's Resolution 48/13, which was enacted in October, 2021, and recognised the right to a healthy environment as “important for the enjoyment of human rights”. This occurred 6 months after UN Environment, WHO, and 13 other UN entities issued a statement that described the failure to recognise the right to a healthy environment as detrimental to the attainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Earlier, the Stockholm Declaration on the Human Environment 1972 affirmed that humans have “the fundamental right to freedom, equality and adequate conditions of life, in an environment of a quality that permits a life of dignity and well-being”. Two decades later, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 1992 demanded that states “conserve, protect and restore the health and integrity of the Earth's ecosystem”.
