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Mapping brain activity of gut-brain signaling to appetite and satiety in healthy adults: A systematic review and functional neuroimaging meta-analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Althubeati, S., Avery, A., Tench, C., Lobo, D. N., Salter, A., & Eldeghaidy, S. (2022). Mapping brain activity of gut-brain signaling to appetite and satiety in healthy adults: A systematic review and functional neuroimaging meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 136, Article 104603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104603

Understanding how neurohormonal gut-brain signaling regulates appetite and satiety is vital for the development of therapies for obesity and altered eating behavior. However, reported brain areas associated with appetite or satiety regulators show in... Read More about Mapping brain activity of gut-brain signaling to appetite and satiety in healthy adults: A systematic review and functional neuroimaging meta-analysis.

Eustress in Space: Opportunities for Plant Stressors Beyond the Earth Ecosystem (2022)
Journal Article
Hessel, V., Liang, S., Tran, N. N., Escribà-Gelonch, M., Zeckovic, O., Knowling, M., Rebrov, E., This, H., Westra, S., Fisk, I., Gilliham, M., & Burgess, A. (2022). Eustress in Space: Opportunities for Plant Stressors Beyond the Earth Ecosystem. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 9, Article 841211. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2022.841211

Human space exploration cannot occur without reliable provision of nutritious and palatable food to sustain physical and mental well-being. This ultimately will depend upon efficient production of food in space, with on-site manufacturing on space st... Read More about Eustress in Space: Opportunities for Plant Stressors Beyond the Earth Ecosystem.

Overweight, obesity and excessive weight gain in pregnancy as risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes: A narrative review (2022)
Journal Article
Langley-Evans, S. C., Pearce, J., & Ellis, S. (2022). Overweight, obesity and excessive weight gain in pregnancy as risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes: A narrative review. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 35(2), 250-264. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12999

The global prevalence of overweight and obesity in pregnancy is rising and this represents a significant challenge for the management of pregnancy and delivery. Women who have a pre-pregnancy body mass index greater than 25 kgm–2 are more likely than... Read More about Overweight, obesity and excessive weight gain in pregnancy as risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes: A narrative review.

Sensory perception and consumer acceptance of commercial and salt-reduced potato crisps formulated using salt reduction design rules (2022)
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Hurst, K. E., Hewson, L., & Fisk, I. D. (2022). Sensory perception and consumer acceptance of commercial and salt-reduced potato crisps formulated using salt reduction design rules. Food Research International, 155, Article 111022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111022

Successful salt (NaCl) reduction strategies are required to reduce the salt content of snacks while maintaining saltiness perception and consumer acceptance. Previous research suggests that particle physicochemical design rules (small particle size,... Read More about Sensory perception and consumer acceptance of commercial and salt-reduced potato crisps formulated using salt reduction design rules.

Is oral lipid-based delivery for drug targeting to the brain feasible? (2022)
Journal Article
Brookes, A., Ji, L., Bradshaw, T. D., Stocks, M., Gray, D., Butler, J., & Gershkovich, P. (2022). Is oral lipid-based delivery for drug targeting to the brain feasible?. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 172, 112-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2022.02.004

This review outlines the feasibility of oral lipid-based targeted delivery of drugs to the brain, including permeation of the central nervous system's (CNS) protective blood–brain barrier (BBB). The structure of the BBB and disruption caused by varyi... Read More about Is oral lipid-based delivery for drug targeting to the brain feasible?.

Effect of amylose/amylopectin ratio and extent of processing on the physical properties of expanded maize starches (2022)
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Beech, D., Beech, J., Gould, J., & Hill, S. (2022). Effect of amylose/amylopectin ratio and extent of processing on the physical properties of expanded maize starches. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 57(4), 2298-2309. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.15581

Low-density expanded starchy products are often desirable, particularly in the snack food industry. Levels of shear and amylose are often deemed crucial factors for expansion. In this study, maize starches containing low (waxy), normal and high level... Read More about Effect of amylose/amylopectin ratio and extent of processing on the physical properties of expanded maize starches.

Method development to characterise elephant tail hairs by LA-ICP-MS to reflect changes in elemental chemistry (2022)
Journal Article
Sach, F., Fields, L., Chenery, S., Yon, L., Henley, M. D., Buss, P., Dierenfeld, E. S., Langley-Evans, S. C., & Watts, M. J. (2023). Method development to characterise elephant tail hairs by LA-ICP-MS to reflect changes in elemental chemistry. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 45(4), 1153-1164. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-022-01207-x

This paper evaluated analytical methods used to generate time-series data from elephant tail hairs, which can be used to reflect changing exposure to environmental geochemistry. Elephant tail hairs were analysed by three methods sequentially, each pr... Read More about Method development to characterise elephant tail hairs by LA-ICP-MS to reflect changes in elemental chemistry.

Parenthood as a Window of Opportunity for Dietary Changes: Perspectives From Uruguayan Parents (2022)
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Moura, A. F., Vidal, L., Girona, A., & Ares, G. (2023). Parenthood as a Window of Opportunity for Dietary Changes: Perspectives From Uruguayan Parents. Health Education and Behavior, 50(1), 84-96. https://doi.org/10.1177/10901981221074912

Research on behavioral and social science has demonstrated that transitions throughout a person’s life course, as the life event of becoming a parent, represent an opportunity for dietary changes. However, research in this area has been mostly restri... Read More about Parenthood as a Window of Opportunity for Dietary Changes: Perspectives From Uruguayan Parents.

Vegans and vegetarians living in Nottingham (UK) continue to be at risk of iodine deficiency (2022)
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Eveleigh, E., Coneyworth, L., Zhou, M., Burdett, H., Malla, J., Nguyen, V. H., & Welham, S. (2023). Vegans and vegetarians living in Nottingham (UK) continue to be at risk of iodine deficiency. British Journal of Nutrition, 129(9), 1510-1527. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114522000113

Iodine is essential for thyroid hormone synthesis. Individuals adhering to vegan and vegetarian diets have been found to be vulnerable to iodine deficiency. Yet, iodine has not been monitored in these groups across time. This study aims to investigat... Read More about Vegans and vegetarians living in Nottingham (UK) continue to be at risk of iodine deficiency.

Improving simulated consumption context with virtual Reality: A focus on participant experience (2022)
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Yang, Q., Nijman, M., Flintham, M., Tennent, P., Hidrio, C., & Ford, R. (2022). Improving simulated consumption context with virtual Reality: A focus on participant experience. Food Quality and Preference, 98, Article 104531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2022.104531

Context can have a significant impact on liking, emotional response and product choice, and Virtual Reality (VR) is a promising tool to evoke realistic consumption contexts in a controlled testing environment. This study compared an innovative approa... Read More about Improving simulated consumption context with virtual Reality: A focus on participant experience.