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NUTRIMENTHE – a new EC funded project to study the effect of early nutrition on the mental development of children
The project was launched on 22nd April 2008 during Granada’s Scientific Week on Healthy Lifestyle and Nutrition in Europe: From Conception to Adolescence. www.enasymposium2008.org
There is evidence that early nutrition can influence later mental performance, cognitive development and behaviour. The idea that the diet of mothers, infants and children could have an influence on long-term mental performance, has major implications for public health practice and policy development, and for our understanding of human biology, as well as for food product development, economic progress, and future wealth creation.
NUTRIMENTHE will address these areas by bringing together a multi-disciplinary team of international scientists and leaders in key areas of nutrition and mental performance from major research centres across Europe, co-ordinated through a professional management approach with horizontal, vertical and sectorial integration. The integrated approach will bring together work from robust experimental studies in humans backed by modern prospective observational studies and molecular techniques.
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Nutrimenthe is a large scale integrated project funded through Cooperation Theme 2, 'Food , Agriculture, Fisheries and Bio-technology' of the 7th Framework Programme.
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