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These interviews were filmed during the NUTRIMENTHE International Conference in Granada, 13th September 2013. Researchers from the project answer questions about their work, the results and any new information that has come to light.
Project Coordinator, Professor Cristina Campoy from the University of Granada, Spain, discusses the importance of maternal nutrition, before and during pregnancy, for optimal neurodevelopment in children, and the lasting legacy of the project.
Dr Sabine Roza from the Erasmus Medical Centre, discusses how not taking folic acid supplements during pregnancy, can affect a child’s behaviour in toddlerhood.
Dr Pauline Emmett from the University of Bristol discusses the benefits of breastfeeding and how eating fish during pregnancy is beneficial for cognitive function in childhood.
Dr Darek Gruszfeld from the Children’s Memorial Hospital, Warsaw, explains the background to the study that is looking at whether different protein content in formula milk or breast feeding in babies, results in differing mental performance in school aged children.
Dr Hans Demmelmair from explains how studying children with phenylketoneuria could help Nutrimenthe provide dietary recommendations for fatty acid intake for children in the general population.
Dr Sheila Wiseman from Unilever explains why Nutrimenthe is studying B vitamin supplementation in young children, the role of B vitamins in brain development and the regulations governing the heatlh claims for supplements.
Professor Miguel Perez-Garcia from the University of Granada explains how Nutrimenthe is tackling the measurement of mental performance in children of different ages in different countries.
Summary and future. NUTRIMENTHE – the role of diet in the mental performance of children.
In addition to nutrition studies, Nutrimenthe is also addressing parents perceptions of the relationship between diet and mental performance and the economics of improving mental performance. Dr Bernadette Egan from the University of Surrey UK, and Niels Straub from the Institute for market Research, Strategy and Planning, Munich, explain.
