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"B-cells are a type of white blood cell that play an important role in the immune system, and some of these cells secrete a protein known as IL-35, which has been shown to regulate inflammation. Because the microorganisms living in the digestive system can have critical effects on the immune system of their host, scientists recently set out to uncover the link between these microbes and IL-35 production. The team found that certain microbes inhabiting the guts of mice, such as Lactobacillus bacteria, can promote the generation of IL-35-secreting B-cells and that they do this by producing 3-indoleacetic acid (IAA) in the presence of lipopolysaccharides. They also found that IL-35 may help prevent mice fed a high-fat diet from becoming obese and observed lower levels of IAA in obese mice than in nonobese mice..."

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Development of awareness and understanding of the aging process. Health and health-related needs of the aging. Preventive, restorative, and rehabilitative services for the aged.

An introduction to concepts of program planning for health education in the community. Program development, implementation, and evaluation of currently functioning community health education programs.

Examination of experimental design as applied to nutrition research, including intervention, observational, survey, and animal models. Development of research topics; methods of data collection; interpretation and presentation of results; ethical considerations; application of principles for development of research proposals and evaluation of the nutrition literature. (Prerequisites: advanced coursework in Nutrition and a course in Biostatistics)

To achieve food security in a changing climate, the global community must operate within three limits: the quantity of food that can be produced under a given climate; the quantity needed by a growing and changing population; and the effect of food production on the climate. At present the planet operates outside that safe space, as witnessed by the enormous number of people who are undernourished. If current trends in population growth, diets, crop yields and climate change continue, the world will still be outside this ̢ĺŰĺ÷safe operating space̢ĺŰĺŞ in 2050. Humanity must urgently work to enlarge the safe space and also move the planet into the safe space (film credit: Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, an initiative of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security, in collaboration with University of Minnesota Global Landscapes Initiative).

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"New research reveals a previously unrecognized circuit for regulating blood glucose levels. This circuit supports a recently proposed mechanism for why patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery show reduced symptoms of diabetes, well before weight loss. Our bodies turn the carbohydrates, fats and proteins found in food into useful sugars, fatty acids and amino acids. After a meal, the pancreas works to keep our blood sugar level, or glycemia, high enough to keep our brain fed, yet low enough not to damage delicate tissues. It does that by secreting the regulatory hormone insulin. Insulin stimulates the storage of glucose as starch in the liver and muscle. While some amino acids can enhance insulin production, one of them actually does the opposite. Researchers demonstrated that nutritional tyrosine is converted to the neurotransmitter dopamine in the gut and stomach after eating..."

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This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"Undernutrition is responsible for nearly half of all deaths in children under five. It affects everything from long-term physical and cognitive development and susceptibility to disease to vaccine efficacy. Children who are undernourished often fail to regain height and weight, even after nutritional intervention. Scientists are now looking to non-dietary factors to explain why stunting continues after children consume nutrient-rich foods. A recent study examined the effects of chronic undernutrition on intestinal microbes. Using fecal bacteria from 200 children between two and five years old in Madagascar and Central African Republic, researchers found that undernourished children had a high proportion of bacteria bound to immunoglobulin A (IgA). IgA is a type of antibody that typically regulates host-microbe homeostasis in the intestine. But malnutrition allows pathogenic bacteria to proliferate, resulting in altered IgA recognition of intestinal microbes..."

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An introduction to the study of human nutrition with emphasis on the scientific bases of facts and controversies surrounding issues of foods and diets.

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"Today's obesity epidemic is driven by increased consumption of foods that are high in fat and low in soluble fiber, which alters the makeup of the gut microbiome. These changes also vary by age and sex, causing differences in susceptibility to obesity. Unfortunately, most animal studies compare diets that vary in both fat and fiber, making it difficult to determine which has an effect. Now, a new study suggests that fiber could play the more prominent role. The authors of the study profiled the microbial community in mice fed diets varying in either fiber or fat, but not both. 16S rRNA sequencing revealed that changes in fiber accounted for most of the variance in microbes. While these changes were age- and sex-specific, they were not dependent on dietary fat. Although further studies are needed to fully understand these effects, the results suggest that in animal obesity studies, the choice of control diet matters..."

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The Kansas State University Human Nutrition (FNDH 400) Flexbook is a textbook for students taking Kansas State University FNDH 400 course.FNDH 400 is a 3-hour, intermediate-level, human nutrition course at Kansas State University take primarily by sophomores and juniors because it has prerequisites of a college biology and chemistry courses.

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"The ketogenic diet may be one of the hottest trends in weight management, but doctors have long known of its potential to reduce seizures in those with epilepsy. In a new article in Physiological Reports, scientists suggest that strict adherence to the diet may not be needed to achieve this neuroprotective effect. Through a series of experiments in rats, they show that supplementing a normal, carbohydrate-rich diet with specific ketogenic agents may significantly delay seizures. The team specifically focused on tonic-clonic seizures caused by exposure to high levels of oxygen. This central nervous system oxygen toxicity is a complication that can arise following hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which involves inhaling pure oxygen in a pressurized or hyperbaric chamber. This kind of treatment is used to manage various medical conditions, including air/gas embolism, decompression sickness, carbon monoxide poisoning and diabetic wounds..."

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"Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gut whose presence throughout the globe is rising including among children. One contributing factor is believed to be the spread of the high-fat, high-sugar Western diet. A recent study confirmed this link in mouse pups artificially induced to develop Crohn’s disease. Researchers found that compared with mouse pups that were raised on a normal diet and were born from mothers fed a normal diet, pups from mothers fed a Western-style diet showed more severe signs of disease. Metagenomics revealed that these sicker mice harbored significantly more Bacteroides bacteria in their gut which was accompanied by the accumulation of deoxycholic acid, a secondary bile acid linked to inflammation. In fact, when administered to mice in separate experiments, deoxycholic acid was found to aggravate signs of Crohn’s disease. While it’s unclear whether the same biochemical effects occur in humans, the findings offer an important message..."

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The aim of this presentation is to increase the students’ knowledge about the OPUS project and how an intense communication effort, from the very beginning and throughout the project was a key element of the project. It offers an insight into how science and communication strategies can go hand in hand for the benefit of both science and the public.

In this presentation, PhD in Human Nutrition Charlotte Mithril presents data from her PhD project, which aimed to develop the New Nordic Diet. In continuation of this, Charlotte Mithril introduces why there is a need for a New Nordic Diet in the first place and how this interplays with the existing dietary guidelines in Denmark.

In this video lecture, the Danish chef and food consultant Mathias Holt, talks about his work in developing the principles behind the New Nordic Diet. He also touches upon why and how to bring the principles into people’s kitchens. Furthermore, Mathias Holt will introduce the development and progression of the new Nordic diet and the organization and development of the School Intervention.

The aim of this presentation is to expand the students’ knowledge about industrially produced trans fat (artificial trans fat). We will focus on how and why we produce trans fat. Furthermore, we will focus on the health consequences of eating trans fat.

This presentation discuss how important physical activity and sleep in children is if you want to prevent obesity and cardiovascular disease. We will present the main cross sectional results from the OPUS School Meal Study. The focus will be on screen time for children, the amount of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and sleep time. We will also touch upon differences in boys and girls as well as week and seasonal patterns.

Diet and other lifestyle factors have become major drivers of morbidity and mortality in most parts of the world. It is therefore a focus area in nutritional science to search for improvements in local or global food culture that could affect health. The health effects of Nordic foods are currently a highly investigated subject, and therefore we will introduce the methods and finding of different health studies of the New Nordic Diet, hereby the NORDIET, SYSDIET and the SHOPUS Study.

How can we investigate if schoolchildren become healthier and more concentrated when we replace their habitual lunch packs with school meals based on the New Nordic Diet? This is the focus of this presentation. We will introduce the whole design, the rationale, and the concept of the OPUS School Meal Study.

In the presentation, we will introduce the health benefits of the New Nordic Diet based on existing research. We will also present a broader picture of the New Nordic Diet, a more holistic perspective on how the diet can be part of a more sustainable development. Finally, we will look at some of the challenges the New Nordic Diet faces in relation to implementation.