The ‘Growth, ALlergy and NeuroDevelopment in Infants On hydrolySed formulA’, or GRANDIOSA study started up in late 2022. It is conducted at two study sites: Umeå and Malmö and the purpose of the study is to determine the effects of two novel protein hydrolysates on infants’ growth, neurological development, allergies, gastrointestinal symptoms and other health […]
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The N4 research group met an annual workshop focusing on research relating to preterm infants, at a conference venue in Umeå on Tuesday 24 October 2023. The group consisted of pediatricians/neonatologists, PhD students, psychologists, a post doc, a speech and language therapist and research nurses. Participants at the workshop were: Magnus Domellöf, Pontus Challis, Sara […]
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Premature babies routinely receive protein-enriched breast milk in order to grow and develop normally. This fortification is normally made from cow’s milk but there is a new fortification product on the market that is made from concentrated donated breast milk. This product (human milk-based fortifier, HMBF) is very expensive (costing >100,000 SEK per child) but […]
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Following revised Swedish advice for the introduction of foods, eggs, legumes, including soy and peanuts, almonds and cashews are introduced earlier in the infant diet. However, no change is seen in the incidence of food allergy or eczema at 18 months of age. This is shown in the latest study from NorthPop, published in the […]
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A big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in our NorthPop workshop yesterday on Monday 12 June! We met on Umeå University campus for a whole day workshop where we listened to interesting presentations really showing the breadth of the research within NorthPop in the morning, followed by discussions in smaller groups in the afternoon. […]
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If the pregnant woman has eaten a diet with a high variety, the risk of the child developing a food allergy is lower during the first 18 months of life. This is shown by a study from the research project NorthPop at Umeå University and Region Västerbotten. – The parents have answered questionnaires about dietary […]
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Innate preference for sweet in the mother can influence the child’s eating habits, with a higher intake of sweet foods as a result. Today we know that an unhealthy diet increases the risk of many of our most common diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and caries. The kind of food we eat affects […]
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NorthPop AI methods/big data workshop 28 March 2023 A follow-up NorthPop workshop on artificial intelligence (AI) methods and big data was held on Umeå University campus on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Researchers linked to the NorthPop study and invited participants from other institutions as well as the School of Business at Umeå University participated to […]
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We are very happy to announce that N4 researcher Elisabeth Stoltz Sjöström recently has received two large grants from the Swedish research council. The first awarded grant of 37 million SEK is in the category Doctoral programme grant within medicine and health for the project ‘InSyNC – Integrating a sustainability perspective in nutrition care. A […]
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We wish a Merry Christmas to all our team members, collaborators, funders and not least all the children and families participating in our research! We look back on a year with several exciting new and ongoing projects and look forward to continued research developments and collaborations in the year ahead!
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