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 many new and ongoing exciting projects and look forward to continued research developments and collaborations in 2026!
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A research workshop with focus on iron, diet and lifestyle, was held at Home Hotel Uman in Umeå on Tuesday 18 November. The workshop research group consisted of a mix of pediatricians, neonatologists, nutritionist, clinical chemists, lab specialist and psychologist as well as two PhD students, a post doc and a medical student. The workshop […]
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As part of celebrating that the NorthPop study has reached its goal of including 10,000 participants, the study was delighted to be able to invite participating families to a fun-filled day at Curiosum. NorthPop was able to welcome 700 participants on Sunday 9 November, who had the opportunity to try all of Curiosum’s exciting activities […]
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Congress of joint European Neonatal Societies (jENS) 21-25 October 2025, Belgrade The 6th congress of the joint European Neonatal Societies took place in Belgrade 21-25 October. A couple of researchers directly affiliated with the N4 Research Group were in attendance in Serbia and had been selected to give presentations. PhD student Pontus Challis presented his […]
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The annual conference in perinatology organized by the Swedish Society for Perinatal Medicine took place in Stockholm on 16-17 October 2025. There were two presentations from the N4 research group on Oct 16: Itay Zamir Nilsson presented the new national guidelines on management of neonatal hypoglycemia at the clinical symposium – this is the result […]
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The GRANDIOSA study (‘GRowth, Allergy and NeuroDevelopment in Infants On hydrolySed formulA’) started in 2022 and is conducted in Umeå and Malmö. 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 outcomes. GRANDIOSA is a blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized […]
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September 10th to 12th were days busy with events! First Prof Magnus Domellöf gave a presentation on the ‘Importance of early intervention with the right nutrition’ to over 60 pediatric dietitians attending a conference in Stockholm arranged by Nestlé Health Sciences on Wednesday 10 September. Immediately afterwards it was on to Gothenburg where the national […]
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This week the NorthPop study reached its goal of included participants and now has 10,000 families enrolled! This is a major milestone.The achievement has not gone unnoticed, and has so far been highlighted by, among others, Umeå University and Region Västerbotten. https://www.umu.se/nyheter/nu-ingar-10-000-barnfamiljer-i-northpop_12138875https://www.regionvasterbotten.se/northpop-nar-10-000-deltagare-banar-vag-for-framtidens-barnhalsa(news links in Swedish) But the work does not end here!The last NorthPop children […]
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New research from NorthPop sheds light on maternal diet and pandemic effects on child development Two recently published studies from NorthPop provide fresh insights into early childhood health and development. The first study investigated whether a pro-inflammatory maternal diet during pregnancy increases the risk of allergic diseases in children. More than 4,700 pregnant women were […]
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Recruitment in the SWIDDICH study concluded in May 2025 with 1337 included participants, and 1537 when including the pilot study. Thus, we have reached the target specified in the power calculations, enabling us to investigate the effect on child neurodevelopment. SWIDDICH is a national study with multiple sites across Sweden seeking to answer the question […]
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