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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The multicentre collaborative OPTION study (where Prof Magnus Domellöf is a member of the national steering committee) has of the 28th November 2022 started up at Umeå University Hospital. Induction of labour (IOL) is currently performed at almost about 25% of all Swedish deliveries, for a number of different reasons, and the proportion of IOL […]
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The N4 research group met for a workshop focusing on research relating to preterm infants, at a conference venue in Umeå on Friday 18 November 2022. The group consisted of pediatricians/neonatologists, PhD students, dietitians, a psychologist, a speech and language therapist, a senior research assistant and research nurses. The multidisciplinary approach provided for different inputs […]
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Study to establish whether topically applied eye drops with dexamethasone reduces the need for laser treatment of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) The aim is to investigate whether eye drops with dexamethasone can reduce the risk of ROP requiring laser treatment. Preliminary data suggest that this is the case, but this must now be confirmed in […]
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The beginning of November saw two big news stories from the ESPGHAN Committee on Nutrition; firstly, the updated consensus-based conclusions and recommendations on nutrient intakes and nutritional management for preterm infants was published, with Magnus Domellöf as the last author. More information on these updated European guidelines published in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and […]
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NorthPop machine learning/AI workshop 18 October 2022 A first NorthPop workshop on machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) methods was held on Umeå University campus on Tuesday 18 October 2022. A group of 20 researches affiliated with the NorthPop study and invited experts from the Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics and Umeå School of […]
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European Academy of Paediatric Societies (EAPS) congress 7-11 October 2022, Barcelona The European Academy of Paediatric Societies (EAPS) congress was back as an in-person event and took place in Barcelona 7-11 October. The programme offered delegates talks from over 250 established professionals and the latest developments in paediatrics were presented over 200 sessions and 1200 […]
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