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Lifetime nutritional influences on cognition, behaviour, and psychiatric illness /

The influence of nutrition on cognition and behaviour is a topic of increasing interest. Emerging evidence indicates that nutrition in early life can influence later mental performance and that diet in later life can reduce cognitive decline. Lifetime nutritional influences on cognition, behaviour a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Benton, David, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Woodhead Pub., 2011.
Colección:Woodhead Publishing in food science, technology, and nutrition ; no. 223.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1 Nutritional influences on brain development: The effects of early diet on cognition and the brain
  • Influence of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) on cognitive and visual development
  • Zinc deficiency and cognitive development
  • Iron deficiency and cognitive development
  • Iodine and cognitive development. Part 2 Diet, mood and cognition: Macronutrients and cognitive performance
  • Carbohydrate consumption, mood and anti-social behavior
  • Hydration and mental performance
  • Vitamin status, cognition and mood in cognitively intact adults
  • Caffeine, mood and cognition
  • Neurocognitive effects of herbal extracts. Part 3 Nutritional influences on behavioural problems, psychiatric illness and cognitive decline associated with ageing: Malnutrition and externalising behaviour
  • The role of nutrition and diet in learning and behaviour of children with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Vitamin status and psychiatric disorders
  • Antioxidants, diet, polyphenols and dementia
  • Vitamin D, cognitive function and mental health
  • Caloric intake, dietary lifestyles, macronutrient composition and dementia
  • Fatty acids and schizophrenia
  • Depression, suicide and fatty acids
  • Fatty acid intake and cognitive decline.