Neurodevelopment, nutrition and genetics. A contemporary retrospective on neurocognitive health on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India

Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved..

In celebration of the centenary of the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Hyderabad, India (1918-2018), a symposium highlighted the progress in nutrition knowledge made over the century, as well as major gaps in implementation of that knowledge. Brain famine caused by a shortage of nutrients required for perinatal brain development has unfortunately become a global reality, even as protein-calorie famine was largely averted by the development of high yield crops. While malnutrition remains widespread, the neglect of global food policies that support brain development and maintenance are most alarming. Brain disorders now top the list of the global burden of disease, even with obesity rising throughout the world. Neurocognitive health, remarkably, is seldom listed among the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and is therefore seldom considered as a component of food policy. Most notably, the health of mothers before conception and through pregnancy as mediated by proper nutrition has been neglected by the current focus on early death in non-neurocognitive NCDs, thereby compromising intellectual development of the ensuing generations. Foods with balanced essential fatty acids and ample absorbable micronutrients are plentiful for populations with access to shore-based foods, but deficient only a few kilometres away from the sea. Sustained access to brain supportive foods is a priority for India and throughout the world to enable each child to develop to their intellectual potential, and support a prosperous, just, and peaceful world. Nutrition education and food policy should place the nutritional requirements for the brain on top of the list of priorities.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:180

Enthalten in:

Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and essential fatty acids - 180(2022) vom: 15. Mai, Seite 102427

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Crawford, Michael A [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yiqun [VerfasserIn]
Marsh, David E [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Mark R [VerfasserIn]
Ogundipe, Enitan [VerfasserIn]
Ibrahim, Ahamed [VerfasserIn]
Rajkumar, Hemalatha [VerfasserIn]
Kowsalya, S [VerfasserIn]
Kothapalli, Kumar S D [VerfasserIn]
Brenna, J T [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Brain
Dietary fats
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)
Essential fats
Journal Article
Mental ill health
Nutrition
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 17.05.2022

Date Revised 02.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.plefa.2022.102427

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM339430559