Diet and Cognition
The CNP Diet and Cognition Research Category consolidates research exploring the interconnected relationship between dietary intake and cognition. To view each original study on the open internet, click “Original.” To view the CNP-written abstract summary, click “CNP Summary.” While only some of the CNP-written abstract summaries are available below for free, all abstract summaries are available to CNP members through the CNP Library Membership.
The function of a midlife DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet on late-life subjective cognitive complaints (SCCs) is poorly understood. Song et al. (2023) used data on 5116 women from the New York University Women's Health Study (mean age in 1985–1991: 46 years). A 6-item survey evaluated SCCs between 2018 and 2020 (mean age: 79 years). Analysis of the results revealed that women in the highest quartile of DASH scores at baseline had lower odds of having two or more SCCs than those in the bottom quartile. The correlation remained when selection bias was taken into account. In women without a history of cancer, that inverse connection was more pronounced. Thus, the authors conclude that a higher fidelity to the DASH diet in mid-life is linked to lower odds of late-life SSCs in women
2017
Diet quality and attention capacity in European adolescents: The Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence (HELENA) study.
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2013
Genomic and epigenomic insights into nutrition and brain disorders
1999
Nutrition and neurodevelopment: mechanisms of developmental dysfunction and disease in later life
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2020
Hippocampal-dependent inhibitory learning and memory processes in the control of eating and drug taking
2018
Dietary and nutrient status of children with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder: a case-control study
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2018
Decision making deficits in relation to food cues influence obesity: a triadic neural model of problematic eating
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2006
The Iowa gambling task as a measure of decision making in women with bulimia nervosa
