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.

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2024

Effect of multivitamin-mineral supplementation versus placebo on cognitive function: results from the clinic subcohort of the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS) randomized clinical trial and meta-analysis of 3 cognitive studies within COSMOS

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2022

Association of dietary intake of flavonols with changes in global cognition and several cognitive abilities

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2023

Benefits of wasabi supplements with 6-MSITC (6-Methylsulfinyl Hexyl Isothiocyanate) on memory functioning in healthy adults aged 60 years and older: Evidence from a double-blinded randomized controlled trial

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2022

The EAT–Lancet reference diet and cognitive function across the life course

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2021

The impact of dietary macronutrient intake on cognitive function and the brain

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2023

The effect of beta-carotene on cognitive function: A systematic review

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2023

Mid-life adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet and late-life subjective cognitive complaints in women

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2021

How does fasting affect cognition? An updated systematic review (2013–2020)

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2021

Cognitive function in binge eating disorder and food addiction: A systematic review and three-level meta-analysis

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2023

Trial of the MIND diet for prevention of cognitive decline in older persons

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2016

Meta-analysis of the association between tea intake and the risk of cognitive disorders

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2014

Green tea extract enhances parieto-frontal connectivity during working memory processing

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2023

Dietary patterns and Alzheimer's Disease: An updated review linking nutrition to neuroscience

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2023

Excess dietary sugar alters colonocyte metabolism and impairs the proliferative response to damage

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2023

Dietary flavanols restore hippocampal-dependent memory in older adults with lower diet quality and lower habitual flavanol consumption

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2023

Multivitamin supplementation improves memory in older adults: A randomized clinical trial

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2021

The effect of recent meal recall and its implications for weight loss

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2020

The role of memory ability, depth and mode of recall in the impact of memory on later consumption

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2023

Nutritional elements in sleep

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2020

Moderators of the impact of (poly)phenols interventions on psychomotor functions and BDNF: Insights from subgroup analysis and meta-regression

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2023

Impact of nut consumption on cognition across the lifespan

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2018

The role of dietary and lifestyle factors in maintaining cognitive health

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2022

Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet is associated with physical and cognitive health: A cross-sectional analysis of community-dwelling older Australians

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2022

Dietary patterns and cognitive function in older New Zealand adults: the REACH study

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2021

MIND diet, common brain pathologies, and cognition in community-dwelling older adults

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2022

Markers of a plant-based diet relate to memory and executive function in older adults

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2021

Adiposity, inflammation, and working memory: Evidence for a vicious cycle

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2022

Memory and eating: A bidirectional relationship implicated in obesity

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2018

Training in cognitive strategies reduces eating and improves food choice

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2022

Association of ultraprocessed food consumption with risk of dementia

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2013

Eating attentively: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of food intake memory and awareness on eating

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2016

An exploration of exercise-induced cognitive enhancement and transfer effects to dietary self-control

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2021

Targeting executive function for weight loss in adults with overweight or obesity

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2020

Influence of diet on mood and social cognition: a pilot study

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2021

Intermittent fasting enhances long-term memory consolidation, adult hippocampal neurogenesis, and expression of longevity gene Klotho (animal)

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2021

The effects of twenty-one nutrients and phytonutrients on cognitive function: A narrative review

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2020

Beneficial effects of dark chocolate for episodic memory in healthy young adults: A parallel-groups acute intervention with a white chocolate control

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2017

Food for thought: how nutrition impacts cognition and emotion

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2007

Transgenerational response to nutrition, early life circumstances and longevity

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2017

Executive functioning and dietary intake: neurocognitive correlates of fruit, vegetable, and saturated fat intake in adults with obesity

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2010

Decision-making impairments in women with binge eating disorder

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2020

Neural mechanisms in eating behaviors: a pilot fMRI study of emotional processing

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2009

Evidence of executive dysfunction in extremely obese adolescents: a pilot study

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2015

Executive functions and consumption of fruits/ vegetables and high saturated fat foods in young adults

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2019

Real-time fMRI neurofeedback training to improve eating behavior by self-regulation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: a randomized controlled trial in overweight and obese subjects

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2017

Relationships between dietary intake and cognitive function in healthy Korean children and adolescents

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2011

Western diet consumption and cognitive impairment: links to hippocampal dysfunction and obesity

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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

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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

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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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2016

Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on binge eating disorder

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2006

The Iowa gambling task as a measure of decision making in women with bulimia nervosa

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2011

Prefrontal systems involvement in binge eating

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2013

Nutrition and neurodevelopment in children: focus on NUTRIMENTHE project

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2016

A bidirectional relationship between executive function and health behavior: evidence, implications, and future directions

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2017

Impact of nutrition on social decision making

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2020

Western diet: Implications for brain function and behavior

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2021

Acute effects of polyphenols on human attentional processes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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2018

The effect of attentional bias modification on eating behavior among women craving high-calorie food

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2019

Sweet cognition: The differential effects of glucose consumption on attentional food bias in individuals of lean and obese status

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2015

A fat to forget: Trans fat consumption and memory

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2015

Eat now or later: self-control as an overlapping cognitive mechanism of depression and obesity

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2018

Executive functions and the self-regulation of eating behavior: A review

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2018

Cognitive control of eating: The role of memory in appetite and weight gain

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2015

Diet-induced cognitive deficits: The role of fat and sugar, potential mechanisms and nutritional interventions

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2019

The cognitive control of eating and body weight: It's more than what you "think"

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2015

Effects of high-fat diet exposure on learning & memory

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2020

Association between dietary flavonoids intake and cognitive function in an Italian cohort

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2020

Effects of cocoa-derived polyphenols on cognitive function in humans. Systematic review and analysis of methodological aspects

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2019

Long-term intake of vegetables and fruits and subjective cognitive function in US men

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2020

Fish intake may affect brain structure and improve cognitive ability in healthy people

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2018

A comprehensive review of eggs, choline, and lutein on cognition across the life-span

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2020

Effects of 12-week avocado consumption on cognitive function among adults with overweight and obesity

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2020

Effects of lutein and Astaxanthin intake on the improvement of cognitive functions among healthy adults: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

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2021

Improved metabolic function and cognitive performance in middle-aged adults following a single dose of wild blueberry

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2019

Flavonoid-rich mixed berries maintain and improve cognitive function over a 6 h period in young healthy adults

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2017

Adverse effects of consuming high fat-sugar diets on cognition: implications for understanding obesity

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2019

Interventions involving a major dietary component improve cognitive function in cognitively healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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2020

Protocol and recruitment results from a 13-week randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of different doses of nitrate-rich beetroot juice on cognition, cerebral blood flow and peripheral vascular function in overweight and obese older people

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2017

Higher heart-rate variability is associated with ventromedial prefrontal cortex activity and increased resistance to temptation in dietary self-control challenges

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2017

Interactions between metabolic, reward and cognitive processes in appetite control: Implications for novel weight management therapies

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2013

Mediterranean diet improves cognition: The PREDIMED-NAVARRA randomised trial

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2017

Executive functioning and dietary intake: Neurocognitive correlates of fruit, vegetable, and saturated fat intake in adults with obesity

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2020

Sugar-sweetened and artificially-sweetened beverages and changes in cognitive function in the SUN project

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2013

The longer-term impacts of Western diet on human cognition and the brain

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2019

Improvement in cognition following double-blind randomized micronutrient interventions in the general population

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2019

The effect of high fat, high sugar, and combined high fat-high sugar diets on spatial learning and memory in rodents: a meta-analysis

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2019

The Western diet regulates hippocampal microvascular gene expression: An integrated genomic analyses in female mice (animal study)

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2019

The cognitive control of eating and body weight: It's more than what you "think"

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2020

Prefrontal cortex inflammation and liver pathologies accompany cognitive and motor deficits following Western diet consumption in non-obese female mice (animal study)

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2019

Dietary patterns during adulthood and cognitive performance in midlife: the CARDIA study

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2019

The relationships between vitamin K and cognition: A review of current evidence

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2015

Western diet is associated with a smaller hippocampus: A longitudinal investigation

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2017

Intake of niacin, folate, vitamin B-6, and vitamin B-12 through young adulthood and cognitive function in midlife: the coronary artery risk development in young adults (CARDIA) study

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2006

Effects of nutrients (in food) on the structure and function of the nervous system: update on dietary requirements for brain. Part 1: micronutrients

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2020

Beneficial effects of walnuts on cognition and brain Health

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2017

Editorial: impact of diet on learning, memory and cognition

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2015

Diet-induced cognitive deficits: The role of fat and sugar, potential mechanisms and nutritional interventions

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2019

Intake of vegetables and fruits through young adulthood is associated with better cognitive function in midlife in the US general population

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2018

Nutrition strategies that improve cognitive function

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2017

Intake of fruit and vegetables and the incident risk of cognitive disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

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2017

Adverse effects of consuming high fat-sugar diets on cognition: Implications for understanding obesity

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