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The Eating environment
 
February 20, 2021: The Eating Environment : Technology may help to improve the assessment of the eating environment, the food we eat, and efficacy of dietary interventions.
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January 26, 2021: Effects of diet, activities, environmental exposures and trimethylamine metabolism on alveolar breath compounds: : protocol for a retrospective case-cohort observational study
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January 20, 2021: Irritable Bowel and COVID-19 : Abdominal pain is less widely known as a symptom of COVID-19, yet it is - along with shortness of breath and confusion - a potential sign of the most severe form of COVID-19. In children, having gastrointestinal symptoms was more frequently associated with severe and critical phenotype.
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December 27, 2020: The Breathprint of COVID-19
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Bad breath in those infected with COVID-19 might be the least of their problems. But studying it helps in understanding the mechanisms of this deadly respiratory disease and developing diagnostic tests.
Dozens of confirmed cases of halitosis owing to active infection by SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) have been reported in the literature.
Several volatile organic compounds in breath have been shown to display significant predictive power for the disease and its severity.
December 26, 2020:
Genes and Microbes:
Intestinal microbiome can influence our nutritional decisions. But our genes could affect the assortment of
our gut microbes.
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December 31, 2020:
Warmth and Competence:
Celebrating New Year with some science and a heart
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