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efsa journal better population health through personalised nutrition

Paving the way to better population health through personalised nutrition

As each individual person differs from the next in multiple ways, it is a beguiling idea that our individual nutritional needs also differ. In support of this idea, findings from nutritional intervention studies provide ample evidence of considerable interindividual variation in response to the same dietary exposure. We have…
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Authors: Mathers John C – Acknowledging the Food4Me Study
Publication date: 20190708

Aggregate exposure modelling of vitamin A from cosmetic products, diet and food supplements

Realism is important in estimating consumer exposure to a substance, especially when accounting for exposure from multiple sources. Humans are exposed to vitamin A from food, dietary supplements and cosmetics products. A probabilistic aggregate exposure model was developed for estimating exposure distributions to vitamin A (as retinol equivalents) in pre-/post-menopausal, and…
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Authors: Tozer, S & Cian O’Mahony, Jen Hannah, John O’Brien, Seamus Kelly, Kirstin Kosemund-Meynen, Camilla Alexander-White
Publication date: 20190531
Environmental Research ExpoQual Evaluating Measured and Modeled Human Exposure Data-Creme

ExpoQual: Evaluating Measured and Modeled Human Exposure Data

Recent rapid technological advances are producing exposure data sets for which there are no available data quality assessment tools. At the same time, regulatory agencies are moving in the direction of data quality assessment for environmental risk assessment and decision-making. A transparent and systematic approach to evaluating exposure data will aid…
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Authors: LaKind Judy S., Cian O’Mahony, Thomas Armstrong, Rosalie Tibaldid, Benjamin C. Blounte, Daniel Q. Naiman
Publication date: 20190125

A Framework for the Predictive Modelling of Public Health Nutrition Strategies

Within public health nutrition, it is of crucial importance to monitor adequate as well as safe nutritional intakes within a population. Food policy initiatives around dietary intakes include voluntary industry reformulation, portion size reductions, food fortification and consumer behavioral changes. Predictive intake models can be used to assess the…
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Authors: Pigat, S., O’Mahony, C.
Publication date: 20190118

Next generation of microbiological risk assessment: Potential of omics data for exposure assessment

In food safety and public health risk evaluations, microbiological exposure assessment plays a central role as it provides an estimation of both the likelihood and the level of the microbial hazard in a specified consumer portion of food and takes microbial behaviour into account. While until now mostly phenotypic…
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Authors: W.den Besten Heidy M., Alejandro Amézquita, Sara Bover-Cid, Stéphane Dagnas, Mariem Ellouze, Sandrine Guillou, George Nychas, Cian O’Mahony, Fernando Pérez-Rodriguez, Jeanne-Marie Membré
Publication date: 20181220

Exposure to selected preservatives in personal care products: case study comparison of exposure models and observational biomonitoring data

Exposure models provide critical information for risk assessment of personal care product ingredients, but there have been limited opportunities to compare exposure model predictions to observational exposure data. Urinary excretion data from a biomonitoring study in eight individuals were used to estimate minimum absorbed doses for triclosan and methyl-,…
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Authors: Aylward Lesa, Giulia Vilone, Christina Cowan-Ellsberry, Jon A. Arnot, John N. Westgate, Cian O’Mahony & Sean M. Hays
Publication date: 20181205
Food Additives and Contaminants journal software for modelling dietary exposure to food chemicals and nutrients

Investigation of the potential for a simplified exposure tool in medical nutrition (SETIM) to minimise exposures to sweeteners in young patients aged 1-3 years with PKU and CMPA

Children with phenylketonuria (PKU) and severe cow’s milk protein allergy (CMPA) consume prescribed, specially formulated, foods for special medical purposes (FSMPs) in addition to having restricted intake of normal foods. These vulnerable patients are exposed to artificial sweeteners from the consumption of a combination of both free and prescribed…
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Authors: O’Sullivan Aaron J., Cian O’Mahony, Leo Meunier, Nik Loveridge & Aideen I. McKevitt
Publication date: 20180711

Healthy ageing: the natural consequences of good nutrition—a conference report

Many countries are witnessing a marked increase in longevity and with this increased lifespan and the desire for healthy ageing, many, however, suffer from the opposite including mental and physical deterioration, lost productivity and quality of life, and increased medical costs. While adequate nutrition is fundamental for good health,…
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Authors: Marsman D, D. W. Belsky · D. Gregori · M. A. Johnson · T. Low Dog · S. Meydani · S. Pigat · R. Sadana · A. Shao · J. C. Griffiths
Publication date: 20180601