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ArticleWorld journal of psychiatry2024

Nutritional epigenetics education improves diet and attitude of parents of children with autism or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Renee J Dufault, Katherine M Adler, David O Carpenter, Steven G Gilbert, Raquel A Crider

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Article in World journal of psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Renee J DufaultCollege of Graduate Health Studies, A.T. Still University, Kirksville, MO 63501, United States.
Katherine M AdlerDepartment of Health Sciences, University of New Haven, West Haven, CT 06516, United States.
David O CarpenterInstitute for Health and the Environment, School of Public Health, State University of New York, Albany, NY 12222, United States.
Steven G GilbertDepartment of Research, Food Ingredient and Health Research Institute, Naalehu, HI 96772, United States.
Raquel A CriderDepartment of Statistics, Food Ingredient and Health Research Institute, Naalehu, HI 96772, United States.

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Abstract

backgroundUnhealthy maternal diet leads to heavy metal exposures from the consumption of ultra-processed foods that may impact gene behavior across generations, creating conditions for the neurodevelopmental disorders known as autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Children with these disorders have difficulty metabolizing and excreting heavy metals from their bloodstream, and the severity of their symptoms correlates with the heavy metal levels measured in their blood. Psychiatrists may play a key role in helping parents reduce their ultra-processed food and dietary heavy metal intake by providing access to effective nutritional epigenetics education.

aimTo test the efficacy of nutritional epigenetics instruction in reducing parental ultra-processed food intake.

methodsThe study utilized a semi-randomized test and control group pretest-posttest pilot study design with participants recruited from parents having a learning-disabled child with autism or ADHD. Twenty-two parents who met the inclusion criteria were randomly selected to serve in the test (

resultsThere was a significant difference in the diet scores of the test group between the pre- and post-intervention periods. The parents in the test group significantly reduced their intake of ultra-processed foods with a pre-intervention diet score of 70 (mean = 5.385, SD = 2.534) and a post-intervention diet score of 113 (mean = 8.692, SD = 1.750) and the paired

conclusionHere we show nutritional epigenetics education can be used to reduce ultra-processed food intake and improve attitude among parents having learning-disabled children with autism or ADHD.

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Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorderAutismEpigenomicsHeavy metalsParenteral nutritionUltra-processed foods

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