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

作　　者：Renee J Dufault Katherine M Adler David O Carpenter Steven G Gilbert Raquel A Crider 

机构地区：[1]College of Graduate Health Studies,A.T.Still University,Kirksville,MO 63501,United States [2]Department of Research,Food Ingredient and Health Research Institute,Naalehu,HI 96772,United States [3]Department of Health Sciences,University of New Haven,West Haven,CT 06516,United States [4]Institute for Health and the Environment,School of Public Health,State University of New York,Albany,NY 12222,United States [5]Department of Research,Institute of Neurotoxicology and Neurological Disorders,Seattle,WA 98105,United States [6]Department of Statistics,Food Ingredient and Health Research Institute,Naalehu,HI 96772,United States

出　　处：《World Journal of Psychiatry》2024年第1期159-178,共20页世界精神病学杂志

摘　　要：BACKGROUND Unhealthy 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.AIM To test the efficacy of nutritional epigenetics instruction in reducing parental ultra-processed food intake.METHODS The 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(n=11)or control(n=11)group.The test group participated in the six-week online nutritional epigenetics tutorial,while the control group did not.The efficacy of the nutritional epigenetics instruction was determined by measuring changes in parent diet and attitude using data derived from an online diet survey administered to the participants during the pre and post intervention periods.Diet intake scores were derived for both ultra-processed and whole/organic foods.Paired sample t-tests were conducted to determine any differences in mean diet scores within each group.RESULTS There 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 preintervention 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 t-test analysis showing a significance of

关 键 词：EPIGENOMICS Parenteral nutrition AUTISM Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder Ultra-processed foods Heavy metals 

分 类 号：R749[医药卫生—神经病学与精神病学]