Two researchers from Inserm and one researcher from INRAE contributed to a series of three articles published on 19 November in The Lancet on the health consequences of consuming ultra-processed foods. The 43 international scientists who signed this series of articles propose the implementation of public health measures to limit the use of ultra-processed foods and improve nutrition worldwide.
While the role of certain air pollutants is now recognized in some cancers in adults, it has not yet been established in the case of acute leukemia in children. A team of researchers from Inserm, in collaboration with Sorbonne Paris Nord University, Paris Cité University, INRAE and Swiss researchers, used data from the GEOCAP-Birth study based on the national registry of childhood cancer to assess the risk of acute...
A study conducted across 43 European countries by an international scientific team coordinated by Université Grenoble Alpes, in collaboration with the CNRS, Inserm, and the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), reveals that the ability of airborne particles to generate oxidative stress in the lungs (known as the oxidative potential, or OP) varies according to environmental type (urban, rural, industrial, etc.) and emission sources.
Consumption of plant-based products is associated with better cardiovascular health, provided they are of good nutritional quality and not or minimally processed. This is the finding of a research team from INRAE, Inserm, Sorbonne Paris Nord University and Cnam, based on analysis of health data from a cohort of 63,835 adults.
With neonatal mortality on the increase in France, a new study by Inserm, Paris Cité University, Inrae, Paris Nord University and APHP shows that it could be linked to socioeconomic inequalities. Using their social deprivation index adjusted for the perinatal period, the researchers observed that the risk of neonatal death is higher for mothers living in deprived municipalities.
Food additive mixtures are an everyday feature of our diets, especially through ultra-processed foods. In a new study, researchers from Inserm, INRAE, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, Paris Cité University and Cnam, as part of the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (CRESS-EREN), examined the possible links between exposure to mixtures of commonly consumed food additives and the onset of type 2 diabetes. They analysed the health data of over 100 000 adults...
Human cognitive biases can particularly affect decision-making when speed is of the essence, such as when lives are at stake in a medical emergency. A research team from Inserm and the University of Bordeaux has tested an advanced method of generative artificial intelligence (AI) , trained with data from patient records corresponding to 480 000 entries to the Bordeaux University Hospital Emergency Department.
Researchers from the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Team (CRESS-EREN), with members from Inserm, Inrae, Cnam, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord and Université Paris Cité, in collaboration with researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO-IARC), report an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases associated with the consumption of foods that rank less favourably on the Nutri-Score scale (new 2024 version) within the European cohort EPIC.
Inserm has published a new Collective Expert Review on the theme of multiple disabilities, commissioned by the French National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy (CNSA). The conclusions and recommendations of this Collective Expert Review provide useful new elements to improve care and help answer questions regarding the consideration, interactions and integration of people with multiple disabilities.
Inserm scientists from the Epidemiology of Childhood and Adolescent Cancers team (EPICEA – Inserm JRU 1153)[1] and the EPI-PHARE scientific interest group (ANSM/Cnam), together with experts in medically assisted reproduction (MAR), have published in JAMA Network Open the findings of a large-scale study aimed at comparing the risk of cancer in children conceived by MAR with that of children conceived naturally.
