Maternal Obesity During Pregnancy Associates With Premature Mortality and Major Cardiovascular Events in Later Life

Acknowledgements We thank Ms Katie Wilde, Data Management Team, University of Aberdeen and Lynsey Waugh, Information and Services Division of NHS Scotland for their help with data extraction and linkage. Funding sources This work was supported by funding from the Chief Scientist Office, Scotland. We also acknowledge support from Tommy’s and the British Heart Foundation. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. None of the authors are related to any of the funders

Something fishy about homecooked infant feeding recipes

Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank the statistical team within the Division of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Aberdeen for their support in analysing the data. This work was supported by The Scottish Government’s Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) division (LC grant). Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; analysis, and interpretation of data for the work were conducted by Sharon Carstairs (SC) under the supervision of Dr K Kiezebrink (KK), Dr D Marais (DM) and Dr L Craig (LC). Data collection was conducted by SC and a 10% duplicate data extraction by DM. Financial Support This work was funded by The Seafish Authority and Interface Food and Drink as part of a Doctorate Scholarship undertaken at the University of Aberdeen (grant number HS053 RBZ0214).

A comparison of preprepared commercial infant feeding meals with home-cooked recipes

Sources of funding: This study was funded by the Seafish Authority and Interface Food and Drink Scotland as part of a PhD scholarship for SC.

Childhood intelligence predicts premature mortality : Results from a 40-year population-based longitudinal study

Acknowledgements This study was supported by a grant from the Luxembourg Fonds National de la Recherche (VIVRE FNR/06/09/18) and a PhD scholarship awarded to the first author by the Fonds National de la Recherche.

Health-promoting properties of bioactive peptides derived from milk proteins in infant food : a review

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