Agnes Ayton
Consultant psychiatrist - eating disorders. Chair of the Eating Disorder Faculty, Treasurer of EPSIG at RCPsych HSL @ University of Oxford
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Trainers get fit for eating disorder fight
Excessive exercise is a common symptom of some types of disordered eating, which puts gym personnel on the front line to help tackle the problem.
Shared genetic risk between eating disorder‐ and substance‐use‐related phenotypes: Evidence from genome‐wide association studies
Eating disorders and substance use disorders frequently co‐occur. Using genome‐wide association studies, we found differential patterns of genetic correlations between specific eating disorder‐ and s...
Racial differences in contribution of prepregnancy obesity and excessive gestational weight gain to large-for-gestational-age neonates
Racial differences in contribution of prepregnancy obesity and excessive gestational weight gain to large-for-gestational-age neonates
Nearly half of Americans didn’t go outside to recreate in 2018. That has the outdoor industry worried.
Sobering statistics in the Outdoor Participation Report show even kids are staying inside. “We should really be concerned as a nation that we are becoming an indoor nation,” Outdoor Foundation boss Lise Aangeenbrug says.
Normal dolichol concentration in urine sediments from four patients with neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (Battens disease).
The dolichol contents of urine sediments from a patient with infantile (Santavuori), a patient with late infantile (Jansky-Bielschowsky) and two patients with juvenile (Spielmeyer-Vogt) neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (Batten's disease) were not...
Agnes Ayton
Health Effects of Household Solid Fuel Use: Findings from 11 Countries within the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology Study.
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Clean air, clean water and fresh food matter.
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UK unveils 'iconic,' blue Brexit passports, made in Poland
The British government has unveiled the country's new, blue post-Brexit passports, hailing the return of an "iconic" document that became a thorny issue during the UK's protracted departure from the European Union.
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Beth Thompson: We need to reimagine the way research works
Over three years I dedicated long hours and weekends to the PhD project that I was desperate to make a success. I wanted my research to make a useful contribution [...]More...
Excess BMI Accelerates Islet Autoimmunity in Older Children and Adolescents
OBJECTIVE Sustained excess BMI increases the risk of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in autoantibody-positive relatives without diabetes of patients. We tested whether elevated BMI also accelerates the progression of islet autoimmunity before T1D...
Mediterranean diet intervention in overweight and obese subjects lowers plasma cholesterol and causes changes in the gut microbiome and metabolome independently of energy intake
Objectives This study aimed to explore the effects of an isocaloric Mediterranean diet (MD) intervention on metabolic health, gut microbiome and systemic metabolome in subjects with lifestyle risk factors for metabolic disease.
Design Eighty-two...
Weinstein jury says they've heard all they needed on day 4 of deliberations
On day 4 of the Harvey Weinstein trial, the jury sent a note saying they've heard all the read back testimony they need.
This Astrophotographer Makes the World Turn and the Sky Stand Still
Astrophotographer Eric Brummel created this time-lapse of the Milky Way. But instead of the Milky Way moving across the sky, it's the Earth that moves.
Floridians brace for effects of daylight saving starting March 8
Despite the state Senate and then-Gov. Rick Scott approving a 2018 bill to no longer observe the tradition, federal law still mandates the practice.
The Charming Doodles Charles Darwin’s Children Left All Over the Manuscript of ‘On the Origin of Species’
From fish with legs to carrot cavalries, an endearing testament to the human life of science.
Opinion: Forget a 'winter crisis' – we have a constant NHS crisis and 40 new hospitals will do little to help
We need solutions to primary, social and community healthcare – and fast. There weren’t any in last week’s NHS Funding Bill
1906-P: Effects of a Carbohydrate-Restricted Diet on Hepatic Lipid Content in Adolescents with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Background: NAFLD has emerged as the most common liver disease among adolescents in industrialized countries. Results from trials in adults with NAFLD suggest that reducing CHO intake may deplete liver fat to a greater extent than other dietary...