Publications by authors named "A M Requejo Marcos"
Stomatal abundance sets plants' potential for gas exchange, impacting photosynthesis and transpiration and, thus, plant survival and growth. Stomata originate from cell lineages initiated by asymmetric divisions of protodermal cells, producing meristemoids that develop into guard cell pairs. The transcription factors SPEECHLESS, MUTE, and FAMA are essential for stomatal lineage development, sequentially driving cell division and differentiation events.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although the genetic interplay with the environment has a major impact on obesity development, little is known on whether breastfeeding could modulate the genetic predisposition to obesity.
Objectives: To investigate whether breastfeeding attenuates the effect of an obesity genetic risk score (GRS) on adiposity in European adolescents.
Methods: Totally 751 adolescents from the Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence (HELENA) cross-sectional study were included, divided according to breastfeeding status into never breastfed, 1-3 months and ≥4 months.
Staple principles for the definition of front-of-pack nutritional labels.
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
December 2024
Front-of-pack nutrition labels (FOPNLs) have been developed since 1989 to curb the increasing prevalence of obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and to promote healthy consumption choices. While several countries have introduced their own labeling schemes on a voluntary basis, the European Commission aims to harmonize a FOPNL system that will be mandatory for all member states. This paper summarizes a contribution to the current debate on FOPNLs from Italian and Spanish researchers working in the fields of human nutrition, nutritional epidemiology and public health education and communication policy before the final decision on FOPNLs to become mandatory in Europe is taken.
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- The study aimed to explore how lifestyle habits like physical activity, screen time, sleep, and diet affect abdominal obesity and various health biomarkers in adolescents with Down syndrome.
- Researchers analyzed data from 83 adolescents and categorized them into three groups based on their lifestyle compliance: low, medium, and high.
- Findings showed that those with higher compliance had lower levels of unhealthy biomarkers and abdominal obesity, indicating that better lifestyle choices lead to improved health outcomes.
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- * By September 2023, 17 countries in the Americas had reported cases of H5N1, with Argentina confirming its first case in wild birds in February 2023, which later affected local poultry and sea lions.
- * Epidemiological data indicate the avian virus likely entered Argentina multiple times, primarily through migratory birds, making ongoing surveillance and preparedness essential for public health safety.