Transforming European Food Systems with multi-actor networks and Living Labs through the FoodSHIFT Approach.

Our current global Food System is facing extraordinary challenges in both size and severity, including a rise in unsustainable consumption behaviours, continued environmental degradation, growing food insecurity, and widening social inequalities. A Food System transformation is now both critically important and overwhelmingly complex, requiring nothing less than a complete overhaul of the entire value chain. Everyone is needed: Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with technological solutions, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) with social innovations, researchers with novel methodologies, governments with food policy advancements, professionals with varying expertise, and last but not least, empowered and informed citizens with the ability and resources for better decision-making.

Pain and stress after vaginal delivery: characteristics at hospital discharge and associations with parity.

The objective of this study was to characterise pre-discharge maternal pain and stress severity after vaginal delivery and associations with parity. This is a descriptive analysis with 148 women in the early post-partum period (84 primiparae and 64 secondiparae) after vaginal delivery. Pain and stress were measured by McGill Pain Questionnaire (MGPQ) and by the Psychological Stress Measure (PSM).

Impact of Extraction Conditions on the Phenolic Composition and Antioxidant Capacity of Grape Stem Extracts.

The use of grape stems for the extraction of bioactive compounds to be used in the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industries is a promising objective. The aim of this work is to determine the influence of the different extraction conditions (temperature, ethanol concentration, and ratio of sample/solvent) on phenolic composition and antioxidant capacity of Mazuelo stem extracts. In general, the ethanol concentration of the extraction solvent was the factor that had the greatest influence on the extraction of different bioactive compounds.

Phenolic Composition of Artichoke Waste and its Antioxidant Capacity on Differentiated Caco-2 Cells.

Artichoke waste represents a huge amount of discarded material. This study presents the by-products (bracts, exterior leaves, and stalks) of the "Blanca de Tudela" artichoke variety as a potential source of phenolic compounds with promising antioxidant properties. Artichoke residues were subjected to different extraction processes, and the antioxidant capacity and phenolic composition of the extracts were analyzed by spectrophotometric methods and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analyses, respectively.

Maternity blues: a risk factor for anhedonia, anxiety, and depression components of Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.

Women undergo adaptive physical and psychological changes during pregnancy, which make them vulnerable to psychological disorders. This study used a prospective observational design and included concurrent validation analysis of the 16-item Maternity Blues Scale (MBS) Dutch version to determine the direction and magnitude on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) symptoms, including three factors, anhedonia, anxiety, and depression in 320 puerperae early after childbirth. We found a statistically significant correlation between MBS and EPDS global scores (0.

The role of elective and emergency cesarean delivery in maternal postpartum anhedonia, anxiety, and depression.

Objective: To compare levels of anhedonia, anxiety, and depression in women following elective and emergency cesarean delivery.

Methods: An observational study was conducted between January 1, 2015, and May 31, 2017, among Italian women who delivered healthy neonates at term at the Policlinico Abano Terme, Italy, by vaginal, elective cesarean delivery (ElCD) or emergency cesarean (EmCD) delivery. The women completed the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), including specific factors within each category, 2 days post-delivery to measure postpartum depressive symptomatology.

Prepregnancy Body Mass Index shift across gestation: primary evidence of an association with eating disorders.

Previous studies indicated that gestational weight gain-related disorders share many similarities with feeding and eating disorders (EDs). To examine the association of prepregnancy Body Mass Index (BMI), defined according to 2009 Institute of Medicine (IOM), and its shift across gestation with symptoms of feeding and EDs, defined by EDE-Q. This prospective cohort study took place at the Division of Perinatal Medicine of Policlinico Abano Terme, Italy, from Jannuary 2015 to October 2015.

Maternal areola pH: A chemical basis for mother-infant recognition.

Background: The human female's areolar region is the point of arrival of a natural progression from birth to breastfeeding continuum, supported by numerous functional features.

Aims: The aim of this study was to look more closely into the areola' skin chemical signals that are uniquely important for mother-infant chemoemission, chemoreception, and breastfeeding continuum.

Study Design: A dermatological study of the areolae and corresponding breast quadrants was undertaken on 71 healthy, at-term women.

Emu oil-based lotion effects on neonatal skin barrier during transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life.

Both appropriate hydration and skin surface pH are fundamental in preventing baby skin barrier damage during transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life. However, effects of topical moisturizers on neonatal stratum corneum temperature, pH, hydration, and elasticity have not been scientifically evaluated in vivo. We checked 31 full-term breastfeeding neonates by non-invasive bioengineering method, which is able to evaluate the basal skin barrier (left heel), and assessed at 6±1 hours after birth, and at 1 and 24 hours after emu oil-based topical treatment.

Nitrous oxide labor analgesia and pain relief memory in breastfeeding women.

Objective: The use of labor pain relief medications is a controversial issue that has engendered heated discussions among health care professionals about safety, interference with birthing, and breastfeeding.

Methods: This is a case-control study with 62 puerperae treated with nitrous oxide and 124 control women (ratio 1:2), matched for age, gestational age, parity, delivery route, labor augmentation, and spinal regional analgesia. We tested anhedonia, anxiety, and depression symptoms at hospital discharge by The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), and the intensity of nitrous oxide labor pain relief and satisfaction memory by a retrospective Visual Analog Scale (VAS, 0-10 Numeric Rating Scale) at a set cut off time of 3 months of a child's age.

A temperature gradient may support mother-infant thermal identification and communication in the breast crawl from birth to breastfeeding.

Aim: The human female's nipple-areolar complex (NAC) is the point of arrival of a natural progression from birth to breastfeeding, linked to functional, chemical and biophysical cues that promote the breast crawl soon after birth. We investigated the thermal gradient generated by the lips of the neonate and warmth of the NAC, which may drive the infant directly to the nipple.

Methods: We prospectively studied 41 full-term singleton infants and their mothers at the Policlinico Abano Terme, Italy, between January 1, 2015, and February 28, 2015.

Short hospitalization after caesarean delivery: effects on maternal pain and stress at discharge.

Purpose: To characterize predischarge maternal pain and stress after caesarean delivery and short hospitalization.

Materials And Methods: This is a descriptive study with 60 women in the postoperative period of caesarean section and 60 control women after vaginal delivery. Pain and stress were measured by McGill Pain Questionnaire (MGPQ) and by the Stress Measure (Psychological Stress Measure (PSM)), respectively, at mother-infant dyad discharge, scheduled at 36 hours after delivery.

Cohort study of the depression, anxiety, and anhedonia components of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale after delivery.

Objective: To investigate the applicability of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) for identifying depressive symptoms following vaginal or cesarean delivery.

Methods: The present observational study included consecutive Italian-speaking women who underwent vaginal or cesarean deliveries of uncomplicated singleton pregnancies at term at Policlinico Abano Terme, Abano Terme, Italy, between February 1, 2014, and May 31, 2015, who completed the EPDS 2 days after delivery. EPDS scores and the depression, anxiety, and anhedonia subscale items were compared between delivery methods to identify factors predictive of high EPDS scores.

Postpartum unconscious dynamics emerging from the Lüscher color test in Ethiopian women.

The aim of this study was to explore the feasibility of the Lüscher color test (LCT), a psychological instrument based on theory that colors are selected in unconscious way and that the color sensory perception of color is objective and universal. The research has involved 24 Ethiopian women, which delivered at the Getche Health Center in Gurage. It seemed to be relevant for the majority of Ethiopian women identify the rejected color (58.

Influence of elective and emergency cesarean delivery on mother emotions and bonding.

Background: Previous studies have indicated that mode of delivery could have a negative effect on bonding.

Aims: To assess feelings towards newborn infants in mothers who delivered by cesarean delivery, elective (ElCD) or emergency (EmCD).

Study Design: This observational prospective study took place at the Division of Perinatal Medicine, Policlinico Abano Terme, Abano Terme, Italy, from September 2014 to April 2015.

Body image in breastfeeding women with depressive symptoms: a prospective study.

The purpose of this prospective study was to investigate the relationship between body image perception and breastfeeding in puerperae with postpartum depression symptoms. The participants (147 healthy puerperae) completed The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Body Uneasiness Test (BUT-A and BUT-B), investigating body image perception and specific worries about particular body parts or functions. One month after discharge, new mothers participated in telephone interview concerning postpartum lactation practices.