Publications by authors named "I De Napoli"
In February 2020, the Italian government started to adopt measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. This emergency had a strong impact on people's lives and daily activities, negatively affecting their well-being. One of the groups of people that suffered the most from the pandemic emergency and the related isolation was university students.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity has globally reached alarming dimensions and many adolescents affected by obesity already present one or more obesity-related comorbidities. In recent years, emerging evidence supporting the role of gut microbiota in the pathophysiology of metabolic diseases has been reported and the use of prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics and postbiotics as a strategy to manipulate gut microbiota has become popular. The aim of this review is to explore the relationship between gut microbiota and metabolic syndrome in adolescents and to discuss the potential use of prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics and postbiotics for the prevention and treatment of this clinical picture in adolescence.
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- Recent research highlights the importance of understanding changes in higher education and their effects on academic workers' well-being, particularly in relation to stress and job satisfaction.
- The study focuses on social factors that can improve the well-being of university staff, utilizing data from 198 workers at the University of Foggia in Southern Italy.
- Key findings suggest that strong social relationships, organizational identification, and attachment to the local community significantly enhance the overall well-being of academics, emphasizing the importance of social connections both inside and outside the university.
Endocrine disruptors (EDCs) are chemicals that interfere with the endocrine system. EDC exposure may contribute to the development of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases by impacting the composition of an infant's gut microbiota during the first 1000 days of life. To explore the relationship between maternal urinary levels of Bisphenol-A and phthalates (UHPLC-MS/MS), and the composition of the infant gut microbiota (16S rDNA) at age 12 months (T) and, retrospectively, at birth (T), 1 month (T), and 6 months (T), stool samples from 20 infants breastfed at least once a day were analyzed.
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