Nutrition in early life interacts with genetic risk to influence preadult behaviour in the Raine Study
Nutrition in early life and psychiatric genetic risk may interact to determine lasting child behaviour. Contrary to our hypothesis, we find dietary benefits in individuals with lower ADHD PGS, necessitating replication. We also highlight the possibility of including genetics in early nutrition intervention trials for causal inference.
Authors
- Carol A. Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4301-3974)
- Jonathan J. Hirst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9362-5303)
- Lars Meinertz Byg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5117-9811)
- Craig E. Pennell
- Wendy H. Oddy
- John Attia
- Andrew J. O. Whitehouse
Institutions
- University of Tasmania (AU)
- The Kids Research Institute Australia (AU)
- John Hunter Hospital (AU)
- Hunter Medical Research Institute (AU)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-01339-y
- Primary Topic
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Notre Dame
- Australian Government
- Raine Medical Research Foundation
- Women and Infants Research Foundation
- Curtin University of Technology
- Edith Cowan University
- Murdoch University
- University of Notre Dame Australia
- Government of Western Australia
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- National Health and Medical Research Council