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Ajay Kolli, MPH ’21, hopes to boost population health by improving eyesight March 8, 2021 – When Ajay Kolli first started thinking about the association between diet and vision, he figured he’d find plenty of previous studies about the topic. But Kolli, a University of Michigan medical student on his way to becoming a ophthalmologist, was surprised to find that there were very few. So when he arrived at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health last fall taking a year off from medical school to pursue an MPH in quantitative methods he reached out to Erica Kenney, assistant professor of public health nutrition. They brainstormed and came up with a plan to use data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to look at the association between both diet and vision impairment, and between food insecurity and vision impairment. Preliminary results from their research suggest links in both cases.

Study identifies potential therapeutic target for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Study identifies potential therapeutic target for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease An international team of researchers has identified the CNNM4 protein as a key regulator of magnesium in the liver and potential therapeutic target for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to a study published in the Journal of Hepatology. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, a form of fatty liver disease characterized by inflammation and liver fibrosis, is associated with obesity and has a worldwide prevalence of 1.7 billion people. Unhealthy nutritional habits and dietary imbalances are recognized as causes of many diseases. Magnesium is widely available in both plant and animal foods; most vegetables, legumes, peas, beans, and nuts are rich in magnesium, as are some seafood and spices. In recent years, there has been growing concern about inadequate magnesium intake in the general population. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 79% of U.S. adults do no

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