Professor Atul Singhal
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Atul Singhal

Professor

Great Ormond Street Hospital (Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity Professor of Paediatric Nutrition at University College London, Institute of Child Health, and Honorary Consultant Paediatrician)

Graduated in Medicine from the Royal Free Hospital, London in 1986 and has been a consultant in paediatrics since 1998. 
Previously, he was the Director and Deputy Director of the Childhood Nutrition Research Centre, UCL Institute of Child Health.  

Broad interests in paediatric nutrition, but his current research focuses on the influence of early nutrition for long-term health, the effects of nutritional interventions to reduce long-term cardiovascular risk, and nutritional interventions for obesity. Also on Dietary intakes of children, new technologies for dietary intake assessment. 

Publications

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Biology of human milk oligosaccharides: From basic science to clinical evidence

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) have been researched by scientists for over 100 years, driven by the substantial…

77 min read Norbert Sprenger, Hanne L.P Tytgat, Aristea Binia (Switzerland), …
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Should We Promote Catch-Up Growth or Growth Acceleration in Low-Birthweight Infants

The idea that catch-up growth or growth acceleration has adverse effects on long-term health has generated much debate…

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NNIW95 - Building Future Health and Well-Being of Thriving Toddlers and Young Children

According to the World Health Organization, the early child period, i.e., from birth to 5 years of age, is considered…

29 min read Dr Natalia Wagemans, MD, Professor Atul Singhal, …
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Obesity in Toddlers and Young Children: Causes and Consequences
The rapid rise in obesity in toddlers and young children (aged 0–5 years) is a major concern
for public health globally…
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NNIW 95 - Building Future Health and Well-Being of Thriving Toddlers and Young Children (publications)
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NNIW 95 - Building Future Health and Well-Being of Thriving Toddlers and Young Children

According to the World Health Organization, the early child period, i.e., from birth to 5 years of age, is considered…

275 min read Professor Maureen Black, Professor Atul Singhal, Professor Charles Hillman
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Early Protein Intake, Metabolic Programming and Later Obesity
The idea that nutrition in early life may influence, or programme, later health first emerged in the 1960‘s with the…
36 min read Professor Atul Singhal
Human Milk Oligosaccharides: 2'-Fucosyllactose (2'-FL) and Lacto-N-Neotetraose (LNnT) in Infant Formula (publications)
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Human Milk Oligosaccharides: 2'-Fucosyllactose (2'-FL) and Lacto-N-Neotetraose (LNnT) in Infant Formula

The amount of HMOs in mother’s milk is a dynamic process as it changes over time. Many factors, such as duration of…

22 min read Prof. Yvan Vandenplas, B. Berger, V. Paolo Carnielli, …
Protein Supply in Infancy (publications)
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Protein Supply in Infancy

We know that growth in the first years of life will exert a positive Influence on long-term health and neurological…

1 min read V. Paolo Carnielli, M. Wabitsch , J. Ksiazyk, …
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The Global Epidemic of Noncommunicable Disease: The Role of Early-Life Factors
The rapid increase in prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is probably the most important global health problem…
21 min read Professor Atul Singhal
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Early Origins of Obesity
1 min read Professor Atul Singhal, J. Lanigan, A. Lucas
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Does Early Growth Affect Long-Term Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease?
The concept that early growth and nutrition have long-term biological effects isbased on extensive studies in animals…
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Does Breastfeeding Protect from Growth Acceleration and Later Obesity?
Nutrition in infancy has been suggested to have a major influence or program thelong-term tendency to obesity…
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Videos

NNIW95: Obesity in Toddlers and Young Children: Causes and Consequences (videos)
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NNIW95: Obesity in Toddlers and Young Children: Causes and Consequences

The rapid rise in obesity in toddlers and young preschool children is a major concern for public health globally.

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Non-Communicable disease
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Non-Communicable disease

Amongst the non-communicable diseases (NCDs), cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most common cause of death. According…

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Not too much, not too little: What do we know about appropriate infant feeding?
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Not too much, not too little: What do we know about appropriate infant feeding?
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