Nutrition, immune function and infectious disease Scottish Section Conference 2022, 4-5 April 2022

ABSTRACT

These proceedings contains 6 articles that discuss how the relationship between vitamin D and COVID-19 was presented in different media sources (traditional e.g. UK newspapers vs. social e.g. Twitter) and assess the level of misinformation associated with this issue by comparing media content to evidence-based guidelines, regulation of the partitioning of ALA between PUFA synthesis and oxidation to oxylipins, analyse the associations and effects of anthropometric and body composition parameters on CRF in BC survivors during adjuvant endocrine therapy, assess the accuracy, timing and frequency of MUST recorded for patients admitted to 4 long-stay medical wards, investigate if supplement use or nutrient intake was associated with self-reported health-related quality of life (HRQoL) scores among Australians with ME/CFS, and examine the possible protective effects of chia seed on cafeteria-diet induced obesity in rats and to determine PPARa/P, SREBP1c, UCP2 and FADS2 gene expressions in the adipose tissue.