DIPP - The Diabetes Prediction and Prevention Nutrition
Study
The DIPP Nutrition Study, started in 1996, is carried out in
collaboration with the National Public Health Institute and Tampere
School of Public Health, University of Tampere. It is a prospective
birth cohort study, where the main objective is to investigate
whether the diet during prenatal period and during the first six
years of life, is associated with the development of type 1
diabetes-related autoantibodies in children who are genetically at
risk for type 1 diabetes. The study is based on data of the diet of
pregnant and lactating mothers and their children. In addition, the
association between diet and the development of allergies and
asthma is studied.
Head of the DIPP Nutrition Study is Prof Suvi M. Virtanen (tel.
+358 9 4744 8729).
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