Award for best oral presentation at the 19th National Congress of Psychiatry
From 19 to 22 November, the M2Child team was in Algarve at the 19th National Congress of Psychiatry. On the 22nd, Sofia Pinto presented some of the results of the M2Child study in an open communication. This presentation, entitled ‘Fruit and Vegetable Diversity in Children with ADHD: Associations with Emotional Symptoms and Immune-Inflammatory Markers’, won […]
Dissemination of results at the 8th National ADHD Congress
On 9 and 10 October, the M2Child team attended the 8th National PHDA Congress organised by the Portuguese Attention Deficit Society (SPDA). On the 10th, Sofia Pinto gave a presentation on the results of the M2Child study entitled ‘Interplay between dietary diversity and systemic immune-inflammatory markers in ADHD’.
MINDSET awarded the National Grant for Microbiota Research Projects by the Biocodex Microbiota Foundation
The MINDSET project (Mapping INteractions of the biDirectional gut-brain axiS in adolEscent risk-Taking behaviour), led by Joana Ferreira Gomes, researcher at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health at the University of Porto (i3S) and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), was recently awarded the National Grant for […]
Does a probiotic help children with ADHD? Scientists from Porto recruit volunteers
The starting question is simple: does supplementation with a probiotic have beneficial effects on children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? This is what scientists from Porto want to study and, to this end, they are recruiting children aged between six and 12. See the news in Público or on RTP.
FMUP recruits participants to test probiotic for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP) has started recruiting participants for a new intervention study – M2CHILD-pro – which will evaluate the effects of supplementation with a probiotic in children aged 6 to 12 with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). See the press release on the FMUP website.
Dissemination of results at the Nutrition and Food Congress of the Portuguese Nutrition Association
In 2024 and 2025, the M2Child team participated in the Nutrition and Food Congress of the Portuguese Nutrition Association with two poster presentations: “Fruit diversity negatively correlates with anxiety and depression symptoms in ADHD children” and “Interplay between dietary diversity and systemic immune-inflammatory markers in ADHD”. The project’s nutritionist, Sofia Pinto, presented the studies, which […]
Hyperactive and attention-deficit children have more impulsive aggression
Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) show more impulsive aggressive behaviour related to self-control problems and depressive symptoms, reveals a study released today by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP). The study – which is part of a research project called M2Child – analysed 72 children between the ages of 6 and […]
Scientific paper on impulsive aggression in ADHD
The M2Child team published an article in Frontiers in Psychiatry exploring the mediating role of emotion dysregulation and depressive symptoms in the relationship between inhibitory control difficulties and impulsive aggression in children with ADHD. Access the article here.
Award for best communication at the 6th National ADHD Congress
On 12 and 13 October, the M2Child team was in Lisbon for the 6th National ADHD Congress organised by the Portuguese Attention Deficit Society (SPDA). On the 13th, Sofia Marques, a lecturer at the Institute of Psychology and Educational Sciences at Universidade Lusíada – Norte (Porto) and a researcher at the Centre for Research in […]
Dissemination of results at the 6th National ADHD Congress
On 12 and 13 October, the M2Child team attended the 6th National ADHD Congress organised by the Portuguese Attention Deficit Society (SPDA). On the 12th, Sofia Pinto presented, in poster format, the results of her master’s thesis, which she defended on 15 September, titled ‘Diet and inflammation in Portuguese children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: a case-control […]