Nirupama Shivakumar

Pediatrician| Physiologist| Child Nutrition Researcher @ St. John’s Research Institute

[Nirupama Shivakumar @niru_shiv]

@thebetterindia Yes - motherhood transforms your personality and the basis lies in actual structural changes in the limbic system (emotional part) of the brain.

[ICMR - National Institute of Nutrition @ICMRNIN]

As the summer sun turns up the heat, it’s time to swap smart and sip cool!
Beat the heat the #NINWay
Small food swaps, big summer relief!

#BeatTheHeat #SmartFoodSwaps #SummerNutrition #NutritionMatters
@ICMRDELHI @DeptHealthRes @MoHFW_INDIA @AgriGoI @LetsFixOurFood

[Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta @readingkafka]

More here:

https://t.co/7cc3hFLsVV

[Nirupama Shivakumar @niru_shiv]

@NeuroscienceNew Two potential therapies can be explored: first, if there is need for serotonin- a tryptophan rich diet, second smell stimulation.

[ICMR - National Institute of Nutrition @ICMRNIN]

This #PoshanPakhwada for BUILDING A NUTRITIOUS BHARAT, let’s try to thoroughly understand and spread the knowledge about the role of diverse nutrients in the diets of every mother and child

@MoHFW_INDIA @DeptHealthRes @ICMRDELHI @MinistryWCD

[Queen Mary University of London @QMUL]

Check out Dr. Ruairi Robertson's podcast, BIOMES.⬇️

BIOMES explores the fascinating new developments in our understanding of the human microbiome and talks to leading scientific experts around the world about the incredible ways microbes affect your body, from belly to brain.

[Nirupama Shivakumar @niru_shiv]

@golee1919 Thank you, Gwen. The trade-off between active play and growth, is an interesting area to explore in growth faltering.

[Nirupama Shivakumar @niru_shiv]

@readingkafka Hope the next year continues with expansion of the great work you are doing! You are making a vision into reality! Wishing a great year ahead for our children from what you give to them! Thank you 🙏🏽

[Tessa Davis @TessaRDavis]

10 amazing websites that cost you nothing, but will save you hundreds of hours of your life:

[Nirupama Shivakumar @niru_shiv]

@StJohnsResearch we found adult patients were 3 times more likely to develop severe COVID-19, at a much lower BMI cut-off>23 (normal-obese) compared to UK patients with similar risk at BMI >35 (obese), which was probably due to belly fat accumulation. 👉🏽https://t.co/BDKE4wVoiq

[Nirupama Shivakumar @niru_shiv]

@readingkafka So glad that you are back to DWCD. We can now expect the required reforms for the most vulnerable. Hope you stay for long 👍🏽

[Neuroscience News @NeuroscienceNew]

Normal Brain Growth Curves for Children Developed

Regardless of the sex or size of the child, the ratio between the size of the brain and the volume of cerebrospinal fluid was universal.

#neuroscience #science

https://t.co/zOe1xJ45tQ

[Zvitambo @ZvitamboZim]

New review in @GUTJournal_BMJ from some of the Zvitambo team & colleagues on new technologies to assess gut functional capacity in undernutrition @_Thompson_Alex @BourkeLab @nirupamaarun @ruairirobertson @gfrost59 @Gla_nutrition

https://t.co/WoLISj3U5O

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

💡Humanity settling the Earth: 100,000 years in 2 minutes.

Good reminder of our shared humanity. And we all came from Africa.

That’s why we need to share our vaccines — we are one world 🌍

[Korah Abraham @thekorahabraham]

Remembering sister Lini on her death anniversary.

Lini, who was a nurse at the EMS memorial hospital in Kozhikode, looked after the first Nipah virus patient in 2018, after which she succumbed to the virus on this day, three years ago.

[Nirupama Shivakumar @niru_shiv]

@latha_venkatesh @readingkafka I love it when you say young lady 👍🏽

[Nissim Mannathukkaren @nmannathukkaren]

‘The hand of God’ — nurses trying to comfort isolated patients in a Brazilian Covid isolation ward. Two disposable gloves tied, full of hot water, simulating impossible human contact. Salute to the front liners and a stark reminder of the grim situation our world is in!@sadiquiz

[Nirupama Shivakumar @niru_shiv]

@readingkafka The activity strengthens learning memory! Really good approach. Should have more of these.

[Nirupama Shivakumar @niru_shiv]

Walk the walk- is 10000 steps enough? https://t.co/6O6XEnxQrg

[Nirupama Shivakumar @niru_shiv]

https://t.co/cO4XAoMRSC