Parcours
Researcher in Nutritional Epidemiology
Contact details:
Epidemiology of Nutrition and Food Behaviors
National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) U1219
University of Bordeaux
146 Rue Léo Saignat
CS61292
33076 Bordeaux cedex
Tel + 33 5 47 30 42 04
Fax + 33 5 57 57 14 86
catherine.feart-couret@u-bordeaux.fr
Education :
Post-Doctoral fellowship in the Team Epidemiology of Nutrition, INSERM U897 (2006-2011)
Post-Doctoral fellowship in the Unit of Nutrition and Cellular Signalling, Bordeaux University (2004-2005)
PhD in Food Sciences and Nutrition, Bordeaux University, France (2004)
Master in Food Sciences and Nutrition, Bordeaux University, France (2000)
Domains of research:
Epidemiology of nutrition and age-related disorders, including dementia.
The original feature of my research is to associate methods from epidemiology and biology to study the mechanisms underlying the association between nutrition and age-related disorders, among aged participants of long follow-up cohort studies.
Fonctions
INSERM Permanent Researcher in the Research Centre INSERM U1219, Bordeaux, France.
Main publications
Feart C, Peuchant E, Letenneur L, Samieri C, Montagnier D, Fourrier-Reglat A & Barberger-Gateau P (2008) Plasma eicosapentaenoic acid is inversely associated with severity of depressive symptomatology in the elderly: data from the Bordeaux sample of the Three-City Study. Am J Clin Nutr 87, 1156-1162.
Feart C, Samieri C, Rondeau V, Amieva H, Portet F, Dartigues JF, Scarmeas N & Barberger-Gateau P (2009) Adherence to a Mediterranean diet, cognitive decline, and risk of dementia. Jama 302, 638-648.
Féart C, Samieri C, Allès B & Barberger-Gateau P (2013) Potential benefits of adherence to the Mediterranean diet on cognitive health. Proc Nutr Soc 72, 140-152.
