Claire Berticat

Claire Berticat

Research Engineer

I am specialized in data processing and management and my research is integrated in the framework of human evolutionary biology.

My current projects concern the study of the effects of major dietary changes in humans (particularly the most recent one characterized by a very high consumption of refined carbohydrates) on health (Alzheimer's disease, cognitive decline, myopia) but also on certain traits involved in social life (attractiveness, cooperation).

I am also interested in the evolutionary function of sleep (immune theory) and the link between language and graphic development in children.

A number of these projects rely on data from 3 large national cohorts: 3C, Constances and Elfe.

I am responsible for the 2D/3D image acquisition and analysis studio (Eye-Tracker Eyelink1000, 3D Scanner GoScan50.

People who eat a breakfast rich in refined carbohydrates are considered less attractive...

According to a study... Press article published in "The Guardian" Press article published in...

Chronic refined carbohydrate consumption measured by glycemic load and variation in cognitive performance in healthy people

Since the second half of the 20th century, the Western world has undergone a radical change in...

Nutrition and disease in humans

Over the course of the 20th century, a substantial change in diet took place in...


39 documents

  • Amandine Visine, Valérie Durand, Léonard Guillou, Michel Raymond, Claire Berticat. Chronic and immediate refined carbohydrate consumption and facial attractiveness. PLoS ONE, 2024, ⟨10.1371/journal.pone.0298984⟩. ⟨hal-04483680v2⟩
  • Lorraine Poncet, Mélèa Saïd, Shuai Yang, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, Claire Berticat, et al.. Associations between screen viewing at 2 and 3.5 years and drawing ability at 3.5 years among children from the French nationwide Elfe birth cohort. Scientific Reports, 2024, 14 (1), pp.348. ⟨10.1038/s41598-023-50767-0⟩. ⟨hal-04426220⟩
  • Léonard Guillou, Valérie Durand, Michel Raymond, Claire Berticat. Chronic refined carbohydrate consumption measured by glycemic load and variation in cognitive performance in healthy people. Personality and Individual Differences, 2023, 206, pp.112138. ⟨10.1016/j.paid.2023.112138⟩. ⟨hal-04016630⟩
  • Virginie Chuy, Mélissa Gentreau, Sylvaine Artero, Claire Berticat, Vincent Rigalleau, et al.. Simple carbohydrate intake and higher risk for physical frailty over 15 years in community-dwelling older adults. Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 2022, 77 (1), pp.10-18. ⟨10.1093/gerona/glab243⟩. ⟨hal-03326442⟩
  • Mélissa Gentreau, Christelle Reynes, Robert Sabatier, Jerome Maller, Chantal Meslin, et al.. Glucometabolic Changes Are Associated with Structural Gray Matter Alterations in Prodromal Dementia. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2022, 89 (4), pp.1293-1302. ⟨10.3233/JAD-220490⟩. ⟨hal-03766366⟩
  • Mélissa Gentreau, Michel Raymond, Cécilia Samieri, Virginie Chuy, Catherine Féart, et al.. Dietary Glycemic Load and Plasma Amyloid-β Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease. Nutrients, 2022, 14 (12), pp.2485. ⟨10.3390/nu14122485⟩. ⟨hal-03711040⟩
  • Claire Berticat, Sonia Mamouni, Angelique Ciais, Max Villain, Michel Raymond, et al.. Probability of myopia in children with high refined carbohydrates consumption in France. BMC Ophthalmology, 2020, 20 (1), ⟨10.1186/s12886-020-01602-x⟩. ⟨hal-02942970⟩
  • Berticat Claire, Durand Valérie, Michel Raymond. Refined carbohydrate consumption and facial attractiveness. Evolutionary Psychology: an International Journal of Evolutionary Approaches to Psychology and Behavior, 2020, ⟨10.1177/1474704920960440⟩. ⟨hal-02987183⟩
  • Mélissa Gentreau, Virginie Chuy, Catherine Féart, Cécilia Samieri, Karen Ritchie, et al.. Refined carbohydrate‐rich diet is associated with long‐term risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in apolipoprotein E ε4 allele carriers. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 2020, 16 (7), pp.1043-1053. ⟨10.1002/alz.12114⟩. ⟨hal-02978591v2⟩
  • Mélissa Gentreau, Michel Raymond, Virginie Chuy, Cecilia Samieri, Catherine Feart, et al.. High Glycemic Load Is Associated with Cognitive Decline in Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 Allele Carriers. Nutrients, 2020, 12 (12), pp.E3619. ⟨10.3390/nu12123619⟩. ⟨hal-03163930⟩

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