Prentice, Ross L
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The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) has been a major contributor to diet and chronic disease research among postmenopausal US women over its 30+ year history (1993 to present). The WHI program included full-scale randomized trials of a low-fat dietary pattern high in fruits, vegetables, and grains, and of calcium and vitamin D supplementation, each...
Mossavar-Rahmani, Yasmin
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Zuercher, Monica D Harvey, Danielle J Au, Lauren E Shadyab, Aladdin H Santiago-Torres, Margarita Liu, Simin Shivappa, Nitin Hébert, James R Robbins, John A Garcia, Lorena
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Type 2 diabetes is a major public health concern in the United States and worldwide. The dietary inflammatory index (DII) and the energy-adjusted DII (E-DII) are tools that assess dietary inflammation. Previous evidence suggests that obesity can modify the association between inflammation and disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the assoc...
Estradé, Michelle Burgos-Gil, Rosalina Witting, Lillian Rivera, Ivonne Gittelsohn, Joel Colón-Ramos, Uriyoán
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Hispanics in the United States are among those with highest consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and lowest consumption of water. These dietary disparities are rooted in systemic influences that must be identified and addressed. The study aimed to describe how Hispanic parents currently living in the greater Washington, DC, metro area an...
Chouraqui, Jean-Pierre Renella, Raffaele Turck, Dominique
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Iron deficiency has particular importance in early childhood because of its impact on growth and development. Preventive food-based strategies of iron deficiency require knowledge of intakes and sources of iron. This study aimed to assess daily iron intakes (DIIs) in 2013, to compare them with the dietary reference values, to assess their evolution...
Olmedo, Luciana Luna, Fernando Javier Zubrzycki, Jeremías Dopazo, Hernán Pellon-Maison, Magalí
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The A allele of rs9939609 polymorphism at the FTO gene has been consistently associated with higher body mass index in different populations, but conflicting results have been found regarding its contribution to food intake variability. This study aimed to investigate the association between this genetic variant and nutrient and food intake in an u...
Trude, Angela C B Bunzl, Natasha B Rehman, Zoya N Elbel, Brian Lau, Serena Talal, Lillian A Weitzman, Beth C
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Small food retailers often stock energy-dense convenience foods, and they are ubiquitous in low-income urban settings. With the rise in e-commerce, little is known about the acceptability of online grocery shopping from small food retailers. To explore perceptions of the role of small food retailers (bodegas) in food access and the acceptability of...
Chatelan, Angeline Clerc, Aurélien Fonta, Pierre-Alexandre
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Jiang, Qidong Prabahar, Kousalya Saleh, Saleh A K Adly, Heba M Velu, Periyannan Adi, Abdul Rahman Baradwan, Saeed Hajkhalaf, Miar Ibrahim Baredwan, Ahlam Gari, Faris
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An inverse relationship between vitamin D supplementation and C-reactive protein (CRP) and hypertension has been reported, mostly through observational data. This inverse relationship, however, has not been confirmed in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). A meta-analysis of RCTs is needed to provide more robust evidence. This systematic review of ...
Raynor, Hollie A Morgan-Bathke, Maria Baxter, Suzanne Domel Halliday, Tanya Lynch, Amanda Malik, Neal Garay, Jessica L Rozga, Mary
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Providing interventions that facilitate improvement of dietary intake and other health behaviors can improve nutrition-related outcomes in adults with overweight or obesity. Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) behavioral interventions require expertise from registered dietitian nutritionists or international equivalents (dietitians), which no other hea...