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Nutrients, Volume 10, Issue 8

August 2018 - 175 articles

Cover Story: The accurate assessment of children’s dietary intake is critical to understand influences on eating patterns, to assess relationships between diet and health outcomes, and for evaluating the outcomes of dietary interventions aimed to promote healthful eating among children. Existing evidence suggests that the interview-administered 24-h recall with parents is the most accurate method to assess children’s dietary intake. However, typical 24-h recalls require highly trained staff to conduct the interviews and code intake data using specialized software, making the method expensive and burdensome. To overcome these limitations, self-administered and automatically-coded 24-h recalls using parent proxy-report are needed. View this paper>
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Articles (175)

  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
13,513 Views
35 Pages

18 August 2018

Approximately 5.7 million U.S. adults have been diagnosed with heart failure (HF). More concerning is that one in nine U.S. deaths included HF as a contributing cause. Current HF drugs (e.g., β-blockers, ACEi) target intracellular signaling casc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,459 Views
13 Pages

Socio-Ecological Barriers to Dry Grain Pulse Consumption among Low-Income Women: A Mixed Methods Approach

  • Shelly M. Palmer,
  • Donna M. Winham,
  • Ann M. Oberhauser and
  • Ruth E. Litchfield

17 August 2018

The purpose of this study was to determine the socio-ecological influences on dry grain pulse consumption (beans, peas, lentils, chickpeas) among low-socioeconomic women in Iowa. Seven focus groups were conducted, with 36 women who qualified for inco...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,019 Views
11 Pages

Nutrient Intake and Physical Exercise Significantly Impact Physical Performance, Body Composition, Blood Lipids, Oxidative Stress, and Inflammation in Male Rats

  • Richard J. Bloomer,
  • John Henry M. Schriefer,
  • Trint A. Gunnels,
  • Sang-Rok Lee,
  • Helen J. Sable,
  • Marie Van der Merwe,
  • Randal K. Buddington and
  • Karyl K. Buddington

17 August 2018

Background: Humans consuming a purified vegan diet known as the "Daniel Fast" realize favorable changes in blood lipids, oxidative stress, and inflammatory biomarkers, with subjective reports of improved physical capacity. Objective: We sought to det...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,623 Views
14 Pages

17 August 2018

Controlling postprandial glycaemia helps to prevent and manage non-communicable diseases. One strategy in controlling glycaemia may be to consume meals in two parts; a preload, followed by the remainder of the meal. Our aim was to test preloading a r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,559 Views
15 Pages

17 August 2018

Background: Dietary carotenoids may exert anti-inflammatory activities to reduce inflammation-driven cognitive impairments during cancer and cancer treatment. Our objective was to explore if cognitive function in breast cancer survivors (BCS) differs...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,171 Views
16 Pages

Interesterified Palm Olein (IEPalm) and Interesterified Stearic Acid-Rich Fat Blend (IEStear) Have No Adverse Effects on Insulin Resistance: A Randomized Control Trial

  • Yen Teng Ng,
  • Phooi Tee Voon,
  • Tony Kock Wai Ng,
  • Verna Kar Mun Lee,
  • Miskandar Mat Sahri,
  • Norhaizan Mohd Esa,
  • Seng Huat Ong and
  • Augustine Soon Hock Ong

17 August 2018

Chemically-interesterified (CIE) fats are trans-fat free and are increasingly being used as an alternative to hydrogenated oils for food manufacturing industries to optimize their products’ characteristics and nutrient compositions. The metabol...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,407 Views
14 Pages

Adherence to the Chinese or American Dietary Guidelines is Associated with a Lower Risk of Primary Liver Cancer in China: A Case-Control Study

  • Pei-Yan Chen,
  • Ai-Ping Fang,
  • Xiao-Yan Wang,
  • Qiu-Ye Lan,
  • Gong-Cheng Liao,
  • Zhao-Yan Liu,
  • Dao-Ming Zhang,
  • Yao-Yun Zhang,
  • Yu-Ming Chen and
  • Hui-Lian Zhu

17 August 2018

Adherence to healthy dietary guidelines has been related to a lower risk of several cancers, but its role in primary liver cancer (PLC) has not been fully investigated, especially among Eastern populations. This study enrolled 720 PLC patients and 72...

  • Article
  • Open Access
140 Citations
12,940 Views
12 Pages

Dietary Supplement Use Differs by Socioeconomic and Health-Related Characteristics among U.S. Adults, NHANES 2011–2014

  • Alexandra E. Cowan,
  • Shinyoung Jun,
  • Jaime J. Gahche,
  • Janet A. Tooze,
  • Johanna T. Dwyer,
  • Heather A. Eicher-Miller,
  • Anindya Bhadra,
  • Patricia M. Guenther,
  • Nancy Potischman and
  • Kevin W. Dodd
  • + 1 author

17 August 2018

The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of use and types of dietary supplements (DS) used by U.S. adults (≥19 years) by sociodemographic characteristics: family income-to-poverty ratio (PIR), food security status, and Supplement...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
7,298 Views
12 Pages

17 August 2018

Bovine lactoferrin, extracted from milk or whey, is used in a range of products to enhance immunity and support digestive health, iron absorption, and homeostasis. This study examined the absorption and effect of Progel (Brisbane, Queensland, Austral...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,736 Views
9 Pages

Maternal and Paternal Caffeine Intake and ART Outcomes in Couples Referring to an Italian Fertility Clinic: A Prospective Cohort

  • Elena Ricci,
  • Stefania Noli,
  • Sonia Cipriani,
  • Irene La Vecchia,
  • Francesca Chiaffarino,
  • Stefania Ferrari,
  • Paola Agnese Mauri,
  • Marco Reschini,
  • Luigi Fedele and
  • Fabio Parazzini

17 August 2018

Caffeine intake, a frequent lifestyle exposure, has a number of biological effects. We designed a cohort study to investigate the relation between lifestyle and assisted reproduction technique (ART) outcomes. From September 2014 to December 2016, 339...

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