Proceedings, Volume 91, Issue 1

Introduction: The German market for dietary supplements and fortified foods is of considerable size, and many target-group-specific products, e.g., for vegans and vegetarians, are available. Growing sales volumes in recent years reflect the large dem...

Background: Over 60 million people in Europe live with type 2 diabetes (T2D). This high burden is influenced by factors like population aging and increasingly prevalent risk factors such as excess weight, physical inactivity, unhealthy diets, and smo...

Background and aims: As part of a project to consolidate reporting guidance for randomised controlled trials (RCTs), protocols of RCTs, and systematic reviews of nutritional interventions, it was important to understand the nutritional interventions...

For the CO-FRESH (CO-creating sustainable and competitive FRuits and vEgetableS’ value cHains in Europe) project, implemented under Horizon 2020, the main objective is to design and pilot innovative system approaches to agri-food value chains i...

National dietary guidelines aim to educate and assist the public by enhancing overall diet health and decreasing health risk. Despite the widespread use of food-based dietary guidelines, assessments into their effectiveness are lacking. Methods: Usin...

Background: A universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) policy was introduced in 2014/15 in England and Scotland for schoolchildren aged 4–7 years; as a result, school meal uptake rose sharply. School food in the UK is known overall to be heal...

Background: Oat-based Milk Alternatives (OMAs) provide multiple health benefits arising from oat’s unique compounds: avenanthramides, avenacosides, and dietary fibre β-glucan. Avenanthramides–polyphenols, unique to oats, provide anti...

Personalized nutrition aims to exploit heterogeneity. One reason for heterogeneity may be the presence of one or more subgroups that respond better to a dietary intervention than the observed average in the entire population considered. However, desi...

Assessment of dietary intake remains a large challenge in nutrition studies. The application of food intake biomarkers is a promising approach to complement widely used self-reported intake assessments and to improve accuracy. The development of meta...

In order to comprehend the impact of globalization on local food systems, it is crucial to consider sociohistorical, socioeconomic, and sociocultural trajectories, accompanied by long-term and cross-sectional monitoring. To achieve this objective, it...