Background/Objectives: High dietary fibre intake is associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), partly through modulation of the gut microbiome. However, physicochemical and fermentative properties vary among different fibre types. Thi...
Background/Objectives: Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and diet may cluster during emerging adulthood. We examined associations of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary behaviour with cardiovascular and body-composition o...
Background: Undernutrition and body composition changes are common in children with cancer and may negatively affect treatment tolerance and outcomes. However, data on early nutritional changes in children during chemotherapy and on the agreement bet...
Background/Objectives: Eating disorder (ED) risk and social anxiety (SA) symptoms frequently co-occur in young adults, yet psychological processes associated with their co-occurrence may show different patterns of association with each symptom domain...
Background/Objectives: This observational study assessed rating agreement within the non-blinded Ágora nutrition-information verification platform. Methods: We analyzed 13,709 records for 791 Instagram publications from 286 evaluator identifie...
Background/Objectives: Longer duration of living alone may be associated with poorer dietary quality and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older adults. This study examined whether dietary quality mediates this association and identified fact...
Background/Objectives: No nutritional assessment method is accepted as a gold standard in pediatric oncology. We translated and culturally adapted Pediatric PG-SGA and SCAN into Turkish and evaluated content validity, 24-h test–retest reliabili...
Background/Objectives: Proper adherence to dietary guidelines and regular physical activity (PA) are important for chronic disease prevention. However, the prevalence of adherence to the protein-fat-carbohydrate (PFC) balance guidelines and its assoc...
The C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio (CAR) is a readily available composite biomarker reflecting systemic inflammatory activity and changes in circulating albumin, but its nutritional interpretation and clinical utility remain incompletely defined...
Exogenous dietary microRNAs, commonly referred to as xenomiRs, have been proposed to survive digestion, enter animal tissues, and regulate host gene expression, with plant-derived miRNAs representing one of the most debated sources. This review criti...
Background: Fashion models are widely assumed to eat very little, yet their own dietary intake has rarely been measured. Most research regarding this occupational group has examined the effects of images of thin models on the body image of the wider...
Background/Objectives: Evidence on subsequent dietary changes associated with leisure-time exercise participation patterns remains limited. We examined these associations among Chinese adults. Methods: We used two China Health and Nutrition Survey se...
Oxidative stress, inflammation, metabolic dysregulation, and altered extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling are involved in reproductive physiology and contribute to the pathophysiology of several gynecological disorders. Strawberry (Fragaria ×...
Background: Activity-related knee discomfort is common in endurance-trained adults. Multi-ingredient supplements targeting complementary biological pathways may support knee comfort and load tolerance in this population, but controlled evidence is li...
Background/Objectives: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) involves insulin resistance, altered iron homeostasis, and oxidative stress. We explored changes in hepatic steatosis and cardiometabolic parameters following tar...
Background/Objectives: Nutrition research is expanding, yet translating evidence into routine care, public health, and policy remains challenging. Implementation science (IS) offers approaches to identify barriers and support the uptake of evidence-b...
Background: Anemia is a universal health problem, especially among children. It affects a country’s development and economic prospects. Understanding its prevalence and associated factors in Jordan is necessary before implementing targeted inte...
Background/Objectives: Taste sensitivity has been associated with body mass index (BMI) independently of dietary intake, suggesting that taste-related pathways may influence metabolic health beyond food consumption. However, the mechanisms underlying...
Metabolic syndrome (MetS), with obesity as its primary pathogenic driver, is a major public health concern and a leading risk factor for type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease. Increasing evidence highlights the critical role of the microbi...
Background and Objectives: Walnuts have recognized health benefits but are fat-rich, raising the concern that regular consumption might increase adiposity. We investigated whether long-term walnut consumption is associated with changes in body compos...
Background/Objectives: Gallic acid (GA) is a dietary phenolic acid with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity, but its poor stability may limit its health-promoting benefits. Plant-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) are naturally occurring nan...
Background/Objectives: Individuals differ in their molecular response to vitamin D3 supplementation. We investigated variation in acute chromatin accessibility changes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), which predominantly comprise lympho...
Background: Creatine supplementation is widely used to enhance physical performance, but its effects across health and performance outcomes remain uncertain. Objective: To synthesise evidence from systematic reviews and meta-analyses on creatine supp...
Background/Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, weight loss response, safety and preliminary clinical outcomes of a pragmatic 8-week food-based very-low-energy intervention in adults with obesity. Me...
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed neurodevelopmental disorders, occurring in both children and adults, with its etiology and clinical presentation being multifactorial. Despite significant progress...
Among the exposures relevant to pregnancy, maternal diet stands out as one of the few that can be modified and one of the most difficult to investigate rigorously [...]
Background/Objectives: Obesity in adolescent girls is associated with metabolic and reproductive changes that can persist into adult life. Methods: This review examines nutrition therapy and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist pharmacoth...
Background/Objectives: School-based nutrition policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) strategies have the potential to improve children’s nutrition and reduce the risk of obesity. This umbrella review synthesized evidence from systematic revie...
Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is an active endocrine and paracrine organ involved in coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation (AF), and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Beyond its role as a risk marker, EAT is increasingl...
Introduction: Acute caffeine may modify laboratory-evoked pain, but its relevance to clinical analgesia is uncertain. We systematically reviewed controlled experiments of caffeine administered alone in healthy humans, distinguishing pain intensity, t...
Background: As the 24-h economy expands, an increasing share of the global workforce engages in nighttime work. Most previous studies have documented adverse effects among healthcare workers and in high-income countries. Evidence in low-income earner...
Background: Social, behavioural, and environmental determinants of cardiovascular disease (CVD) frequently co-occur, but their joint associations are poorly understood. We examined whether social vulnerability and habitual numbing–spicy food co...
Background/Objective: Dietary energy density (ED; kcal/g) influences energy intake and is central to obesity prevention. Little is known about how children understand energy density and apply the knowledge in decision-making contexts. This study exam...
Background/Objectives: Fatigue results from prolonged physical exertion and is characterized by declining physical performance. This study assessed anti-fatigue potential of an allithiamine garlic complex (AGC) in a mouse model of forced swimming-ind...
Background: Low birthweight (LBW) remains a major global public health challenge, with long-term consequences for neonatal survival and chronic disease risk. Maternal exposure to ambient ozone (O3) has been implicated in fetal growth restriction, but...
Background/Objectives: Excess sodium and inadequate potassium are interrelated dietary determinants of blood pressure (BP). Evidence on concurrent intake, food-group patterns, and BP in Saudi adults remains limited. We aimed to characterize sodium an...
Background: Malvidin-3-O-glucoside (MV), a grape/berry anthocyanin, is metabolized in the gut to syringic acid (SA), gallic acid (GA), and pyrogallol. Despite reported antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activities, cell-specific actions in immune ce...
Background/Objectives: Obesity is a major chronic disease associated with increased cardiometabolic risk. Multi-ingredient nutritional interventions combining bioactive compounds have been proposed as a strategy to modulate energy balance through com...
Background: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a prevalent chronic liver disorder with limited effective pharmacological treatments. Ziziphus jujuba Mill. leaves (ZJL) contain multiple bioactive compounds, but their e...
Amid the worsening environmental crisis, sustainable dietary patterns have become central to reconciling human nutrition with planetary health. Plant-based diets are among the most widely recognized sustainable dietary patterns; when well planned, th...
Background: Pancreatic cancer (PC) remains one of the most lethal malignancies because of its highly immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and profound resistance to current therapies. Increasing evidence suggests that pyroptosis, a pro-inflammato...
Background/Objectives: Universal school food programs may reshape lunch composition by changing foods available at school and lunch sources. We assessed whether food-group and processing-level composition changed differently in intervention and contr...
Objective: To evaluate the effects of plant sterol (PS) supplementation on inflammation, endothelial dysfunction and oxidative stress in subjects with overweight/class I–III obesity and mild hypercholesterolemia. Methods: Randomized, double-bli...
Background/Objectives: Nutritional exposures may influence female reproductive health through metabolic and epigenetic pathways, including DNA methylation, chromatin regulation, and non-coding RNAs. However, evidence for direct nutritional–epig...
Objectives: To examine the cross-sectional and prospective associations of dietary magnesium (Mg), including different food sources, with sarcopenia and its components in older adults. The study used data from the Mr. OS and Ms. OS cohorts, which rec...
Background/Objectives: Poor dietary quality contributes substantially to the global burden of chronic disease. Culinary medicine (CM) integrates culinary arts with nutrition science through hands-on education. The Yale New Haven Health Teaching Kitch...
Background: Cognitive impairment poses significant challenges to aging populations globally. Mushrooms, the primary dietary source of ergothioneine (ET), have been associated with cognitive health, but the specific roles of ET and its metabolite S-me...
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a major cause of cognitive impairment, yet the molecular mechanisms underlying alcoholic dementia remain unclear. Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), the major catechin in green tea, has shown neuroprotective potential, but...
Background: Phenylketonuria (PKU) requires lifelong phenylalanine (Phe) restriction, potentially affecting dietary inflammatory potential. We investigated the relationships between the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII), circulating cytokines, and meta...
Purpose: Excessive alcohol intake is detrimental to liver health, but the differential impacts of types of alcohol on hepatic health remain understudied. Beer, wine, and liquor are the most common alcohols consumed worldwide, with each varying substa...
