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BMC Nutrition

Issue 1/2016

Content (77 Articles)

Open Access Research article

Magnitude and factors associated with appropriate complementary feeding among children 6–23 months in Northern Ghana

Mahama Saaka, Asamoah Larbi, Sofo Mutaru, Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon

Open Access Research article

Low carbohydrate diet and obesity treatment in primary health care: dietary advice after the new Swedish report

Gabriella Barabas, Anders Tengblad, Carl Johan Östgren

Open Access Research article

Predicting clinical outcome of cardiac patients by six malnutrition screening tools

Ranil Jayawardena, Niroshan C. Lokunarangoda, Ishara Ranathunga, W. S. Santharaj, Amila O. Walawwatta, Anidu K. Pathirana

Open Access Research article

Dietary patterns and the risk of oral, pharyngeal and laryngeal cancer in Syria: a case control study

Easter Joury, Farah Naja, Amira Nour, Leila Itani, Bayan Rafii, Kamal Nakhleh, Ahmad Manadili

Open Access Research article

Preterm feeding recommendations are achievable in large-scale research studies

Leila Cheikh Ismail, Francesca Giuliani, Bashir A. Bhat, Deborah Bishop, Aris T. Papageorghiou, Roseline Ochieng, Fabien Puglia, Douglas G. Altman, Michael Maia-Schlüssel, Julia A. Noble, Enrico Bertino, Michael G. Gravett, Manorama Purwar, Lui Yajing, Denise Mota, Eric Ohuma, Ann Lambert, Stephen H. Kennedy, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, José Villar

Open Access Research article

Progress and challenges in eliminating iodine deficiency in Ethiopia: a systematic review

Tirhas M. Gebretsadikan, Aron M. Troen

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

BMC Nutrition reviewer acknowledgement, 2015

James Mockridge

Open Access Research article

Tocotrienol-rich fractions (TRF) supplementation in school-going children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD): a randomized controlled trial

May Loong Tan, Siew Cheng Foong, Wai Cheng Foong, Yusni Yusuff, Saralla M. Chettiar

Open Access Research article

Kids’ meals from Canadian chain restaurants are exceedingly high in calories, fats, and sodium: a cross-sectional study

Zhila Semnani-Azad, Mary J. Scourboutakos, Mary R. L’Abbé

Open Access Research article

The synergystic effects of omega-3 fatty acids against 5-fluorouracil-induced mucosal impairment in mice

Mayu Sebe, Rie Tsutsumi, Sotaro Yamaguchi, Yousuke T. Horikawa, Nagakatsu Harada, Takuro Oyama, Nami Kakuta, Katsuya Tanaka, Yasuo M. Tsutsumi, Yutaka Nakaya, Hiroshi Sakaue

Open Access Research article

Treatment outcome among children under-five years hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition in St. Mary’s hospital Lacor, Northern Uganda

Richard Nyeko, Valeria Calbi, Boniface Otto Ssegujja, Grace Flona Ayot

Open Access Commentary

Identifying acute malnutrition – do we have an answer for policy makers?

Rosan Meyer, Luise Marino

Open Access Research article

Effect of micronutrient powder supplementation for two and four months on hemoglobin level of children 6–23 months old in a slum in Dhaka: a community based observational study

Mustafa Mahfuz, Mohammed Ashraful Alam, M Munirul Islam, Dinesh Mondal, M I Hossain, A M Shamsir Ahmed, Nuzhat Choudhury, Mohammad Jyoti Raihan, Rashidul Haque, Tahmeed Ahmed

Open Access Research article

Designing low-cost “heart healthy bread”: optimization using linear programing and 15-country comparison

Nick Wilson, Nhung Nghiem, Sian Ryan, Christine Cleghorn, Nisha Nair, Tony Blakely

Open Access Research article

Dietary phytate intake inhibits the bioavailability of iron and calcium in the diets of pregnant women in rural Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study

Syed Mahfuz Al Hasan, Mahedi Hassan, Sonjoy Saha, Mominul Islam, Masum Billah, Shimul Islam

Open Access Research article

Beneficial effects of rice endosperm protein intake in Japanese men with risk factors for metabolic syndrome: a randomized, crossover clinical trial

Michihiro Hosojima, Ryohei Kaseda, Hazuki Kondo, Mikio Fujii, Masatoshi Kubota, Reiko Watanabe, Naohito Tanabe, Motoni Kadowaki, Yoshiki Suzuki, Akihiko Saito

Open Access Research article

Stakeholder perceptions of research options to improve nutritional status in Uganda

David Lubogo, Christopher Garimoi Orach

Open Access Research article

Research priorities for improving infant and young child feeding in humanitarian emergencies

Claudine Prudhon, Ali Maclaine, Andrew Hall, Prisca Benelli, Paige Harrigan, Jacqueline Frize

Open Access Research article

Effect of dietary vegetable oil consumption on blood glucose levels, lipid profile and weight in diabetic mice: an experimental case—control study

Robert A. Ngala, Isaac Ampong, Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Enoch Odame Anto

Open Access Research article

Excessive gestational calorie intake in sows regulates early postnatal adipose tissue development in the offspring

Kolapo M. Ajuwon, Emily J. Arentson-Lantz, Shawn S. Donkin

Open Access Research article

Leucine disposal rate for assessment of amino acid metabolism in maintenance hemodialysis patients

Gerald B. Denny, Serpil M. Deger, Guanhua Chen, Aihua Bian, Feng Sha, Cindy Booker, Jaclyn T. Kesler, Sthuthi David, Charles D. Ellis, T. Alp Ikizler

Open Access Research article

Iron deficiency decreases renal 25-hydroxyvitamin D3-1α-hydroxylase activity and bone formation in rats

Shinichi Katsumata, Rie Katsumata, Naoki Matsumoto, Hirofumi Inoue, Nobuyuki Takahashi, Mariko Uehara

Open Access Research article

A randomized controlled trial of the effects of a prudent diet on cardiovascular risk factors, gene expression, and DNA methylation - the Diet and Genetic Intervention (DIGEST) Pilot study

Michael A. Zulyniak, Russell J. de Souza, Andrew Mente, Sujane Kandasamy, Monisha Nundy, Dipika Desai, Kripa Raman, Ranya Hasso, Guillaume Pare, Joseph Beyene, Sonia S. Anand

Open Access Research article

Poverty and poor education are key determinants of high household food insecurity among populations adjoining forest concessions in the Congo Basin

Pauline Donn, Judith Laure Ngondi, Julius Chupezi Tieguhong, Donald Midoko Iponga, Obadia Tchingsabe, Robert Fungo, Mathurin Tchatat, Jean Marie Kahindo

Open Access Research article

Sodium intake in Germany estimated from sodium excretion measured in spot urine samples

Stefanie Klenow, Michael Thamm, Gert B. M. Mensink

Open Access Research article

Prevalence of physical inactivity and associated socioeconomic indicators in indigenous Xavante communities in Central Brazil

J. Rodolfo M. Lucena, Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr., Cosme M. F. Passos da Silva, James R. Welch

Open Access Research article

Dietary diversity and related factors among lactating women visiting public health facilities in Aksum town, Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Negassie Berhe Weldehaweria, Kebede Haile Misgina, Meresa Gebremedhin Weldu, Yosef Sibhatu Gebregiorgis, Berhane Hailu Gebrezgi, Shewit Weldu Zewdie, Helen Aregawi Ngusse, Higus Guesh Gebrewa, Wubrst Alemu

Open Access Research article

Risk factors associated with underweight status in children under five: an analysis of the 2010 Rwanda Demographic Health Survey (RDHS)

Assumpta Mukabutera, Dana R. Thomson, Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier, Paulin Basinga, Laetitia Nyirazinyoye, Megan Murray

Open Access Research article

The food and activity environments of childcare centers in Rhode Island: a directors’ survey

Patricia Markham Risica, Sarah Amin, Angela Ankoma, Eliza Lawson

Open Access Research article

Feeding practices and malnutrition at the Princess Marie Louise Children’s hospital, Accra: what has changed after 80 years?

Edem M. A. Tette, Eric K. Sifah, Priscilla Tete-Donkor, Peter Nuro-Ameyaw, Edmund T. Nartey

Open Access Research article

Do the feeding practices and nutrition status among HIV-exposed infants less than 6 months of age follow the recommended guidelines in Bomet County, Kenya?

Purity Chepkorir Lang’at, Irene Awuor Ogada, Audrey Steenbeek, Godfrey Odinga, Michael M. Mwachiro

Open Access Research article

Magnitude and factors associated with malnutrition in children 6–59 months of age in Shinille Woreda, Ethiopian Somali regional state: a cross-sectional study

Abdibari Ma’alin, Dereje Birhanu, Samuel Melaku, Daniel Tolossa, Yusuf Mohammed, Kiros Gebremicheal

Open Access Study protocol

Pregnancy eating attributes study (PEAS): a cohort study examining behavioral and environmental influences on diet and weight change in pregnancy and postpartum

Tonja R. Nansel, Leah M. Lipsky, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Kyle Burger, Myles Faith, Aiyi Liu

Open Access Research article

Serum parathyroid hormone is related to genetic variation in vitamin D binding protein with respect to total, free, and bioavailable 25-hydroxyvitamin D in middle-aged Caucasians – a cross-sectional study

Elisa Saarnio, Minna Pekkinen, Suvi T Itkonen, Virpi Kemi, Heini Karp, Merja Kärkkäinen, Outi Mäkitie, Christel Lamberg-Allardt

Open Access Research article

Nutritional characterisation of low-income households of Nairobi: socioeconomic, livestock and gender considerations and predictors of malnutrition from a cross-sectional survey

Paula Dominguez-Salas, P. Alarcón, B. Häsler, I. R. Dohoo, K. Colverson, E. W. Kimani-Murage, S. Alonso, E. Ferguson, E. M. Fèvre, J. Rushton, D. Grace

Open Access Research article

Salient beliefs among Canadian adults regarding milk and cheese consumption: a qualitative study based on the theory of planned behaviour

Marie-Josée Lacroix, Sophie Desroches, Mylène Turcotte, Geneviève Painchaud Guérard, Paul Paquin, François Couture, Veronique Provencher

Open Access Research article

Prevalence of undernutrition and risk factors of severe undernutrition among children admitted to Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza, Tanzania

Maimuna M. Ahmed, Adolfine Hokororo, Benson R. Kidenya, Rogatus Kabyemera, Erasmus Kamugisha

Open Access Research article

Anomalous association of salivary amylase secretion with the postprandial glycaemic response to starch

Peter Michael Barling, Sangeetha Shyam, Mayure Devi Selvathevan, Snigdha Misra

Open Access Study protocol

A 6-month randomised controlled trial investigating effects of Mediterranean-style diet and fish oil supplementation on dietary behaviour change, mental and cardiometabolic health and health-related quality of life in adults with depression (HELFIMED): study protocol

Dorota Zarnowiecki, Jihyun Cho, Amy Wilson, Svetlana Bogomolova, Anthony Villani, Catherine Itsiopoulos, Theo Niyonsenga, Kerin O’Dea, Sarah Blunden, Barbara Meyer, Leonie Segal, Natalie Parletta

Open Access Research article

Carotenoids and alkylresorcinols as objective biomarkers of diet quality when assessing the validity of a web-based food record tool and a food frequency questionnaire in a middle-aged population

Sanna Nybacka, Anna Karin Lindroos, Elisabet Wirfält, Per Leanderson, Rikard Landberg, Ulrika Ericson, Ingrid Larsson, Eva Warensjö Lemming, Göran Bergström, Bo Hedblad, Marju Orho-Melander, Olle Melander, Anna Winkvist, Heléne Bertéus Forslund

Open Access Study protocol

Translating the impact of quality protein maize into improved nutritional status for Ethiopian children: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Masresha Tessema, Nilupa S. Gunaratna, Katherine Donato, Jessica L. Cohen, Margaret McConnell, Demissie Belayneh, Inge D. Brouwer, Tefera Belachew, Hugo De Groote

Open Access Research article

Exploring mechanisms of food insecurity in indigenous agricultural communities in Guatemala: a mixed methods study

Meghan Farley Webb, Anita N. Chary, Thomas T. De Vries, Samantha Davis, Michael Dykstra, David Flood, Margaret Haley Rhodes, Peter Rohloff

Open Access Research article

Validation of triple pass 24-hour dietary recall in Ugandan children by simultaneous weighed food assessment

Helen Nightingale, Kevin J. Walsh, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Charles Engoru, Tonny Ssenyondo, Julius Nteziyaremye, Denis Amorut, Margaret Nakuya, Margaret Arimi, Gary Frost, Kathryn Maitland

Open Access Research article

Children with moderate acute malnutrition have inflammation not explained by maternal reports of illness and clinical symptoms: a cross-sectional study in Burkina Faso

B. Cichon, C. Fabiansen, C. W. Yaméogo, M. J. H. Rytter, C. Ritz, A. Briend, V. B. Christensen, K. F. Michaelsen, R. Oummani, S. Filteau, P. Ashorn, S. Shepherd, H. Friis

Open Access Research article

Do dietary patterns explain high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among Pakistani urban adults? A cross-sectional study

Nilofer F. Safdar, Elizabeth Bertone-Johnson, Lorraine Cordeiro, Tazeen H. Jafar, Nancy L. Cohen

Open Access Research article

Antibiotic resistant microencapsulated probiotics synergistically preserved orange juice

Md Shahid Hossain, Md Abdul Alim Al-Bari, Zahid Hayat Mahmud, Mir Imam Ibne Wahed

Open Access Correspondence

Low mid-upper arm circumference identifies children with a high risk of death who should be the priority target for treatment

André Briend, José-Luis Alvarez, Nathalie Avril, Paluku Bahwere, Jeanette Bailey, James A. Berkley, Paul Binns, Nikki Blackwell, Nancy Dale, Hedwig Deconinck, Pascale Delchevalerie, Nicky Dent, Maureen Gallagher, Saul Guerrero, Kerstin Hanson, Marko Kerac, Mark Manary, Martha K. Mwangome, Mark Myatt, Kevin P. Q. Phelan, Silke Pietzsch, Núria Salse Ubach, Susan Shepherd, Saskia van der Kam, Antonio Vargas, Sophie Whitney

Open Access Research article

Concerning public health situation of under-nutrition in children and anemia in women in Indian Sundarbans delta: a community based cross-sectional investigation

Samiran Panda, Chittapriyo Sadhu, Gopal Pramanik, Sobha Pahari, Jakir Hossain

Open Access Research article

Research needs and prioritizations for studies linking dietary sugars and potentially related health outcomes

Mei Chung, Ding Ding Wang, Edward Archer, Janine Higgins, Sery Kim, Maren Laughlin, Lu Qi, Susan Raatz, Richard D. Siegel, Joanne Slavin, Dan Steffen, Hope Warshaw, Alice M. Tang

Open Access Research article

Usual food intakes of 2- and 3-year old U.S. children are not consistent with dietary guidelines

Mary Kay Fox, Elizabeth Gearan, Judith Cannon, Ronette Briefel, Denise M. Deming, Alison L. Eldridge, Kathleen C. Reidy

Open Access Research article

Indicators of anemia and physical growth in schoolchildren from the Ouest and Sud-Est Departments of Haiti: a cross-sectional study

Thomas A. Weppelmann, Michael E. von Fricken, Roseline Masse, Gedeon Gelin, J. Glenn Morris Jr., Bernard A. Okech, Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars

Open Access Research article

Prevalence and associated factors of malnutrition among children under-five years in Sindh, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study

Gul Nawaz Khan, Ali Turab, Mohammad Imran Khan, Arjumand Rizvi, Fariha Shaheen, Asmat Ullah, Amjad Hussain, Imtiaz Hussain, Imran Ahmed, Muhammad Yaqoob, Shabina Ariff, Sajid Bashir Soofi

Open Access Research article

Cross-sectional study of drivers of animal-source food consumption in low-income urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya

Laura Cornelsen, Pablo Alarcon, Barbara Häsler, Djesika D. Amendah, Elaine Ferguson, Eric M. Fèvre, Delia Grace, Paula Dominguez-Salas, Jonathan Rushton

Open Access Research article

Association between dietary polyphenols intake and an oxidative stress biomarker: interest of multiple imputation for handling missing covariates and outcomes

Claire Montlahuc, Chantal Julia, Mathilde Touvier, Léopold Fezeu, Serge Hercberg, Pilar Galan, Emmanuelle Kesse-Guyot, Sylvie Chevret

Open Access Research article

Effects of nutrition education on recurrent coronary events after percutaneous coronary intervention: A randomized clinical trial

Lis Proença Vieira, Moacyr Roberto Cucê Nobre, Jonas Augusto Cardoso da Silveira

Open Access Research article

Early childhood caries and malnutrition: baseline and two-year follow-up results of a community-based prevention intervention in Rural Ecuador

Karen Sokal-Gutierrez, Bathsheba Turton, Hannah Husby, Cecilia Leonor Paz

Open Access Research article

Correlation between dietary intake and serum ganglioside concentrations: a cross-sectional study among Malaysian toddlers

Geok Lin Khor, Sangeetha Shyam, Snigdha Misra, Bertram Fong, Megan Hueh Zan Chong, Norhasmah Sulaiman, Yee Lin Lee, Rebecca Cannan, Angela Rowan

Open Access Research article

Anthropometric indices and measures to assess change in the nutritional status of a population: a systematic literature review

Severine Frison, Marko Kerac, Francesco Checchi, Claudine Prudhon

Open Access Research article

An economic model for the use of yoghurt in type 2 diabetes risk reduction in the UK

Irene Lenoir-Wijnkoop, James Mahon, Lindsay Claxton, Alicia Wooding, Andrew Prentice, Nick Finer

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Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

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Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.