{"title":"Association between early dietary patterns and cardiometabolic health at age 8: a confirmatory analysis of the European Childhood Obesity Project.","authors":"Mariona Gispert-Llauradó, Joaquin Escribano, Natalia Ferré, Veit Grote, Berthold Koletzko, Gina Ambrosini, Elvira Verduci, Dariusz Gruszfeld, Annick Xhonneux, Veronica Luque","doi":"10.1186/s12937-025-01080-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12937-025-01080-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background & aim: </strong>Metabolic and cardiovascular health outcomes are strongly influenced by diet. Dietary habits established in early childhood may persist into adulthood. This study aimed to examine the association between dietary patterns at both 2 and 8 years of age, explaining the maximum variability of high- and low-quality fats, sugars, and fibre, and cardiometabolic markers at age 8 years.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a secondary analysis of the European Childhood Obesity Project, formerly a randomized clinical trial across five European countries performed in healthy term newborns. Children in the study were categorized at ages 2 and 8 years into two groups based on cluster analysis of dietary patterns (DP) derived from Reduction Rank Regression (RRR). A cross-sectional and prospective analysis was conducted to evaluate the associations between these DPs and cardiometabolic outcomes, including body mass index (BMI), blood pressure (BP), and biochemical markers. Triglycerides, HDL cholesterol and insulin resistance index (HOMA-IR) were also categorized as altered versus normal values. Asociations between dietary patterns and health outcomes were assessed using linear and logistic regression models, adjusting for covariates based on a step-wise approach.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 336 children were classified based on quality of nutrient intakes into either a \"Poor-Quality dietary pattern\" (PQ-DP) (48% and 66% of infants at 2 and 8 years, respectively) or the \"Health-Conscious dietary pattern\" (HC-DP) (52% and 34% of infants at 2 and 8 years, respectively). Following a PQ-DP at both ages 2 and 8 was associated with higher triglycerides (β = 0.061, p = 0.049), systolic and diastolic BP (β = 13.019, p < 0.001 & β = 7.612, p = 0.014, respectively) and altered levels of HOMA-IR (OR = 3.1, p = 0.037, 95% CI = 1.1-9.1) at 8 years, compared to children with an HC-DP at both ages, after adjusting for confounders.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Adherence to a dietary pattern with a poorer nutritional profile in early childhood and school age is associated with worse cardiometabolic risk markers at 8 years old.</p>","PeriodicalId":19203,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"18"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11776328/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143066894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nutrition JournalPub Date : 2025-01-29DOI: 10.1186/s12937-024-01063-8
Virginie Drolet-Labelle, Christine M White, Jean Adams, Sharon I Kirkpatrick, Alejandra Jáuregui, Lilia S Pedraza, Véronique Provencher, Gary Sacks, James F Thrasher, Gabriela C Armendariz, Simón Barquera, David Hammond, Lana Vanderlee
{"title":"Perceived healthiness of sugary drinks and related social norms among adults in five countries: evidence from the International Food Policy Study.","authors":"Virginie Drolet-Labelle, Christine M White, Jean Adams, Sharon I Kirkpatrick, Alejandra Jáuregui, Lilia S Pedraza, Véronique Provencher, Gary Sacks, James F Thrasher, Gabriela C Armendariz, Simón Barquera, David Hammond, Lana Vanderlee","doi":"10.1186/s12937-024-01063-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12937-024-01063-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>A better understanding of correlates of sugary drink consumption is essential to inform public health interventions. This study examined differences in perceived healthiness of sugary drinks and related social norms between countries, over time, and sociodemographic groups and associations with sugary drink intake.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study used annual cross-sectional data from the International Food Policy Study from 2018 to 2021 in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Mexico. Analyses examined perceived healthiness of eight beverage types and two types of perceived social norms (descriptive, injunctive) that discourage sugary drink consumption. The 24-item Beverage Frequency Questionnaire was used to estimate beverage intake in the past 7 days. Logistic regression models examined trends over time in odds of perceiving each beverage type as unhealthy and agreeing with social norms discouraging sugary drink consumption, across countries and sociodemographic characteristics. Negative binomial regressions examined associations between perceived healthiness, social norms and consumption.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Energy drinks, regular soft drinks, and diet soft drinks were most frequently perceived as unhealthy in all countries, while water and 100% juice were least frequently perceived as unhealthy. Participants in Mexico had higher odds of perceiving 100% juice, chocolate milk, and iced tea as unhealthy in 2021 compared to 2018 (AOR = 1.71 99%CI 1.10-2.64; AOR = 2.69, 99%CI 1.70-4.26; AOR = 1.79, 99%CI 1.15-2.76; respectively), with little change in other countries. Agreement with social norms discouraging consumption of sugary drinks was higher in Mexico than in other countries. Trends in social norms over time were mostly stable, except in Mexico where participants had higher odds of agreeing with both norms in 2020 compared to 2018 (AOR = 1.27, 99%CI 1.09-1.48 for a descriptive norm and AOR = 1.27 99%CI 1.09-1.49 for an injunctive norm). In most countries, perceiving a beverage as unhealthy and agreeing with social norms discouraging consumption of sugary drink were associated with lower sugary drink consumption, with varying strength of associations across countries and beverage types.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Shifts over time in social norms and perceived healthiness observed in Mexico and associations with intake of sugary drinks in most countries suggest that targeted interventions to change norms and perceptions could help reduce sugary drink consumption.</p>","PeriodicalId":19203,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"19"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11776124/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143066895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Which dietary shifts to improve nutritional quality while reducing diet cost in the French West Indies?","authors":"Marlène Perignon, Rozenn Gazan, Viola Lamani, Zoé Colombet, Caroline Méjean, Florent Vieux, Nicole Darmon","doi":"10.1186/s12937-024-01068-3","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12937-024-01068-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The French West Indies are facing increasing rates of obesity and diet-related chronic diseases. Food prices are more than 30% higher compared with mainland France, while a large part of the population is socioeconomically disadvantaged. The affordability of a healthy diet is a key issue.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To identify dietary shifts allowing to achieve nutritional adequacy while reducing the cost of Guadeloupean and Martinican adult diets.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Dietary intakes of 1112 adults (≥ 16y) were obtained from a cross-sectional survey conducted on a representative sample of the Guadeloupean and Martinican populations. Diet cost was based on mean prices of 1357 foods compiled from a Martinican supermarket website. Individual optimized diets respecting all nutritional recommendations with minimized departure from the initial diet were designed under different scenarios of cost constraint: none, not exceeding the initial diet cost (COSTinit), and 10%-step reductions (COST-X%); the initial diet cost referring to the cost of the diet based on initial dietary intakes and mean food prices.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Without cost constraint, achieving nutritional adequacy while departing the least from initial diet increased diet cost on average (+ 20%) and for 74% of adults. In COSTinit, achieving nutritional adequacy was possible for 98% of adults and induced an increase in the amount of fruit & vegetables, unrefined starches, dairy products (especially milk), eggs and vegetable fats, and a decrease in sweetened beverages (especially among < 30y), refined cereals, sweetened products, meat and fish. In COST-30% scenario, achieving nutritional adequacy was possible for 93% of adults and induced the same dietary shifts as in COSTinit, but modified their magnitude, notably a smaller increase of vegetables (increase of + 7 g/d in the COST-30% scenario and + 86 g/d in the COSTinit scenario, both relative to initial diet), a larger increase of dairy (+ 90 g/d and + 72 g/d, respectively) and starchy foods (+ 112 g/d and + 54 g/d), and a larger reduction of meat (-48 g/d and -12 g/d). Increases in fruits (~ + 80 g/d) and unrefined starches (+ 127 g/d), and decreases in sweetened beverages (~ -100 g/d) and fish (~ -40 g/d) were maintained.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Nutrition prevention programs promoting the affordable and nutritious dietary shifts identified in the present study, i.e. reduction in animal flesh foods (meat, fish) as well as refined cereals and sweet products in favour of an increase in healthy plant-based foods and animal co-products (dairy, eggs), could help improve nutritional adequacy of the Guadeloupean and Martinican populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":19203,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"16"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11773920/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143059678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nutrition JournalPub Date : 2025-01-28DOI: 10.1186/s12937-024-01060-x
Junwen Yu, Yue Wu, Zheng Zhu, Hongzhou Lu
{"title":"The impact of dietary patterns on gut microbiota for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a systematic review.","authors":"Junwen Yu, Yue Wu, Zheng Zhu, Hongzhou Lu","doi":"10.1186/s12937-024-01060-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12937-024-01060-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Previous studies found that it is promising to achieve the protective effects of dietary patterns on cardiovascular health through the modulation of gut microbiota. However, conflicting findings have been reported on how dietary patterns impact gut microbiota in individuals either established or at risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Our systematic review aimed to explore the effect of dietary patterns on gut microbiota composition and on risk factors for CVD in these populations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We systematically searched seven databases, including PubMed/MEDLINE, MEDLINE (Ovid), Embase (Ovid), CINHAL (EBSCO), Web of Science, CNKI (Chinese), and Wanfang (Chinese), covering literature from inception to October 2024. Studies were included if they focused on adults aged 18 years and older with CVD or at least two CVD risk factors, implemented dietary pattern interventions, and incorporated outcomes related to microbiome analysis. The risk of bias for included studies was assessed using the revised Cochrane risk of bias tool (RoB2) for randomized trials and the Risk Of Bias In Non-randomised Studies of Interventions (ROBINS-I) for non-randomized studies. Changes in the relative abundance of the gut microbiome were summarized at various taxonomic levels, including phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. Random-effects meta-analysis was conducted to analyze the mean difference in cardiometabolic parameters pre- and post-intervention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nineteen studies were identified, including 17 RCT and two self-controlled trails. Risk of bias across the studies was mixed but mainly identified as low and unclear. The most frequently reported increased taxa were Faecalibacterium (N = 8) with plant-rich diets, Bacteroides (N = 3) with restrictive diets, and Ruminococcaceae UCG 005 and Alistipes (N = 9) with the polyphenol-rich diets. The most frequently reported decreased taxa were Parabacteroides (N = 7) with plant-rich diets, Roseburia (N = 3) with restrictive diets, and Ruminococcus gauvreauii group (N = 6) with the polyphenol-rich diets. Plant-rich diets showed a significant decrease in total cholesterol (TC) with a mean difference of -6.77 (95% CI, -12.36 to -2.58; I<sup>2</sup> = 84.7%), while restrictive diets showed a significant decrease in triglycerides (TG) of -22.12 (95% CI, -36.05 to -8.19; I<sup>2</sup> = 98.4%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Different dietary patterns showed distinct impacts on gut microbiota composition. Plant-rich diets promoted the proliferation of butyrate-producing bacteria, suggesting promising prospects for modulating gut microbiota and butyrate production through dietary interventions to enhance cardiovascular health. Further research is warranted to investigate the long-term effects of dietary patterns on clinical endpoints, such as CVD events or mortality.</p><p><strong>Review registration: </strong>Registration number: CRD42024507","PeriodicalId":19203,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"17"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11773984/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143059676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nutrition JournalPub Date : 2025-01-25DOI: 10.1186/s12937-025-01086-9
Danial Fotros, Azita Hekmatdoost, Fereshteh Pashayee-Khamene, Sara Karimi, Saleheh Ahmadzadeh, Mehdi Saberifiroozi, Behzad Hatami, Zahra Yari
{"title":"Fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAPs) and mortality among survivors of liver cirrhosis: a prospective cohort study.","authors":"Danial Fotros, Azita Hekmatdoost, Fereshteh Pashayee-Khamene, Sara Karimi, Saleheh Ahmadzadeh, Mehdi Saberifiroozi, Behzad Hatami, Zahra Yari","doi":"10.1186/s12937-025-01086-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12937-025-01086-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cirrhosis is a medical condition marked by persistent liver damage, which leads to the development of fibrous tissue and compromised liver function. In the present study, we decided to investigate the possibility of a connection between the consumption of fermentable olig-, di-, monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAPs) and mortality rates in cirrhotic patients by utilizing data obtained from a prospective cohort study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cohort study enrolled 166 ambulatory patients from two hospitals in Tehran, Iran, between 2016 and 2018, and followed them up for 5 48 months until April 30, 2022. During the 3,955 person-months of follow-up, 43 fatalities were recorded (36 men and 7 women). The study classified participants into three groups based on their FODMAPs consumption and assessed the risk of mortality using Cox proportional hazards regression models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Total FODMAPs intake was associated with increased overall mortality risk (T3 vs. T1, HR = 3.5; 95%CI: 1.05, 11.7; P-trend = 0.036). This significant trend was also observed for total fructans (T3 vs. T1, HR = 5.15; 95% CI: 1.15, 23.2; P-trend = 0.006) and fructose (T3 vs. T1, HR = 5.55; 95% CI: 0.54, 57.14; P-trend = 0.018). Mortality risk was U-shaped with galactooligosaccharide intake, a lower mortality risk was observed with lactose intake and a higher mortality risk with polyols intake, although these associations did not reach statistical significance.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In conclusion, this study highlights a higher risk of mortality with higher intake of fructans, excess fructose and total FODMAPs.</p>","PeriodicalId":19203,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"15"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11762518/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143040614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nutrition JournalPub Date : 2025-01-24DOI: 10.1186/s12937-024-01062-9
Songfeng Zhao, Yangbin Cao, Hongyi Liu, Aihua Liu
{"title":"Joint and independent associations of dietary antioxidant intakes with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among patients with hypertension: a population-based cohort study.","authors":"Songfeng Zhao, Yangbin Cao, Hongyi Liu, Aihua Liu","doi":"10.1186/s12937-024-01062-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12937-024-01062-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The evidence regarding dietary antioxidant intake and all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality among patients with hypertension is scarce.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>This study included 16,190 adults with hypertension from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2018. Death outcomes were ascertained by linkage to National Death Index records through December 31, 2019. Overall dietary intake was estimated with composite dietary antioxidant index (CDAI). Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the risk for all-cause and CVD mortality. Kaplan-Meier curve was used to illustrate the survival probabilities among CDAI quartiles. Weighted quantile sum (WQS) regression was conducted to evaluate the joint and independent associations of antioxidants with all-cause and CVD mortality. The median (interquartile range) age of participants was 59.00 (47.00, 69.00) years. During a median of 94 months of follow-up, 3,858 deaths were documented. Compared to participants with the lowest quartile of CDAI, the multivariable adjusted HR and 95% CI for participants with the highest quartile was 0.76 (0.64, 0.91) for all-cause mortality. The highest quartile (Q4) of vitamin E (HR = 0.69; 95% CI, 0.59-0.80), selenium (HR = 0.84; 95% CI, 0.70-1.00) and total carotenoids (HR = 0.86; 95% CI, 0.75-0.98) intakes were negatively associated with all-cause mortality. Vitamin E and selenium intakes might be the major contributors to this negative relationship. The highest quartile (Q4) of vitamin E (HR = 0.72; 95% CI, 0.56-0.93) intake was negatively associated with CVD mortality.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Higher overall dietary antioxidant intake was significantly associated with decreased all-cause and CVD mortality among patients with hypertension. Further randomized controlled trials are required to confirm our findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":19203,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"14"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11761209/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143040615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of optimized food-based recommendations on nutrient intakes, hemoglobin levels, and memory performance of adolescent girls in East Java, Indonesia.","authors":"Dini Suciyanti, Risatianti Kolopaking, Annasari Mustafa, Sugeng Iwan, Fiastuti Witjaksono, Umi Fahmida","doi":"10.1186/s12937-024-01061-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12937-024-01061-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>FAO/WHO introduced food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) to promote healthy dietary habits. To translate the FBDG, optimized food-based recommendations (FBR) can be developed using linear programming (LP) to address problem nutrients. Despite the importance of local-specific FBR for anemia prevention, no study has reported the effect of nutrition education which promoted FBR in adolescent girls. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effect of optimized FBR in adolescent girls in improving dietary and nutrient intakes, hemoglobin levels, and memory performance.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The intervention study was carried out in Malang District, Indonesia amongst 14-18 year adolescent girls. The study's Indonesian slogan was Remaja which meant Active, Healthy, Smart, and Creative adolescents. The optimized FBR was developed using LP and translated into six key messages. Twenty-week nutrition education was integrated into the weekly school's system.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After 20 weeks, a significant increase in dietary practices (animal protein, liver, plant protein, vegetables), nutrient intakes (protein, fat, iron), and memory performance (digit span forward and backward) were found in the intervention group. In contrast, there was decreases in the control group's intakes of animal and plant protein.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This finding shows that nutrition education with optimized FBR increased intakes of nutrient-dense food, protein, fat, iron, and memory performance (concentration). Nutrition education with optimized FBR should be integrated into the school system together with weekly iron supplementation for anemia prevention among these adolescent girls.</p><p><strong>Trial registration: </strong>The study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (ID No: NCT03946475).</p>","PeriodicalId":19203,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"13"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11761201/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143040613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nutrition JournalPub Date : 2025-01-23DOI: 10.1186/s12937-025-01075-y
Lingxi Qin, Wenliang Lv
{"title":"Dietary content and eating behavior in ulcerative colitis: a narrative review and future perspective.","authors":"Lingxi Qin, Wenliang Lv","doi":"10.1186/s12937-025-01075-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12937-025-01075-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ulcerative colitis (UC) has experienced a steady increase in global incidence and prevalence recently. Current research into UC pathogenesis focuses on the complex interplay of genetic and environmental factors with the immune system and gut microbiome, leading to disruption of the intestinal barrier. Normally, the microbiome, intestinal epithelium, and immune system interact to maintain intestinal homeostasis. However, when this equilibrium is disturbed, a harmful cycle of dysbiosis, immune dysregulation, and inflammation emerges, resulting in intestinal barrier dysfunction and UC progression. Among various risk factors, diet significantly influences epithelial barrier integrity and architectural stability through both direct and indirect mechanisms, shaping the entire UC continuum from pre-clinical prevention to active phase treatment and remission maintenance. This review provides insights into the impact of dietary content and eating behaviors on UC, focusing on specific food, food groups, nutrients, and intermittent fasting, while providing a detailed explanation of why the gut microbiota may mediate the sustained effects of diet across all stages of UC. Additionally, it addresses the limitations of current studies, explores underexamined areas in UC dietary research and proposes potential directions for future research and expansion.</p>","PeriodicalId":19203,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"12"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11755847/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143029212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Validation of the role of apolipoproteins in coronary artery disease patients with impaired kidney function for prognosis: a prospective cohort study in China.","authors":"Zixiang Ye, Enmin Xie, Zhangyu Lin, Chenxi Song, Rui Zhang, Haoyu Wang, Yongbao Zhang, Kefei Dou","doi":"10.1186/s12937-025-01078-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s12937-025-01078-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to evaluate the relationship between apolipoproteins (ApoA1, ApoB, and the ApoB/A1 ratio) and the incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and impaired kidney function, assessing their potential role in secondary prevention.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A prospective cohort of 1,640 patients with impaired kidney function who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention in China was analyzed. Patients were categorized based on the measurements of ApoA1, ApoB, and ApoB/A1 ratio. MACE, defined as a composite of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarctions, strokes, and unplanned revascularizations, was tracked post-procedure, with statistical analyses including Kaplan-Meier survival curves and Cox regression models to identify associations with apolipoproteins. Subgroup analyses according to kidney function were conducted.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>During a median follow-up of 3.1 years, 324 MACE events were observed. Multivariable Cox regression analyses illustrated higher levels of ApoB and the ApoB/A1 ratio were significantly associated with increased MACE incidence (adjusted HR [95%CI] 1.668[1.044-2.666]; adjusted HR [95%CI] 2.231[1.409-3.533], respectively), while lower ApoA1 levels correlated with a higher risk (adjusted HR [95%CI] 0.505[0.326-0.782]). ROC curve analyses indicated comparable predictive performances to traditional risk factors like LDL cholesterol. Subgroup analysis revealed that the above association was not statistically significant in the moderate-to-severe renal impairment CAD patients (eGFR < 45 mL/min/1.73 m<sup>2</sup>).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings illustrate that apolipoproteins, specifically ApoA1 and ApoB, along with their ratio, are significant predictors of major adverse cardiovascular events in CAD patients with impaired kidney function. These results emphasize the need for incorporating apolipoprotein measurements in secondary prevention strategies for this high-risk population.</p>","PeriodicalId":19203,"journal":{"name":"Nutrition Journal","volume":"24 1","pages":"11"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11742750/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143009047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nutrition JournalPub Date : 2025-01-16DOI: 10.1186/s12937-025-01071-2
Marta Trius-Soler, Maja Bramming, Majken K Jensen, Janne S Tolstrup, Marta Guasch-Ferré
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