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{"title":"[Applicability of anthropometric indices that assess nutritional status in young people of short and normal stature living at high altitude in Peru].","authors":"Adelaida Viza-Salas, Rubén Vidal-Espinoza, Gisela Riquelme-Mercado, Wilbert Paredes-Ugarte, Luz Aguirre-Flores, Blanca Valverde-León, Verónica Antezana-Quispe, José Sulla-Torres, Rossana Gómez-Campos, Marco Cossio-Bolaños","doi":"10.20960/nh.06666","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20960/nh.06666","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>anthropometric indices may show serious limitations in populations living at high altitudes.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>to verify the applicability of anthropometric indices ‒body mass index (BMI), tri-weight index (TWI), waist-height index (WHI), and body surface area (BSA)‒ that assess nutritional status in a population of young university students categorized as short and normal height.</p><p><strong>Methodology: </strong>a cross-sectional (correlational) study was conducted on 310 young university students living in a high-altitude region of Perú. The age range was 17 to 22 years. Data were collected (age, weight, height, and waist circumference WC). BMI, TWI, WHI, and BSA were calculated. Short stature (< p10) and normal stature (≥ p10) were defined according to the reference of the United States National Center for Health Statistics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>there were no differences in BMI, TWI, and WHI between young people categorized as short and normal. However, there were differences in BSA between young people with short and normal stature. The explanatory power (R2) for BSA, both for short stature (males 19 % and females 16 %) and normal stature (males 29 % and females 49 %), was higher than for the other anthropometric indices. In addition, it showed a better fit and greater parsimony (AIC and BIC) than the other anthropometric indicators.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>the BSA was the only indicator that allowed differentiation between short stature and normal stature categories, while BMI and ICE showed no differences between sexes, and the ITP only showed differences in men. These findings suggest that the BSA could provide complementary information for characterizing height variations in young people living at high altitude.</p>","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148685273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Effect of a food-nutritional intervention on hemoglobin and anemia in children and adolescents ‒ A quasi-experimental study].","authors":"Youmi Paz Olivas, Felipe León Cconchoy, Luis Manuel Cortez Mosquera, Nilda Doris Castillo Guardamino","doi":"10.20960/nh.06852","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20960/nh.06852","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>anemia in children and adolescents is a major global public health problem, particularly in low- and middle-income settings.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>to evaluate the effect of dietary and nutritional intervention on hemoglobin concentration, the prevalence of anemia, and nutritional status in children and adolescents.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>a quasi-experimental study with pre- and post-intervention measurements was conducted in an urban-rural community at 1.526 m above sea level, including children and adolescents with mild or moderate anemia. The six-month intervention consisted of the administration of iron supplements, milk mixtures, vitamin and mineral-fortified beverages, and nutritional education for caregivers. The primary outcome was altitude-adjusted hemoglobin concentration; secondary outcomes included the prevalence of anemia and anthropometric indicators. Pre- and post-intervention measurements were compared using parametric tests, under an intention-to-treat approach.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 73 participants were included (52 % children, 48 % adolescents). Hemoglobin levels increased by 1.85 ± 1.28 g/dl (95 % CI: 1.55-2.15; p < 0.001), representing a large effect size (Cohen's d = 1.44). The prevalence of anemia decreased by 72.6 percentage points, reaching 27.4 % at the end of the intervention. No significant changes in nutritional status were observed. At the population level, the prevalence of anemia decreased from 31.1 % to 8.5 %.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>dietary and nutritional intervention was effective in increasing hemoglobin levels and reducing the prevalence of anemia, supporting the use of comprehensive strategies in urban and rural settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148670191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Chronic pain, nutrition and mental health: beyond peripheral inflammation].","authors":"Andrea Lizama-Lefno, Mayte Serrat López, Ángel Roco-Videla, Sergio V Flores Carrasco","doi":"10.20960/nh.06875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20960/nh.06875","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148670135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Central obesity is more closely associated with type 2 diabetes in the middle-aged and elderly population in China than body mass index.","authors":"Haibing Xiong, Shiying Ye, Meng Ye, Xinhong Tian, Yutong Chen, Can Huang, Jiajie Leng, Tingting Chen, Letai Li","doi":"10.20960/nh.06838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20960/nh.06838","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>the appropriate anthropometric indicator for identifying prevalent type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Chinese adults, who often develop the disease at lower BMI levels, remains uncertain.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>we conducted a dual-study analysis integrating longitudinal and cross-sectional evidence. First, using the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 data, we assessed the long-term trends (1990-2023) in T2DM burden attributable to high BMI among Chinese adults aged ≥ 45 years. Second, using cross-sectional data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS, 2015 wave, n = 8,841), we evaluated and compared the associations of eight anthropometric indices-BMI, waist circumference (WC), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), body roundness index (BRI), conicity index (CI), weight-adjusted waist index (WWI), tri-ponderal mass index (TMI), and a body shape index (ABSI)-with prevalent T2DM.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>GBD analysis showed a sustained increase in the age-standardized burden of high BMI-attributable T2DM from 1990 to 2023, with greater rises in men than in women. In the CHARLS analysis, central obesity-related indices-particularly BRI, WC, and WHtR-showed relatively strong associations with prevalent T2DM and slightly higher discriminative performance (areas under the curve [AUC] ≈ 0.67) than BMI (AUC = 0.66) and other indices. BRI, WC, and WHtR demonstrated robust, stable associations across all demographic and lifestyle subgroups. ABSI showed the lowest discriminative ability (AUC = 0.59).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>central obesity-related anthropometric indices, especially BRI, WC, and WHtR, showed slightly better performance than BMI in identifying prevalent T2DM among middle-aged and older Chinese adults. These findings, against the backdrop of a longitudinally increasing population-level burden, highlight the value of incorporating simple waist-based indices into diabetes screening and prevention strategies in China.</p>","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148670144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Vitamin D, insulin resistance, and mental health: an integrated perspective in pediatric obesity].","authors":"Gonzalo Rojas-Contreras, Andrea Lizama-Lefno, Sergio V Flores-Carrasco, Ángel Roco-Videla","doi":"10.20960/nh.06992","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20960/nh.06992","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148670170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"[Prenatal nutritional support and neurobiological stability of the mother-child dyad].","authors":"Andrea Lizama-Lefno, Gonzalo Rojas-Contreras, Sergio V Flores-Carrasco, Ángel Roco-Videla","doi":"10.20960/nh.06912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20960/nh.06912","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148670223","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sechium edule var. nigrum spinosum consumption has a hypoglycemic and antioxidant effect in Mexican older people with type 2 diabetes mellitus.","authors":"Juana Rosado-Pérez, Laura Daniela Barroso-Pérez, Graciela Gavia-García, David Hernández-Álvarez, Taide Laurita Arista-Ugalde, Itzen Aguiñiga-Sánchez, Jorge Cadena-Íñiguez, Edelmiro Santiago-Osorio, Víctor Manuel Mendoza-Núñez","doi":"10.20960/nh.06689","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20960/nh.06689","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>to determine the hypoglycemic and antioxidant effect of Sechium edule var. nigrum spinosum consumption in older Mexican adults with type 2 diabetes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>a quasi-experimental study was conducted in 33 older adults with diabetes: 1) placebo group (PG; n = 14); 2) experimental group (EG; n = 19). The EG consumed 1.5 g of S. edule per day (three 500 mg capsules) for three months, and the PG consumed three placebo capsules of equal appearance for three months. Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), lipid peroxides (LPO), protein carbonylation (PC), total oxidative status (TOS), total antioxidant status (TAS), oxidative stress index (OSI), and the activity of the enzymes superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, and catalase were measured before and after the intervention in both groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>the EG showed a statistically significant decrease in HbA1c (EG: baseline, 8.9 ± 2.2; post. 7.8 ± 2.0), as well as in LPO, PC, TOS and OSI (LPO: baseline, 0.243 ± 0.067; post. 0.222 ± 0.050; PC: baseline, 29.4 ± 10; post. 19.2 ± 6; TOS: baseline, 6.0 ± 2.6; post. 3.1 ± 1.8; OSI: baseline, 5.7 ± 3.1; post 2.0 ± 1.1); along with a significant increase in TAS (baseline, 0.94 ± 0.29; post. 1.22 ± 0.28), changes that were not observed in the CG.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>the results suggest that S. edule has hypoglycemic and antioxidant effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148670280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"FGF21 as a marker of low protein intake in disease-related malnutrition: considering functional status and disease heterogeneity.","authors":"Hatice Kübra Taşci, Kamil Inci, Hatice Avşar","doi":"10.20960/nh.06872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20960/nh.06872","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148670288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prognostic role of the Prognostic Nutritional Index in immune checkpoint inhibitor-related myocarditis for upper gastrointestinal tract cancers ‒ A retrospective clinical study.","authors":"Zhenli Li, Yingjie Guo, Tenghui Wang, Tiezhu Yao, Jingtao Ma","doi":"10.20960/nh.06808","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20960/nh.06808","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>immune checkpoint inhibitor-related myocarditis (ICI-M) is rare but fatal for patients with upper gastrointestinal (GIT) cancers. This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI) for such cohort.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>this retrospective study included 49 upper GIT cancer patients diagnosed with ICI-M at the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University (January 2020 to July 2025). PNI was calculated both at ICI-M onset and before initial ICI treatment. The primary outcome was 1-year all-cause mortality. Time-dependent Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis, univariate and multivariate Cox regression, restricted cubic spline (RCS) curves, and Kaplan-Meier analyses were performed to evaluate prognostic performance.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>the median follow-up duration was 334 days. PNI measured at ICI-M onset demonstrated moderate to good predictive accuracy for 1-year OS, with AUC values over 0.7 at different time points, while PNI measured before initial ICI treatment didn't. Multivariate Cox regression confirmed that lower PNI at ICI-M onset was independently associated with increased risk of 1-year all-cause mortality. An optimal PNI cutoff of 36.8 effectively stratified patients into low- and high-risk groups. Patients in the high-PNI group had significantly lower NT-proBNP levels and higher LVEF compared with the low-PNI group (both p < 0.05), although no significant difference in cTnI was observed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>PNI measured at ICI-M onset served as an independent prognostic biomarker for 1-year all-cause mortality in upper GIT cancer patients with ICI-M, whereas pre-treatment PNI didn't. Low PNI is associated with worse cardiac function parameters.</p>","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148670252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Reply to: \"FGF21 as a marker of low protein intake in disease-related malnutrition: considering functional status and disease heterogeneity\".","authors":"Daniel de Luis, David Primo, Olatz Izaola, Hilda Ferrández Ovalle, Juan José López Gómez","doi":"10.20960/nh.07003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20960/nh.07003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19385,"journal":{"name":"Nutricion hospitalaria","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148670316","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}