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{"title":"Healthcare staff perceptions of the hospital food environment: a narrative systematic review.","authors":"Lorraine McSweeney, Marta Buczkowska, Laura Denning, Millie Elcock, Suzanne Spence","doi":"10.1017/S136898002500031X","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S136898002500031X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To understand healthcare staff perspectives of their hospital food environment and the impact of these perceptions on their food choice, health and well-being.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A narrative systematic review.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Publications were eligible for inclusion if participants were hospital-based staff, and all job roles were eligible, including both clinical and non-clinical staff. Both public and private hospitals in the UK, the USA or Australia were included.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Clinical and non-clinical staff employed in hospitals.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A systematic search was carried out across four databases: OVID Medline, CINAHL, PsycInfo and Scopus. Grey literature screening was completed via Google and Google Scholar. Eleven studies were included and were predominantly from the UK. Setting sizes varied or were unknown, and participant numbers varied (<i>n</i> 16 to <i>n</i> 1158) or were unknown. Most participants were nurses. Methods included reports, surveys, focus groups and interviews. The main themes identified were accessibility to food, diversity of food choices, free foods used to boost staff morale and job role influencing engagement with the food environment. Staff reported issues around canteen opening hours, limited healthy food options and free food on wards, causing extra calories to be consumed. Irregular breaks and staffing shortages affected hospital staff's ability to engage with the wider food environment, resulting in reliance on convenience foods and snacks.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The current hospital food environment does not facilitate healthy dietary practices and is perceived by staff as a barrier to healthy eating. The hospital food environment requires adaptation to reflect a 24-hour workplace.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e66"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086729/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143664479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"PUFA, fish intake and risk of disabling dementia in Japan: the Japan Public Health Centre Disabling Dementia Study.","authors":"Sarah K Abe, Manami Inoue, Nobufumi Yasuda, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Shoichiro Tsugane, Norie Sawada","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000308","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000308","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to assess the association between fish intake, <i>n</i>-3 PUFA, <i>n</i>-6 PUFA and risk of disabling dementia.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Prospective cohort.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Municipalities within the Japan Public Health Centre-based Prospective Study.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>43 651 participants: (20 002 men and 23 649 women).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Exposure intake of fish, <i>n</i>-3 and <i>n</i>-6 PUFA was evaluated in 1995-1997. We defined disabling dementia cases as participants who were certified to receive disability care under the long-term-care insurance programme (2006-2016) in participating municipalities with a grade of activities of daily living related to dementia ≥ IIa on the dementia rating scale (range 0-IV and M). Cox proportional hazard models were applied to obtain hazard ratios (HR) and 95 % CI according to quartiles of exposures of interest. In the main analysis, we adjusted for age and area, smoking, BMI, alcohol and metabolic equivalent tasks. During 410 350 person-years of follow-up with an average follow-up of 9·4 years, 5278 cases of disabling dementia were diagnosed. Fish intake and most PUFA were not associated with the risk of disabling dementia in men. In women, <i>n</i>-6 PUFA showed a significant decreasing trend in risk the highest HR (95 % CI) compared with the lowest was 0·90 (0·81, 0·99) (<i>P</i> for trend = 0·024) and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) was 0·91 (0·82, 1·00) (<i>P</i> for trend = 0·043).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings suggest no association with fish in general and only <i>n</i>-6 PUFA and ALA may be associated with a decreased risk of disabling dementia especially in women.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e65"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086724/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143664020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Advertisements of ultra-processed products outside food outlets: field evidence from Montevideo, Uruguay.","authors":"Gastón Ares, Florencia Alcaire, Gerónimo Brunet, Tobias Otterbring, María Costa, Sofía Verdier, María Rosa Curutchet, Luciana Bonilla, Sergio Turra, Fernanda Risso, Leticia Vidal","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000254","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000254","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate the prevalence of advertisements for ultra-processed products outside food outlets in Montevideo (Uruguay) and explore the patterns of these advertisements across areas with different socio-economic statuses (SES).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Cross-sectional field survey of advertisements of ultra-processed products outside food outlets. The percentage of outlets featuring any type of advertisement of ultra-processed products on the exterior part of the outlets was calculated, at the aggregate level and separately by type of outlet and type of product. Comparisons were made considering the SES of the tract where outlets were located.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>106 census tracts in Montevideo, differing in geographical location and SES.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Outlets selling foods and beverages, located within the selected census tracts.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>30·7 % of the 1217 food outlets identified in the field survey featured some type of exterior advertisement of ultra-processed products. Sweetened beverages (specifically soda) were the most frequently advertised ultra-processed product category, followed by ice cream. After adjusting for the type of outlet, medium SES tracts exhibited the highest prevalence of ultra-processed product advertisements outside food outlets (36·0 %). Differences in the prevalence of advertisements of specific categories with SES were also found, which may reflect variations in the types and characteristics of food outlets.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results from this work suggest the frequent presence of exterior advertisements of ultra-processed products and highlight the need to develop effective policies to reduce their use as part of a comprehensive set of strategies to discourage the consumption of ultra-processed products.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e60"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086735/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143658260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Stunting and inequality in Sri Lanka compared with other low- and middle-income South Asian countries.","authors":"Damith Chandrasenage, William Johnson, Paula L Griffiths","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000205","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000205","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study investigates and measures whether the association of childhood stunting with household socio-economic position (SEP) differs in Sri Lanka compared with other South Asian countries.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Secondary analysis of data of children from the latest available Demographic and Health Surveys data (survey years, 2016-2018). The exposures (SEP) were maternal education and wealth. The outcome was stunting. Binary logistic regression models incorporated SEP, country and SEP-by-country interaction terms.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>A nationally representative sample of children from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Mothers/caregivers of children under 36 months (133 491).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of stunting in Sri Lanka of 19 % was much lower than that observed for all the other low- to low-middle income South Asian countries (37 % in Bangladesh, 36 % in India, 31 % in Nepal and 30 % in Pakistan). The association of SEP with odds of stunting was similar in Sri Lanka compared with other South Asian countries. The only exception was weaker associations of wealth with stunting in Sri Lanka compared with Bangladesh. For example, in Sri Lanka, the poorest group had 2·75 (2·06, 3·67) times higher odds of stunting compared with the richest group, but in Bangladesh, this estimate was 4·20 (3·24, 5·44); the difference between these two estimates being 0·65 (0·44, 0·96) on the OR scale.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The lower prevalence of stunting in Sri Lanka is unlikely to be due to less inequality. It is more likely that the lower prevalence of stunting in Sri Lanka is related to there being fewer mothers belonging to the lowest SEP groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e63"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086723/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143658290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Demand for fish in Great Britain is driven by household income and taste.","authors":"Shashika D Rathnayaka, Cesar Revoredo-Giha, Baukje de Roos","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000217","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000217","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Fish is high in nutrients that provide a range of health benefits, but people in Great Britain only consume around half the amount that is recommended. This study analysed the demand for fish for consumption at home across different household groups in Great Britain.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Using a Rotterdam demand model, price and income elasticities were estimated for eleven fish groups across seven household groups. To investigate changes in fish demand, we decomposed growth in fish demand into income, relative price and change in taste and seasonality.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>The data used for our analysis were drawn from the Kantar Worldpanel dataset for Great Britain for the period from 2013 to 2021.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>12 492 households in Great Britain.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Families with children consistently allocated a lower share of their grocery spending on fish and preferred to purchase ready-to-use and convenient fish products, compared with households without children. Purchases of chilled fresh/smoked oily fish, canned oily fish and frozen processed fish led spending across demographic groups, whilst purchases of canned oily fish showed minimal growth. The demand for most fish products across household groups was price inelastic, indicating that the percentage change in the quantity of fish demanded increased or fell by less than the percentage change in price.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Income and taste were identified as significant determinants of demand changes across all household groups, while price only played a prominent role in demand changes for certain fish groups. Thus, increasing fish consumption, especially in lower-income groups, who do not usually consume much fish, may require a different intervention than simply making fish more affordable.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e81"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12100570/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143658264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Healthy vending machines on campus: the effect of traffic light labelling on food and beverage choices.","authors":"Ryan Calabro, Eva Kemps, Ivanka Prichard, Marika Tiggemann","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000229","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000229","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate whether the introduction of healthy vending machines on a university campus could increase the proportion of healthy food and beverage purchases.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Four new healthy vending machines offering a wider range of healthier food and beverages were installed alongside existing machines. These new machines used traffic light colours to indicate nutritional value. A year after their installation, a traffic light text guide and colourful wrap were added to the new machines. <i>χ</i>² tests were used to assess significant differences in the sales of green (healthy), amber or red (unhealthy) items from healthy and existing vending machines across the 3 years (2021-2023).</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>The study was conducted on a university campus where the new healthy vending machines were installed.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Participants of this study were the consumers who purchased items from the vending machines on the university campus.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results indicated a shift towards healthier purchases following the introduction of the healthy vending machines. The addition of the traffic light text guide and colourful wrap further reduced unhealthy purchases, although this change was small. Sales from the existing vending machines did not meaningfully decrease, and any reductions were more than replaced by sales from the new healthy vending machines.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study concluded that by providing healthier options and guiding consumers towards these options, the vending machine programme offers a promising pathway towards promoting healthier food and beverage choices from vending machines on university campuses.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e68"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086730/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143639804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring profiles of fathers integrating food and physical activity parenting practices.","authors":"John A Jimenez-Garcia, Louise C Mâsse, Robert L Newton, Salma M Musaad, Alicia Beltran, Teresia M O'Connor","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000278","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000278","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to identify fathers' profiles integrating food parenting practices (FPP) and physical activity parenting practices (PAPP).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>We analysed cross-sectional data. The fathers completed the reduced FPP and PAPP item banks and socio-demographic and family dynamics (co-parenting and household responsibility) questionnaires. We identified fathers' profiles via latent profile analysis. We explored the influence of social determinants, child characteristics and family dynamics on fathers' profiles using multinomial logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Online survey in the USA.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Fathers of 5-11-year-old children.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We analysed data from 606 fathers (age = 38 ± 8·0; Hispanic = 37·5 %). Most fathers self-identified as White (57·9 %) or Black/African American (17·7 %), overweight (41·1 %) or obese (34·8 %); attended college (70 %); earned > $47 000 (62·7 %); worked 40 hrs/week (63·4 %) and were biological fathers (90·1 %). Most children (boys = 55·5 %) were 5-8 years old (65·2 %). We identified five fathers' profiles combining FPP and PAPP: (1) <i>Engaged Supporter Father</i> (<i>n</i> 94 (15·5 %)); (2) <i>Leveled Father</i> (<i>n</i> 160 (26·4 %)); (3) <i>Autonomy-Focused Father</i> (<i>n</i> 117 (19·3 %)); (4) <i>Uninvolved Father</i> (<i>n</i> 113 (18·6 %)) and (5) <i>Control-Focused Father</i> (<i>n</i> 122 (20·1 %)). We observed significant associations with race, ethnicity, child characteristics, co-parenting and household responsibility but not with education level, annual income or employment status. We observed significant pairwise differences between profiles in co-parenting and household responsibility, with the <i>Engaged Supporter Father</i> presenting higher scores in both measures.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Understanding how fathers' FPP and PAPP interact can enhance assessments for a comprehensive understanding of fathers' influences on children's health. Recognising the characteristics and differences among fathers' profiles may enable tailored interventions, potentially improving children's health trajectories.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e58"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086733/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143650103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nutritional implications of alternative proteins: a commentary.","authors":"Ursula Davis, Jack Bobo, Paul Wilson, Peter Noy, Roberto Mansilla, Gavin Long, Simon Welham, John Harvey, Evgeniya Lukinova, Georgiana Nica-Avram, Gavin Smith, David Salt, Andrew Smith, James Goulding","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000242","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000242","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":"28 1","pages":"e69"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086720/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144005900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding the influence of online grocery shopping on consumers' choice of products and dietary balance: a qualitative study in France.","authors":"Olivier Droulers, Sophie Lacoste-Badie","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000266","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000266","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To explore the impact of online food shopping in France on the selection of products purchased and its potential impact on shoppers' dietary balance.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A qualitative study involving in-depth semi-structured individual interviews. The interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim and analysed through a reflexive thematic analysis approach.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>France.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Thirty-four male and female respondents aged between 21 and 61 years old, residing in various regions of France, including urban, suburban and rural areas, with diverse profiles in terms of gender, age, location and number of children under 18.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five key themes were identified as influencing decision-making with regard to the products purchased, namely 'less choice, especially for fresh produce', 'sense of security in buying the same products', 'convenience of online shopping through time-saving and product recommendation lists', 'avoiding unplanned purchases' and 'less fresh produce purchased, sometimes replaced by more processed items'. In turn, all of these factors potentially have an impact on the diet of online shoppers.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>With grocery e-commerce penetration expected to double in the next 5 years, the study underscores the consequences of online shopping on consumers' dietary balance. The findings have practical implications for online food retailers, inciting them to develop solutions that would encourage e-grocery shoppers to buy more fresh produce and sample a more varied diet. Additionally, they highlight the importance of monitoring the influence of technology on the consumer buying process, particularly with regard to food.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":"28 1","pages":"e59"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086736/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144034644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Intake of iodine in a sample of UK mother-infant pairs, 6-12 months after birth: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Jo Pearce, Jenny Christian, Lisa J Coneyworth","doi":"10.1017/S1368980025000230","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1368980025000230","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the intake of iodine in mother-infant pairs.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>An exploratory, cross-sectional study. Iodine intake was estimated using Nutritics nutritional analysis software, following 24-h dietary recall. Iodine-rich foods were grouped and compared between those women who met the UK reference nutrient intake (RNI) for iodine (140 µg/d) and those who did not.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Online and telephone questionnaires.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>Self-selecting caregivers of infants aged 6-12 months.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ninety-one mother-infant pairs with a mean (sd) age of 33·2 (4·1) years and 8·4 (1·3) months, respectively, were included. Most mothers were exclusively breast-feeding (54·9 %). The estimated maternal median iodine intake from food and supplements (median 140·3 µg/d, just meeting the UK RNI for women of reproductive age, but not the World Health Organisation (WHO) or British Dietetic Association (BDA) recommendations for lactating women (250 µg/d and 200 µg/d, respectively). Forty-six (50·5 %) of mothers met the UK RNI. Estimated intakes of fish, eggs, cow's milk and yoghurt/cream/dairy desserts were significantly greater, whilst intakes of plant-based milk alternative drinks were significantly less in mothers who met the RNI for iodine (<i>P</i> < 0·05) compared with those who did not. Infant iodine intake from food was positively correlated with maternal; total iodine intake, iodine intake from all food and iodine intake from dairy foods (Spearman's rho = 0·243, 0·238, 0·264, respectively; <i>P</i> < 0·05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Women in the UK may not consume enough iodine to meet the demands of lactation. Guidance on iodine-containing foods, focussed on intake before and during pregnancy and lactation and mandatory fortification of plant-based milk-alternatives could all serve to avoid deficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":20951,"journal":{"name":"Public Health Nutrition","volume":" ","pages":"e61"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12086728/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143639805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}