{"title":"Retraction Notice","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.03.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.03.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 6","pages":"Page 856"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144084482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Angie L Cradock, Jessica L Barrett, Stephanie M McCulloch, Nicole Good, Claire Santarelli, Amy A Bolton, Jennifer Reiner, Zachary J Ward, Steven L Gortmaker
{"title":"Cost-Effectiveness of Installing Water Dispensers in Massachusetts' Schools to Improve Nutrition Environments, Health, and Health Equity.","authors":"Angie L Cradock, Jessica L Barrett, Stephanie M McCulloch, Nicole Good, Claire Santarelli, Amy A Bolton, Jennifer Reiner, Zachary J Ward, Steven L Gortmaker","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.05.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2025.05.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Evidence suggests that providing children with water on school lunch lines promotes healthy weight and is cost-effective.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>Estimate reach, cost, cost-effectiveness, and impact on weight status and obesity-related health equity of a strategy to install chilled, filtered water dispensers on school lunch lines in Massachusetts' schools.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted in 2022-2023 using the CHOICES microsimulation model (2020-2029), estimates from published studies, publicly available national and state surveillance, programmatic, administrative data, and experts' assumptions.</p><p><strong>Participants/setting: </strong>Schools participating in Massachusetts' school drinking water lead testing program with elevated lead concentrations in areas with disproportionate health risks MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Reach, cost, cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gained, and cases of obesity prevented overall and by income, race, and ethnicity STATISTICAL ANALYSES: Means and 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) for outcomes were estimated by running the model 1000 times, accounting for uncertainty from data sources and population projections.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This strategy is projected to improve drinking water access for 265 000 (95% UI, 259 000-273 000) students in 304 schools, prevent 525 (95% UI, 192-880) cases of childhood obesity in 2029, cost $4.48/student/year (95% UI, $3.54-$5.43) to implement, and is likely cost-effective ($72 700 (95% UI, $40 000-$234 000) per QALY). Larger projected reductions in obesity prevalence for Hispanic/Latino and Black students compared with white students were observed (7.2 [95% UI, 5.2-10.3], and 4.7 [95% UI, 2.9-7.4], respectively), and among students from families with lowest incomes (<130% Federal Poverty Level) compared with the highest incomes (>350% Federal Poverty Level) (2.6 [95% UI, 1.9-3.5]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A strategy to provide chilled, filtered water dispensers on lunch lines in Massachusetts schools is projected to improve school nutrition environments, increase water consumption, prevent excess weight gain, improve health equity, and be cost-effective.</p>","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144118459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What's New Online","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S2212-2672(25)00132-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2212-2672(25)00132-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 6","pages":"Page 725"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144084340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"June 2025 People & Events","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.04.012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.04.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 6","pages":"Page 855"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144084416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christopher E Anderson, Catherine E Yepez, Shannon E Whaley
{"title":"WIC service use, benefit redemption, and continued participation among participants in California.","authors":"Christopher E Anderson, Catherine E Yepez, Shannon E Whaley","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.05.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2025.05.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides nutrition assistance to pregnant and postpartum women in low-income households, and their children to age 5 years. Flexible services (in-person and remote) have been provided since 2020.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>Objectives of this study were to describe WIC service utilization patterns (in-person, telephone, video conference, interactive texting, online individual education, online group education) and assess associations of service utilization with WIC benefit redemption and continued participation.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A cross-sectional study with administrative data for follow-up.</p><p><strong>Participants and setting: </strong>Study data include survey and administrative data from households with a WIC-participating child ages 1-4 years who responded to the 2023 California Statewide WIC Survey between March and August, 2023. Individuals with missing WIC administrative or survey data were excluded (n-unweighted=2,341; n-weighted: redemption=2,322, recertification=1,868).</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>The average percentage of WIC-issued foods redeemed over 12 months preceding survey completion (WIC food benefit redemption) and successful recertification within 2 months following the end of the child's certification period (continued WIC participation) were determined with WIC administrative data.</p><p><strong>Statistical analysis: </strong>Associations of service utilization with benefit redemption and continued participation were assessed with generalized estimating equation linear and logistic regression models, respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants who used any in-person or fully remote services had similar levels of mean benefit redemption (53.2% and 53.3%, respectively) and continued participation (83.7% and 81.2%, respectively). In the full sample, online individual education was associated with 2.2% higher redemption (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.1% to 4.4%). Among those receiving no in-person WIC services, online individual education and online group education were associated with 2.7% (95% CI 0.1% to 5.4%) and 4.2% (95% CI 0.6% to 7.8%) higher benefit redemption; interactive texting was associated with 36% higher odds of continued participation (95% CI 1% to 83%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In-person and fully remote WIC services were associated with similar levels of benefit redemption and continued participation. Online individual education and interactive texting may be important for redemption and continued participation for some WIC-participating households. Continued WIC investment in technology and staff training for these flexible services may contribute to positive outcomes, particularly for families without in-person service use.</p>","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144101217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda Coufal, Aida Miles, Ashley Paschke, Carrie S Swift, Lini Alappat, Sean Paladini, ShLanda Rochel Burton, Samantha Love, Dana Buelsing Sowards
{"title":"Revised 2025-2030 Essential Practice Competencies for Commission on Dietetic Registration Credentialed Nutrition and Dietetics Practitioners: Supporting Professional Advancement and Competence.","authors":"Amanda Coufal, Aida Miles, Ashley Paschke, Carrie S Swift, Lini Alappat, Sean Paladini, ShLanda Rochel Burton, Samantha Love, Dana Buelsing Sowards","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.04.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143958463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jennifer Doley, Maureen Janowski, Sunitha Zechariah
{"title":"Dietitian-Led Swallow Screening and Assessment for Early Detection of Swallow Difficulties and Improved Nutritional Intake: a Commentary.","authors":"Jennifer Doley, Maureen Janowski, Sunitha Zechariah","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.05.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2025.05.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143961998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lindsay Woodcock, Casey R Colin, Erin Lamers-Johnson, Constantina Papoutsakis
{"title":"The Need for and Challenges of Nutrition and Dietetics Registry Studies Part II: A Primer for the Design and Implementation of Registry Studies in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Health Informatics Infrastructure (ANDHII).","authors":"Lindsay Woodcock, Casey R Colin, Erin Lamers-Johnson, Constantina Papoutsakis","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.05.006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2025.05.006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Data from real-world medical nutrition therapy (MNT) -delivered by registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs)- is needed to understand the impact of MNT on patient outcomes and support public policy regarding reimbursement of MNT services. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics developed a web-based registry to collect nutrition care data and track MNT related outcomes. This platform is the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Health Informatics Infrastructure (ANDHII). ANDHII is a tool that uses the Nutrition Care Process and Terminology (NCP/T) to investigate nutrition care practices and resulting outcomes. This paper describes the methods of designing, initiating, and implementing a registry study in ANDHII. The intent is to support researchers, student researchers, and clinicians who are seeking guidance on how to conduct nutrition and dietetics research outcomes projects.</p>","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143954438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Putu Novi Arfirsta Dharmayani, Gantsetseg Ganbold, Nadia Farnaz, Taylah Scutts, Sheralle Kumar, Ariik Ajak, Miriam Williams, Seema Mihrshahi
{"title":"Evaluation of food insecurity programs on campus: a scoping review.","authors":"Putu Novi Arfirsta Dharmayani, Gantsetseg Ganbold, Nadia Farnaz, Taylah Scutts, Sheralle Kumar, Ariik Ajak, Miriam Williams, Seema Mihrshahi","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.04.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2025.04.015","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>While the prevalence of food insecurity among higher education students is consistently higher than the general population and some support is available, the extent to which programs developed to address food insecurity programs help students in higher education institutions remains unclear.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This scoping review aimed to comprehensively synthesise the existing evidence on campus-based programs in addressing food insecurity in higher education institutions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A search was conducted on 5<sup>th</sup> December 2023 in the electronic databases PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, and Scopus to identify food insecurity programs for students attending higher education institutions. Peer-reviewed articles written in English and published between 1 January 2003 and 5 December 2023 that met the inclusion criteria were included. There were no restrictions on study designs. Identified studies were screened in two stages and data were independently extracted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-three studies were included in this review, with most programs implemented in the United States. A wide range of programs were found, grouped into two categories: 1) food assistance and 2) support services and resources (i.e., food-related courses and health professional services). One-third of studies illustrated student engagement in the development and/or implementation process. Outcomes related to the programs included the prevalence of food insecurity status, diet and food-related outcomes, and student perceptions, awareness, and utilisation of the programs. While half of the included studies reported the prevalence of food insecurity, only five studies evaluated whether the program led to an improvement in food security status among students. Barriers to (n=30) and facilitators of programs (n=24) were identified by students and other stakeholders who were directly involved in the programs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although this scoping review identified a wide range of campus-based programs to address food insecurity in higher education students, there is relatively limited evidence available on to what extent the programs improve food security levels. Identifying factors that hinder or facilitate campus-based programs from various stakeholders can help to inform researchers and policymakers in planning and developing food insecurity programs, particularly at the higher education level.</p>","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143956876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rachel Hoobler, Manuela Herrera, Kary Woodruff, Alejandro Sanchez, Adriana M Coletta, Amandine Chaix, Joan Elizondo, Mary C Playdon
{"title":"Malnutrition Risk Is Associated With All-Cause Mortality and Chemotherapy Complications Among Adults Diagnosed With Diverse Cancer Types: A Retrospective Cohort Study.","authors":"Rachel Hoobler, Manuela Herrera, Kary Woodruff, Alejandro Sanchez, Adriana M Coletta, Amandine Chaix, Joan Elizondo, Mary C Playdon","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.04.014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.04.014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Studies investigating the association of malnutrition with mortality and complications of cancer treatment in oncology patients are primarily restricted to head and neck and gastrointestinal cancers. Yet, malnutrition risk factors are experienced across cancer types.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the association of malnutrition risk, assessed by the Malnutrition Screening Tool, with all-cause mortality and complications of chemotherapy and radiation among oncology patients.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A retrospective cohort study using electronic medical record data from January 2021 to April 2024.</p><p><strong>Participants/setting: </strong>Two thousand eight hundred fifty-nine adult cancer patients with a Malnutrition Screening Tool score within 1 year of a cancer diagnosis were included. Patients were treated at 9 outpatient clinics in the western United States.</p><p><strong>Main outcome measures: </strong>The primary outcome was all-cause mortality. Secondary outcomes were complications of chemotherapy and radiation.</p><p><strong>Statistical analysis performed: </strong>Cox proportional hazards regression, adjusted for key confounders, was used to evaluate the association of malnutrition risk with time to death from any cause. A secondary analysis stratified by cancer type was conducted when sample size permitted. Multivariable logistic regression was used to assess the association of malnutrition risk with the first treatment-related complication.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Malnutrition risk, compared with no risk, was significantly associated with increased risk for all-cause mortality for all cancer patients combined (hazard ratio 1.70; 95% CI, 1.39-2.07; P < .001) and some specific cancer types, such as lung cancer (hazard ratio 1.58; 95% CI, 1.05 to 2.37; P = .03). Malnutrition risk was also associated with increased likelihood of complications of chemotherapy in all cancers combined (odds ratio 1.49; 95% CI, 1.11-2.00; P < .01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Malnutrition risk was associated with elevated risk of mortality and chemotherapy complications for all cancers combined. These results highlight the importance of malnutrition risk in cancer prognosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143954440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}