Lenna L. Ontai PhD , L. Karina Díaz Rios PhD, RDN , Mical K. Shilts PhD , Louise Lanoue PhD , Marilyn S. Townsend PhD
{"title":"Evaluation of the Validity of Mi Niño a la Hora de Comer Parent Self-Assessment of Food Parenting Behaviors With Videotaped Mealtime Behaviors","authors":"Lenna L. Ontai PhD , L. Karina Díaz Rios PhD, RDN , Mical K. Shilts PhD , Louise Lanoue PhD , Marilyn S. Townsend PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.08.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.08.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Mi Niño a la Hora de Comer (Mi Niño) is a visually enhanced, Spanish-language, parent self-assessment tool designed to measure food parenting behaviors of low-income, Spanish-speaking caregivers of preschool-aged children.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The aim of this study was to evaluate the construct and convergent validity of Mi Niño.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>Videotaped mealtime behaviors at home were used to test for Mi Niño construct validity. Concurrent caregiver reports of general parenting styles and children’s body mass index were used to test for convergent validity with Mi Niño scores.</div></div><div><h3>Participants/Setting</h3><div>Data were drawn from the Niños Sanos study collected between 2016-2017. Participants (N = 273) were recruited through Head Start and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children centers in the Sacramento, CA, metropolitan area and were eligible if they were at least 18 years old, the primary caregiver of a child between ages 3 and 5 years, declared Spanish as their preferred language, and were enrolled in Head Start or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. Participants who completed Mi Niño, general parenting style surveys, and child anthropometric measurements (n = 199) were included in the current analysis. A subset of participants self-selected to complete a videotaped mealtime in their homes (n = 60). Video corruption occurred with 1 video, resulting in N = 59 final videotape sample.</div></div><div><h3>Main Outcome Measures</h3><div>Parent-centered and child-centered parent mealtime behaviors obtained via observed mealtimes, child body mass index <em>z</em> scores, and self-reports of general parenting styles were used to assess the validity of Mi Niño scores.</div></div><div><h3>Statistical Analyses Performed</h3><div>Two-way analysis of variance was used to assess differences in Mi Niño scores by observed mealtime behaviors, and linear regression was used to test associations between Mi Niño scores and child body mass index <em>z</em> scores and general parenting styles.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Parent-centered Mi Niño scores were positively associated with the rate of observed parent-centered behaviors (<em>F</em> = 2.49; <em>P</em> < .05) and negatively with child body mass index <em>z</em> scores (<em>r</em> = –0.19; <em>P</em> < .01). Parent-centered Mi Niño scores were positively associated with parent self-assessments of authoritarian general parenting styles (<em>r</em> = 0.35; <em>P</em> < .01), and child-centered Mi Niño scores were positively associated with parent self-assessments of authoritative general parenting styles (<em>r</em> = 0.44; <em>P</em> < .01).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Results provide partial support for construct and convergent validity of the Mi Niño self-assessment tool to assess food parenting behaviors with Spanis","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"126 1","pages":"Article 156194"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144937847","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}
Laura Kelly MS, RDN, CSO, CDN, Mridul Datta PhD, MS, RD, LD, FAND, Anna Arthur PhD, MPH, RDN, Michelle Strang PhD, RDN, Karen Hui RDN, LDN, FAND
{"title":"From Revision to Practice: Key Changes in the Revised 2025 Scope and Standards of Practice for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists in Oncology Nutrition","authors":"Laura Kelly MS, RDN, CSO, CDN, Mridul Datta PhD, MS, RD, LD, FAND, Anna Arthur PhD, MPH, RDN, Michelle Strang PhD, RDN, Karen Hui RDN, LDN, FAND","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.07.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.07.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 12","pages":"Pages 1907-1910"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144937896","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}
Alena C. Borgatti PhD , Andrea L. Davis MA , Gareth R. Dutton PhD
{"title":"Beyond Perceived Discrimination: Weight Discrimination in College Social Networks Is Associated With Poorer Mental and Behavioral Health","authors":"Alena C. Borgatti PhD , Andrea L. Davis MA , Gareth R. Dutton PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.08.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.08.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Weight discrimination is associated with poorer health but has not been studied using social network analysis. This is surprising, as discrimination is a highly social phenomenon, and peer relationships are associated with health, discrimination, and behavior.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The aim of this study was to analyze relationships between freshman health and weight discrimination in college social networks during October through December 2021.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>This study used a cross-sectional design to analyze data from the Freshman Life and Student Health project.</div></div><div><h3>Participants/Setting</h3><div>Participants (n = 1216 [64% of the class]) included freshmen older than 17 years who were living on a mid-sized Southeastern US university campus (55% from racial and ethnic minoritized groups, 69% female, 32% first-generation college students).</div></div><div><h3>Main Outcome Measures</h3><div>Outcomes included disordered eating, physical activity, gym use, alcohol use, loneliness, stress, depression, and self-esteem.</div></div><div><h3>Statistical Analyses Performed</h3><div>Discrimination indices were calculated for each participant’s unique position in the network on the basis of discriminatory behavior observed and perpetuated by one’s direct connections (ie, immediate network) and direct plus indirect connections (eg, friends of friends, peripheral network). Multivariate regressions tested whether these indices were associated with health, while controlling for race, ethnicity, gender, first-generation college status, perceived weight discrimination, body mass index, and network size.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Immediate network discrimination related to poorer health (<em>P</em> = .002; partial eta squared [η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup>] = .023), including greater depression (<em>P</em> = .035; η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .004), disordered eating (<em>P</em> < .001; η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .013), perceived stress (<em>P</em> = .020; η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .005), and loneliness (<em>P</em> = .006; η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .007), plus lower self-esteem (<em>P</em> = .008; η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .007), and less gym use (<em>P</em> = .012; η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .006). Similarly, peripheral network discrimination was associated with poorer health (<em>P</em> = .013; η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .017), including greater disordered eating (<em>P</em> < .001; η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .010), loneliness (<em>P</em> = .009; η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .006), and perceived stress (<em>P</em> = .005; η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .007), and lower self-esteem (<em>P</em> = .003; η<sub>p</sub><sup>2</sup> = .008).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Weight discrimination in college social networks is related to poorer mental and behavioral health. Results suggest that network-level weight discrimination is related to poorer health, even ","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 12","pages":"Pages 1800-1817"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144999353","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 B. Webb PhD, Tran Tran MA, Lia Bauert MA, Sophie Pringle MA
{"title":"Body- and Fitness-Related Shame Helps Explain the Association Between Internalized Weight Bias and Orthorexia Symptoms Among North American Female Yoga Professionals","authors":"Jennifer B. Webb PhD, Tran Tran MA, Lia Bauert MA, Sophie Pringle MA","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.04.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.04.013","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Recently, emerging population-based evidence has revealed that yoga practitioners are particularly vulnerable to engaging in disordered eating behaviors, inclusive of orthorexia symptoms (OS). Although orthorexia tends to be characterized by a hypervigilance over consuming so-called healthy or clean foods based on quality attributes, its associations with variables related to broader diet culture (eg, internalized weight bias [IWB] and body- and fitness-related shame, guilt, and hubristic pride) remain underexamined. In addition, previous research has yet to explore the psychological correlates of OS specifically among yoga professionals, who are uniquely positioned to influence their students’ and clients’ orientations toward eating and embodied well-being.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>This secondary analysis from the Yoga Teacher and Therapist Lifestyle and Well-Being Study (2019-2020) aimed to investigate the relationships among diet culture-related experiences, specifically IWB and body- and fitness-related self-conscious emotions, role modeling positive body image, and OS among female yoga professionals, as well as to evaluate the indirect effects of IWB via role modeling positive body image and other diet culture-related experiences on OS.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>A secondary, cross-sectional correlational analysis was performed to address the research questions.</div></div><div><h3>Participants</h3><div>The study included 406 female yoga professionals living in the United States and Canada (37% racial/ethnic minority and 13% sexual minority).</div></div><div><h3>Main outcome measures</h3><div>These included IWB, body- and fitness-related self-conscious emotions, role modeling positive body image, and OS.</div></div><div><h3>Statistical analyses performed</h3><div>These included Pearson correlations and regression models.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Nearly 40% of participants consumed an exclusively vegetarian or vegan diet; 25% identified as engaging in “clean eating.” Positive associations were observed between IWB and OS, shame, and guilt. Inverse associations were observed between IWB and role modeling positive body image and authentic pride. OS were positively linked to all body and fitness-related self-conscious emotion variables and to role modeling positive body image. The indirect effect of IWB on OS via shame was significant (β = .16, 95% CI .07 to .26). The indirect effect via role modeling positive body image was nonsignificant (β = –.01, 95% CI –.02 to .00).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Findings contribute to the growing scholarship recognizing orthorexia’s links with harmful diet culture among yoga professionals, potentially reflecting regulating internal body- and fitness-related shame stemming from IWB and perceptions of modeling positive body image for students and clients who may be at risk. Results call for increased collaborative outreach efforts to i","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 12","pages":"Pages 1864-1876"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143955645","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":"2025 Media Excellence Award","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.10.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 12","pages":"Page 1918"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145537099","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}
Cheri A. Levinson PhD , Hannah F. Fitterman-Harris PhD , Katrina T. Webber PhD , Zoe Hynes
{"title":"The Harms of Weight Stigma and Diet Culture in Eating Disorder Treatment and How to Dismantle and Move Forward","authors":"Cheri A. Levinson PhD , Hannah F. Fitterman-Harris PhD , Katrina T. Webber PhD , Zoe Hynes","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.08.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.08.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 12","pages":"Pages 1787-1799"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144937919","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":"2025 Outstanding Interprofessional Practice Award","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.10.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.10.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 12","pages":"Page 1917"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145537105","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":"2025 Medallion Award Recipients","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.10.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.10.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 12","pages":"Pages 1912-1913"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145536885","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}
Katherine A. Thompson PhD , Viviana Bauman PhD, MPH , Ruby Schrag BS , Marney A. White PhD, MS , Autumn Mains MSN, RN , Stephanie Rioux BSN, RN , Holly Spinner BS , Isabel Thorstad BA , Victoria Thomas , David Klein MD, MPH , Mark Haigney MD , Marian Tanofsky-Kraff PhD , Jason M. Lavender PhD
{"title":"Military-Related Weight Stigma Prospectively Predicts Dietary Restraint During Pregnancy in US Military Active-Duty Service Members: A Longitudinal Observational Study","authors":"Katherine A. Thompson PhD , Viviana Bauman PhD, MPH , Ruby Schrag BS , Marney A. White PhD, MS , Autumn Mains MSN, RN , Stephanie Rioux BSN, RN , Holly Spinner BS , Isabel Thorstad BA , Victoria Thomas , David Klein MD, MPH , Mark Haigney MD , Marian Tanofsky-Kraff PhD , Jason M. Lavender PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.08.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>The most common type of stigma that active-duty US military service members report experiencing is body shape/weight stigma. One third of service members (male and female) engage in aberrant restrictive eating in response to stigma. After a postpartum grace period, service members are required to meet strict body composition standards to maintain service eligibility. Approximately 50% to 90% of pregnant civilian individuals experience food cravings, which are associated with lower diet quality and excess energy intake. However, no prospective study has examined military-related weight stigma in relation to eating behaviors in pregnant service members.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>The study examined prospective associations of military-related weight stigma in the prior year with dietary restraint and food cravings in pregnant active-duty service members.</div></div><div><h3>Design</h3><div>In this longitudinal observational study, participants completed surveys assessing military-related weight stigma in the past year and eating behaviors at 2 times, 3 months apart (during the second and third trimesters). Given the online nature of the study, participants were not geographically limited. Enrollment took place between April and October 2023.</div></div><div><h3>Participants</h3><div>One hundred eighty active-duty service members (ages 20–41 years, 66% White, 23% Black/African American) who were between 12 and 27 weeks’ gestation participated in the study.</div></div><div><h3>Main Outcome Measures</h3><div>The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) assessed cognitive/behavioral dietary restraint, and the Food Craving Inventory for Pregnancy assessed food cravings.</div></div><div><h3>Statistical Analyses Performed</h3><div>Linear regression models evaluated associations of military-related weight stigma in the past year (assessed at the second trimester) with dietary restraint and food cravings (third trimester). Covariates included baseline scores on outcome measures, age, gestation, race, pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), gestational weight gain, and military rank.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Approximately 47% of pregnant service members reported experiences of being laughed at because of their weight or shape. Adjusting for covariates, weight stigma in the past year was prospectively associated with greater third-trimester dietary restraint (β = .35, SE = 0.07; <em>P</em> < .001) but not food cravings (β = .10, SE = 0.07; <em>P</em> = .15).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Service members’ military-related weight stigma experiences may exacerbate dietary restraint during pregnancy. Because weight gain is expected and healthy during pregnancy, research should investigate potentially modifiable institutional sources of stigma.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 12","pages":"Pages 1818-1830.e1"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144870771","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":"In Memoriam: Martha “Beth” Gillham, PhD, RDN, FAND (1940–2025)","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.09.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jand.2025.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":379,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics","volume":"125 12","pages":"Page 1920"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145537104","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}