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Nutrition & Dietetics
David C. Love, Catherine Turvey, Jamie Harding, Ruth Young, Rebecca Ramsing, Michael F. Tlusty, Jillian P. Fry, Ly Nguyen, Frank Asche, Elizabeth M. Nussbaumer, Andrew L. Thorne-Lyman, Martin Bloem
Summary: Seafood has potential benefits for human health and sustainability, but these are influenced by factors such as preparation methods and sourcing. Study found that seafood menu items in chain restaurants in the United States tend to have high levels of saturated fat, sodium, and protein, and lack information on origin and production methods. Recommendations include reformulating menus to improve nutritional content and provide more transparency to consumers.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
(2021)
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Economics
Jessica E. Todd, Lisa Mancino, Brandon J. Restrepo, Claudine Kavanaugh, Chris Dicken, Vince Breneman
Summary: The study found that local and state mandates requiring calorie information on restaurant menus can reduce the impact of consuming food prepared away from home on total caloric intake by 21 calories for adults and 34 calories for young children each year.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Daniel A. Zaltz, Danielle L. Lee, Gail Woodward-Lopez, Lorrene D. Ritchie, Sara N. Bleich, Sara E. Benjamin-Neelon
Summary: Healthy default beverage laws are interventions aimed at improving the healthiness of children's meals in restaurants. This study assessed adherence to these laws in Los Angeles, Baltimore, New York City, and Boston. The results showed low and variable adherence across jurisdictions, highlighting the need for further research to understand the factors influencing adherence.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Hikaru Hanawa Peterson, Gigi DiGiacomo, Christa D. D. Court, Michelle Miller, Gustavo Oliveira, Andrew W. W. Stevens, Li Zhang, Lauri M. M. Baker, Joseph Nowak, Eyrika Orlando, Bijeta Bijen Saha
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the vulnerabilities of the U.S. agri-food system in responding to crises and disruptions. A survey conducted in California, Florida, and Minnesota-Wisconsin found significant differences in the impact of COVID-19 across supply chain segments and regions. Regional disparities in pandemic evolution, governance, and structural differences in agri-food systems contribute to the variations. Regionalized and localized planning and development of best practices are crucial for enhancing the preparedness and resilience of the U.S. agri-food system for future crises.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Rachel Novotny, Ashley B. Yamanaka, Rica Dela Cruz, Sabine Strasburger, Carol J. Boushey, Jean Butel, Monica Esquivel, Tanisha F. Aflague, Travis Fleming, Patricia Coleman, Jonathan Deenik, Leslie Shallcross, Lynne R. Wilkens
Summary: The dietary intake of NHOPI children in the USAP did not meet US recommendations, with significant differences in food group and macronutrient intake, and higher grain intake in overweight/obese children.
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Erin Hennessy, Eleanor Shonkoff, Linda Harelick, Peter Bakun, Kenneth Chui, Susan Roberts, Sara Folta, Jeanne Goldberg, Christina D. Economos
Summary: This study aimed to test the impact of a parent-focused social marketing campaign on promoting healthy children's meals in quick-service restaurants. The results showed that the campaign did not significantly reduce children's calorie intake at QSR. However, there was a suggestive reduction in calorie intake among the priority audience, indicating potential for community-wide promotion of healthful children's meals.
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Lorrene D. Ritchie, Laura Lessard, Phoebe Harpainter, Marisa M. Tsai, Gail Woodward-Lopez, Tara Tracy, Wendi Gosliner, Kathleen McCallops, Isabel Thompson, Allison Karpyn
Summary: The study revealed a significant increase in the proportion of menus offering only policy-consistent kids' meal default beverages in California, but no change in Wilmington. Managers had limited knowledge of the policy, and few cashiers/servers provided policy-consistent beverages. Additional efforts are needed to strengthen the implementation of kids' meal beverage policies.
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
(2022)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Ruopeng An, Jiakun Zheng, Xiaoling Xiang
Summary: This study projected that nationwide implementation of sugar-sweetened beverage warning labels and restaurant menu labeling regulations can reduce daily energy intake, body weight, and healthcare expenditures over a 10-year period, providing potential cost savings and health benefits.
JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Rica Dela Cruz, Rachel Novotny, Lynne R. Wilkens, Yurii B. Shvetsov, Ashley B. Yamanaka, Jean Butel, Tanisha F. Aflague, Patricia Coleman, Leslie Shallcross, Jonathan Deenik, Victoria Lee R. Mapa, Carol J. Boushey, Travis Fleming
Summary: This study examined the differences in diet quality among Pacific children in the USAP region, and found variations between different jurisdictions and income levels. Understanding childhood diet quality in this region is important for informing nutrition programs in the Pacific region.
JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
(2023)
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Health Policy & Services
Bonnie T. Zima, Juliet Beni Edgcomb, Jonathan Rodean, Susan D. Cochran, Christopher A. Harle, Jyotishman Pathak, Chi-hong Tseng, Regina Bussing
Summary: This study examined the changes in child emergency department (ED) discharges and hospitalizations for primary general medical (GM) and primary psychiatric disorders before and after COVID-19-related school closures. The study found that suicide attempts or self-injury and depressive disorders were the main drivers of increased acute mental health care encounters. The number of ED discharges and hospitalizations for suicide attempts or self-injury increased after the school closures.
PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES
(2022)
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Wendong Zhang
Summary: The global pandemic has crippled the economy, escalating distrust and political disagreements, and fueling economic nationalism. The possible decoupling of US-China relations and disruptions in trade agreements pose challenges. Farmers hope for healthy US-China agricultural trade, but post-pandemic, there may be an increase in non-tariff barriers.
APPLIED ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY
(2021)
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Food Science & Technology
Michelle Miller
Summary: Improving regional food flow organization requires system transformation and understanding of system constraints, with regional suppliers playing a key role but facing challenges, and alternative supply chains developing slowly. A research team focused on system transformation, identified key opportunities, and addressed challenges in the current system.
FRONTIERS IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Rachel Novotny, Ashley B. Yamanaka, Jean Butel, Carol J. Boushey, Rica Dela Cruz, Tanisha Aflague, Patricia Coleman, Leslie Shallcross, Travis Fleming, Lynne R. Wilkens
Summary: This randomized clinical trial found that the outcomes of the Children's Healthy Living intervention were sustained and improved 6 years after the intervention among young children in the US-affiliated Pacific region. The prevalence of overweight, obesity, and acanthosis nigricans was further reduced in communities, suggesting that multilevel multicomponent interventions may help reduce child overweight and obesity in this region.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Choon Ming Ng, Kaur Satvinder, Hui Chin Koo, Roseline Wai Kuan Yap, Firdaus Mukhtar
Summary: Involving school-age children in healthy meal preparation is associated with positive eating behavior, with potential to improve nutritional status.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR VITAMIN AND NUTRITION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Yu Wang, Stephen R. Lindemann, Tzu-Wen L. Cross, Minghua Tang, Caroline M. Clark, Wayne W. Campbell
Summary: This study aimed to assess the effects of consuming different types of red meat on gut microbiota and fecal short-chain fatty acid levels in healthy young adults. The addition of unprocessed or processed lean red meats to a healthy U.S.-Style Dietary Pattern did not influence short-term changes in bacterial taxonomic composition. However, adopting this dietary pattern led to changes in certain bacteria and improvements in lipid-related cardiovascular risk factors, regardless of red meat intake.
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2023)
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Nursing
Sarah A. Sliwa, Nancy D. Brener, Elizabeth A. Lundeen, Sarah M. Lee
JOURNAL OF SCHOOL NURSING
(2019)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Gabrielle F. Miller, Sarah Sliwa, Shannon Michael, Sarah Lee, Charlene Burgeson, Ann Marie Krautheim, Daniel P. Hatfield, Shanti Sharma, Christina D. Economos
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2018)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Christina D. Economos, Megan P. Mueller, Nicole Schultz, Julie Gervis, Gabrielle F. Miller, Russell R. Pate
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Education & Educational Research
Sarah A. Sliwa, Hannah G. Calvert, Heather P. Williams, Lindsey Turner
JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH
(2019)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
John D. Omura, Eric T. Hyde, Kathleen B. Watson, Sarah A. Sliwa, Janet E. Fulton, Susan A. Carlson
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2019)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Megan P. Mueller, Parke Wilde, Sara C. Folta, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Christina D. Economos
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2019)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Julie E. Gervis, Erin Hennessy, Eleanor T. Shonkoff, Peter Bakun, Juliana Cohen, Megan P. Mueller, Susan B. Roberts, Christina D. Economos
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2020)
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Matthew J. Landry, Jasmine M. Olvany, Megan P. Mueller, Tiffany Chen, Dana Ikeda, Danielle Sinclair, Lesley E. Schatz, Priscilla Connors, Robert T. Valgenti, Ghislaine Amsler Challamel, Christopher D. Gardner, Peggy Policastro
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Megan P. Mueller, Eleanor T. Shonkoff, Sara C. Folta, Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, Christina D. Economos
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Rebecca T. Leeb, Sandy Price, Sarah Sliwa, Anne Kimball, Leigh Szucs, Elise Caruso, Shana Godfred-Cato, Matthew Lozier
MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT
(2020)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Danielle M. Krobath, William A. Masters, Megan P. Mueller
Summary: This study found that most menu items with claims on health attributes were lower in calories, but not consistently lower in other nutrients to limit like sodium, saturated fat, sugar, or trans fat. Vegan or vegetarian desserts may have higher sodium content, and main and side dishes with claims may have equivalent or higher sugar content. Many items with claims were lower in saturated fat, especially main dishes with a nutrient content claim.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2021)
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Environmental Sciences
Katrina Oselinsky, Ashlie Johnson, Pamela Lundeberg, Abby Johnson Holm, Megan Mueller, Dan J. Graham
Summary: This study aimed to investigate how attitudes towards GMOs relate to food choices and how labels indicating the presence or absence of GMOs impact choices among college students. While most participants reported believing GMOs to be at least somewhat dangerous to health, their food choices did not seem to be significantly affected by GMO labels.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Juliana F. W. Cohen, Hannah Posluszny, Jennifer Falbe, Megan P. Mueller, Ashley N. Gearhardt, Cindy W. Leung, Julia A. Wolfson
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on food consumption in lower-income communities in the U.S. This study found that although fast-food consumption slightly decreased during the pandemic, overall restaurant consumption remained high, especially among low-income individuals. Greater fast-food consumption was associated with poorer diet quality.
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Pediatrics
Roch A. Nianogo, Megan P. Mueller, Bryce Keeler, Kurt Kreuger, Lilly A. Nhan, Tabashir Z. Nobari, Catherine M. Crespi, Nathaniel Osgood, Tony Kuo, Michael Prelip, May C. Wang
Summary: Interventions targeting childhood obesity-related behaviors are moderately effective, especially those focused on breastfeeding. Combining micro and macro strategies can improve intervention outcomes, while the combined impact of all interventions may have negative effects on childhood obesity.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Caitlin L. Merlo, Sherry Everett Jones, Shannon L. Michael, Tiffany J. Chen, Sarah A. Sliwa, Seung Hee Lee, Nancy D. Brener, Sarah M. Lee, Sohyun Park
MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT
(2020)