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Nutrition & Dietetics
Elizabeth L. Adams, Laura J. Caccavale, Jessica Gokee LaRose, Hollie A. Raynor, Melanie K. Bean
Summary: This study examined the effects of food security status on changes in the home food environment, dietary quality, energy intake, and body weight during adolescent obesity treatment. The results showed that food secure households had better improvements in the home food environment and dietary quality compared to food insecure households, and both groups experienced decreases in energy intake and body weight.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Hanlin Zhou, Gyoorie Kim, Jue Wang, Kathi Wilson
Summary: Fast food consumption is a major cause of rising obesity rates. This study uses a novel crystal growth algorithm to improve the delineation of service areas for fast food outlets and finds that the model using service areas of public transport users performs the best. Additionally, the rate of single-mother households and the number of nearby fast food outlets positively affect fast food visits.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Yang Wu, Liang Wang, Jiang Zhu, Liwang Gao, Youfa Wang
Summary: Studies suggest a link between fast food outlet density and obesity risk, with improving access to healthy foods seen as a means to combat the obesity epidemic. It is crucial to regulate the fast food industry, while also enhancing consumer knowledge and behaviors.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ursula Trubswasser, Elise F. Talsma, Selamawit Ekubay, Maartje P. Poelman, Michelle Holdsworth, Edith J. M. Feskens, Kaleab Baye
Summary: The study found a high prevalence of food and drink advertisements around urban schools in Ethiopia, mainly for ultra-processed foods, but adolescents had poor dietary diversity and consumed unhealthy foods. Adolescents from higher asset households had higher dietary diversity, but there was no direct association between the food environment and dietary indicators or BMI status.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Petya Atanasova, Dian Kusuma, Elisa Pineda, Gary Frost, Franco Sassi, Marisa Miraldo
Summary: This study systematically reviewed the impact of different elements of the food environment on dietary intake and obesity. The findings suggest that interventions in the consumer food environment can significantly improve dietary quality of children and adults, while the effect on BMI is not significant. The number and distance of unhealthy food outlets in the neighborhood increase fast-food consumption and higher BMI for children, and impact selected adult populations. The availability and distance to healthy food outlets significantly improve children's dietary intake and BMI, but have no significant effect on adults.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Tursunay Abdumijit, Dong Zhao, Ronghua Zhang
Summary: This study aims to investigate the impact of neighborhood food environment on childhood obesity and establish a framework for children's weight status. By comparing two models, the results indicate that the neighborhood food environment may directly affect children's BMI and have a positive impact on unhealthy eating behaviors.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Cindy Needham, Claudia Strugnell, Steven Allender, Laura Alston, Liliana Orellana
Summary: This study examines the association and temporal trends between the food environment and BMI of adults. The results show that BMI increases as accessibility to healthy outlets decreases. High access to supermarkets and unhealthy outlets are associated with lower BMI. The research highlights the importance of increasing access to diverse food outlets, particularly healthy ones, for promoting good health.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Predrag Bozic, Visnja Djordjic, Lidija Markovic, Dragan Cvejic, Nebojsa Trajkovic, Sabolc Halasi, Sergej Ostojic
Summary: The study found that the majority of Serbian children have breakfast every day, but only a small percentage consume enough fruits and vegetables daily, and children who skip breakfast are more likely to be obese.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Review
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Ji-Yue Zhang, Chao-Qin Ren, Ya-Nan Cao, Yuanhang Ren, Liang Zou, Chuang Zhou, Lian-Xin Peng
Summary: Obesity and metabolic syndromes are threats to human health and quality of life. A proper diet is an effective strategy to prevent and control obesity, but the definition of proper diet is still unclear and can be influenced by various factors. MiRNAs play an important role in obesity, serving as potential markers and targets for its onset and progression. Food-derived miRNAs can regulate host obesity through targeting genes and gut microbiota. This review provides new perspectives on dietary nutrition evaluation and its implications for obesity prevention.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Anna H. Grummon, Cristina J. Y. Lee, Thomas N. Robinson, Eric B. Rimm, Donald Rose
Summary: Changing dietary choices to lower-carbon options can reduce environmental harm and improve health, as shown by this study that identifies simple dietary substitutions that can reduce carbon emissions and improve overall dietary quality. This highlights the potential of small changes in diet to address the impact on climate and health.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Gabriela P. Teixeira, Kisian C. Guimaraes, Ana Gabriela N. S. Soares, Elaine C. Marqueze, Claudia R. C. Moreno, Maria C. Mota, Cibele A. Crispim
Summary: Recent studies indicate that chronotype is associated with dietary habits and obesity. Evening types are more likely to have unhealthy eating habits such as eating late at night, skipping breakfast, and consuming processed/ultraprocessed foods. Morning types are more likely to have healthy eating habits such as eating breakfast early and consuming fresh/minimally processed foods. Intermediate types have eating patterns and health behaviors more similar to early types than late types.
Review
Food Science & Technology
Lara Gomes Suhett, Helen Hermana Miranda Hermsdorff, Bruna Clemente Cota, Sarah Aparecida Vieira Ribeiro, Nitin Shivappa, James R. Hebert, Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini, Juliana Farias de Novaes
Summary: The study analyzed the association between the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) or the children's C-DII and cardiometabolic risk and inflammatory biomarkers in children and adolescents. All papers found a positive association, indicating that a proinflammatory diet is linked to a higher risk of early development of cardiometabolic and inflammatory changes during childhood.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Amos K. Laar, Phyllis Addo, Richmond Aryeetey, Charles Agyemang, Francis Zotor, Gershim Asiki, Krystal K. Rampalli, Gideon S. Amevinya, Akua Tandoh, Silver Nanema, Akosua Pokua Adjei, Matilda E. Laar, Kobby Mensah, Dennis Laryea, Daniel Sellen, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Christopher Turner, Hibbah Osei-Kwasi, Mark Spires, Christine Blake, Dominic Rowland, Suneetha Kadiyala, Isabel Madzorera, Adama Diouf, Namukolo Covic, Isaac M. Dzudzor, Reginald Annan, Peiman Milani, John Nortey, Nicholas Bricas, Sukati Mphumuzi, Kenneth Yongabi Anchang, Ali Jafri, Meenal Dhall, Amanda Lee, Sally Mackay, Samuel O. Oti, Karen Hofman, Edward A. Frongillo, Michelle Holdsworth
Summary: This paper highlights the lack of research and policy action in Africa to improve food environments and reduce the intake of suboptimal diets and its adverse health outcomes. The dietary and nutrition transitions in Africa have led to changes in food environments and dietary behaviors, contributing to the complex burden of malnutrition-obesity and other diet-related noncommunicable diseases. Unhealthy or obesogenic food environments have been linked to suboptimal diets and associated adverse health outcomes. The paper emphasizes the urgent need for contextual evidence to motivate and enable supportive food environments in Africa for better population health.
ADVANCES IN NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Maira Macario de Assis, Lucia Helena Almeida Gratao, Thales Philipe Rodrigues da Silva, Nayhanne Gomes Cordeiro, Ariene Silva do Carmo, Cristiane de Freitas Cunha, Tatiana Resende Prado Rangel de Oliveira, Luana Lara Rocha, Larissa Loures Mendes
Summary: This study investigated the association between the school environment and obesity in adolescents in a Brazilian metropolis. The results found that factors such as the number of drinking fountains and the availability of ready-to-eat food shops near the school were associated with obesity.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Marianne Legault, Vicky Leblanc, Genevieve B. Marchand, Sylvain Iceta, Virginie Drolet-Labelle, Simone Lemieux, Benoit Lamarche, Andreanne Michaud
Summary: The study examined the use of dietary assessment tools in bariatric surgery patients and found that few studies utilized tools validated in this population. Additional research is necessary to develop valid and robust tools for nutritional studies among bariatric patients.
Article
Oncology
Danielle N. Medgyesi, Britton Trabert, Jared A. Fisher, Qian Xiao, Peter James, Alexandra J. White, Jessica M. Madrigal, Rena R. Jones
Summary: This study is the first to evaluate the association between outdoor light at night (LAN) and the risk of endometrial cancer. The study found no association between LAN and endometrial cancer risk based on the analysis of postmenopausal women's enrollment addresses and satellite imagery of nighttime radiance.
CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL
(2023)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Yixin Ding, Lu Ma, Peng Jia, Hong Xue, Fei Xu, Li Zhao, Bo Xue, Yun Wang, Youfa Wang
Summary: School policies in China can reduce children's unhealthy eating behaviors and obesity risk, particularly in megacities. The effects of these policies are modified by children's age, sex, and baseline weight status.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY
(2023)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Jing Zhao, Qianru Xiao, Yilin Gao, Rui Zuo, Luyu Huang, Jie Li, Xiaoping Long
Summary: The geochemical characteristics and Re-Os isotopes of serpentinites in the Qilian Orogenic Belt reveal their origin as mantle residues and multiple episodes of melt depletion, indicating two major periods of mantle melting during the Proterozoic.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN EARTH SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Biology
Brian Heckler, Miryoung Lee, Katie Stone, Cici Bauer, Qian Xiao
Summary: This study used the Harmonic Hidden Markov Model to examine the association between rest-activity rhythms (RARs) and obesity in older men. The results showed that the strength of RAR, measured by rhythmic index (RI), was associated with baseline BMI and obesity risk, as well as the likelihood of developing obesity over follow-up.
JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Cell Biology
Zimu Deng, Xuejun Sun, Jian Cao, Qian Xiao
FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Qian Xiao, Lei Wang, Si-Qi Chen, Chun-Yan Zheng, Yong-Yue Lu, Yi-Juan Xu
Summary: The gut symbiotic bacteria of Solenopsis invicta in China were found to be closely related to the host genotype and geographical distribution. The Bray-Curtis dissimilarity matrices of the gut symbiotic bacteria were positively correlated with the geographical distance between host ant colonies, and also correlated with the host's Nei's genetic distance. Population-level differences in gut microbiota of S. invicta may depend more on environmental factors than on host genotype.
MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Qian Xiao, Zongmin Li, Xiangdong Wang, Yujie Liu, Yachuan Li, Chaozhi Yang, Feimo Li
Summary: The policy decision of curling in this paper aims to provide strategy suggestions for curling competition using computers. A strategies decision agent in the real scene is proposed, which acquires the competition situation through a Situation-Aware Network and maps it through a Digital Extraction module. Curling MCTS is designed for exploring the best strategy in continuous space. The effectiveness of the framework is verified through experiments and evaluation by China's wheelchair curling team, who successfully trained using the system and won the championship in the XIII Paralympic Winter Games (2022, Beijing). Additionally, a new curling target detection dataset is provided.
COMPLEX & INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Ming-jie Hu, Xin-long Liu, Chao-wei Zhou, Dong-yun Wang, Qian Xiao, Xin Guan, Song Zhang, Zhi-biao Xu
Summary: This study investigates the impact of sliding speed and electrical current on the current-carrying friction performance of carbon brushes with different hardnesses. Two carbon-graphite materials with different hardnesses were prepared using powder metallurgy, and a pin-disc current-carrying friction tester was utilized for testing. The results demonstrate that the difference in hardness significantly affects the sliding contact resistance and interface temperature rise. Moreover, the low hardness material exhibits good adaptability to changes in electric current, while adhesive wear occurs for all materials with different hardnesses and transitions to abrasive wear with increasing electrical current. The wear rate of low-hardness material decreases with increasing sliding speed, whereas the opposite trend is observed for high-hardness material, which is not notably damaged by increased sliding speed, indicating good resistance to mechanical shocks.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Qian Xiao, Yi-Hsiu Chen, Ya-Ling Chen, Yu-Shan Chien, Li-Hsuan Hsieh, Hitoshi Shirakawa, Suh-Ching Yang
Summary: This study investigated the beneficial effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on muscle loss in rats with chronic ethanol feeding. The findings showed that EGF supplementation inhibited muscular protein degradation, reduced liver injuries, and altered gut microbiota composition. However, further studies are needed to confirm the improvement in muscle loss.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Xiao Liang, Mingfan Li, Qian Xiao, Junshi Chen, Chao Yang, Hong An, Lixin He
Summary: Quantum many-body problems are important for condensed matter physics, but solving them is challenging due to the exponential growth of the Hilbert space with problem size. Deep learning methods offer a promising new approach to tackle long-standing quantum many-body problems. We demonstrate that a deep learning-based simulation can achieve competitive precision for the spin J1-J2 model and fermionic t-J model on rectangular lattices with periodic boundary conditions. The deep neural networks are optimized on heterogeneous platforms, such as the new generation Sunway supercomputer and multi-GPU clusters, achieving both high scalability and high performance within an AI-HPC hybrid framework. This work's accomplishment opens the door to simulate spin and fermionic lattice models with state-of-the-art lattice size and precision.
MACHINE LEARNING-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Qian Xiao, ZhuoHang Li, KaiZhi Shi, XueShan Gao
Summary: The recent development of computer-aided design technologies has greatly supported education and research in the field of railway transportation. Virtual reality technology, with its low cost, low restrictions, and immersive experience, is particularly important in experimental teaching. This study has designed a virtual simulation system for electric joint control in electric locomotives based on VR technology. The tests of the system have shown that it can effectively improve learning outcomes while reducing costs.
ENGINEERING REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Rehabilitation
Seung Hyeon Yang, Yoonhye Ji, Yong Seung Lee, Eunjeong Bae, Jieun Park, Hyeseon Yun, Konrad M. Szymanski, Chang Gi Park, Sang Woon Kim, Eun Kyoung Choi
Summary: The purpose of this study was to translate and validate the QUALAS-T into Korean to evaluate health-related quality of life in adolescents with spina bifida. The QUALAS-T-K demonstrated excellent internal consistency, stability, and correlations with the KIDSCREEN-27. It is considered a convenient and reliable tool for assessing the HRQOL of adolescents with spina bifida.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Qian Xiao, Xueying Wang, Xiaoping Yi, Yan Fu, Jun Ding, Furong Jiang, Jing Wang, Zaide Han, Bihong T. Chen
Summary: This study aimed to assess alterations in brain surface morphology in adolescents with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and evaluate their relationship with core features of the disorder. The results showed significant differences in surface morphology in specific brain regions between adolescents with BPD and healthy controls, and these differences were correlated with core features of BPD.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Xin-long Liu, Xin Guan, Ti-Ming Zhang, Yuan Zhong, Wu-lue Zhang, Song Zhang, Qian Xiao, Yi-ting Zheng, Ming-sheng Gao, Dao-yun Chen, Wen-bing Yang
Summary: To improve the material matching performance of carbon skateboard/contact rails, three different contact pairs (powder metallurgy carbon skateboard/stainless steel, copper-impregnated carbon skateboard/stainless steel and copper-impregnated carbon skateboard/tin bronze) were studied for their current-carrying friction performance. Results showed that the copper-base powder metallurgy/stainless steel contacts maintained low and stable contact resistance and friction coefficient under different currents, while the copper-impregnated/stainless steel and copper-impregnated/tin bronze contact pairs were more sensitive to increased currents. Wear mechanisms of the three contact pairs were mainly abrasive wear, oxidative wear, and adhesive wear, according to tribological analysis.
TRIBOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Review
Remote Sensing
Chun Yin, Ningyezi Peng, Yuchen Li, Yuanyuan Shi, Shujuan Yang, Peng Jia
Summary: In order to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, effective and scalable approaches are needed to measure and monitor global progress towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Satellite data, although commonly used for SDG assessment, have limitations due to a top-down perspective and technical issues. Street view imagery (SVI) has emerged as a valuable supplement to monitor SDGs by providing an eye-level view of the environment. This review summarizes the applications of SVI in relation to SDGs and highlights the need for further research on the potential mechanisms between SVI-based features and SDGs.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED EARTH OBSERVATION AND GEOINFORMATION
(2023)
