Pub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1097/nt.0000000000000684
Cynthia M. Stewart
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Pub Date : 2024-05-01DOI: 10.1097/nt.0000000000000682
Thi Quynh Chi Vu, Thi Tu Anh Tran, Q. D. Tran, Viet Nho Le
This study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of childhood overweight and obesity among 10-year-old schoolchildren in Hoavang, Danang City. From January to May 2023, a cross-sectional study was carried out utilizing a structured self-administered questionnaire to collect data. The height and weight measurements of 518 children were recorded. Body mass index for age Z scores (BAZs) were employed to classify children’s nutritional status following the World Health Organization criteria. Subsequently, the data were analyzed using SPSS version 25. The study encompassed a cohort of 518 students, 110 (21.2%) classified as overweight and 64 (12.4%) as obese. Significantly, the adjusted odds ratio (aOR) demonstrated that male subjects exhibited a 3-fold higher risk of overweight and obesity than female subjects (aOR = 2.9, P < .0001). Skipping breakfast and confectionery/sweet food consumption were defined, demonstrating significant associations with elevated odds of being overweight and obese. The findings revealed that approximately one-third of primary schoolchildren in Hoavang, Danang City, were affected by overweight and obesity. This alarming prevalence underscores the urgent need for interventions.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-16DOI: 10.1097/nt.0000000000000679
S. Rowe, Nicholas Alexander
Nutrition and food science and other health science communicators have faced a number of significant challenges over the past several decades, as the information landscape has evolved. The growth of Web-based science communication sources and, especially, social media’s impact on information dissemination have thoroughly transformed what was once strictly the purview of science and health journals. To meet the changing challenges, the present authors have published a series of articles presenting guidance for communicators in navigating the evolving information environment. In response to a number of questions from colleagues about how to seek and evaluate sound scientific information and to address the growing online repository of dubious food and health recommendations, the authors are addressing in the present article some modern themes. In particular, the article focuses on communicators’ evolving needs: where to go for accurate science-based information—how to guide the public to sound health and nutrition information and also how consumers might vet information sites online and how the public can be encouraged to develop new critical science-consumption skills and practical skepticism in the face of competing “information” claims.
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Pub Date : 2024-04-01DOI: 10.1097/nt.0000000000000677
B. Tiwari, Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa, Julio Sevilla, R. Nayga
It is known that the decline in enjoyment may be influenced by factors other than the quantity consumed. This study tests the hypothesis that the decline in enjoyment from additional consumption under situational scarcity (more specifically the perceived scarcity of money to buy food) is low compared with the decline in enjoyment when resources are not limited, resulting in higher consumption under situational scarcity. The study followed a between-subjects factorial design with 4 scarcity levels (low [1 level], medium [2 levels], and high [1 level]) in a laboratory-controlled experiment where college students were randomly assigned to different conditions to observe how scarcity perceptions influenced the amount of food consumed and the decline in its enjoyment. As hypothesized, participants in the high scarcity condition consumed more than those in the low or medium conditions. These findings provide evidence that consumption of energy-dense food is higher under situational scarcity scenarios. Future research should build on the findings of this study to investigate the relationship between scarcity, declines in enjoyment associated with additional consumption, and food consumption with other food groups and consumer subpopulations.
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Pub Date : 2024-03-27DOI: 10.1097/nt.0000000000000673
S. Klobodu, Matthew Chrisman
An online, cross-sectional survey examined food insecurity, adverse childhood experiences, academics, health status, dieting, and associations with nutrition knowledge among 83 freshmen Educational Opportunity Program university students in California. Mean (SD) nutrition knowledge was 13.6 (5.0) out of a perfect score of 29. Most students (84%) reported being food secure. The median adverse childhood experiences score was 1.00 (interquartile range, 0.00-3.00), an indication of intermediate risk for toxic stress, and the mean (SD) high school grade point average was 3.62 (0.38) out of 4. More adverse childhood experiences were associated with higher nutrition knowledge (P = .005). High school grade point average predicted nutrition knowledge (P = .003). The results may be helpful in designing larger, more representative studies of the Educational Opportunity Program population and finding helpful interventions.
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Pub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1097/nt.0000000000000671
Cynthia M. Stewart
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Pub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1097/nt.0000000000000672
John M. Kearney
The main objective of food safety is to protect consumers of food products from food-related illnesses. Within countries, ensuring the safety of the food supply comes under the auspices of national food safety agencies. In the European Union, the agency charged with the safety evaluation of food products is the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Its equivalent in the United States is the Food and Drug Administration. What EFSA is and its role in risk analysis of food chemicals is the subject of this article. It also looks how EFSA as a scientific organization operates and comes to an opinion on the safety of a food chemical. This article also examines the interaction of EFSA with the Food and Drug Administration in the United States. In addition, some examples of where these institutions differ in how they evaluate and regulate food products are highlighted, emphasizing the importance of cooperation and the sharing of expertise between EFSA and the Food and Drug Administration to ensure consumer trust in the foods they consume.
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Pub Date : 2024-03-01DOI: 10.1097/nt.0000000000000675
Eva Weston, Esther Myers
In food allergy, there is an unfortunate misconception that all allergies are equally dangerous. This third article on food allergies focuses on non–immunoglobulin E–mediated food allergy, which classically presents in infancy or early childhood and predominantly involves the gastrointestinal tract. Most non–immunoglobulin E–mediated food allergies have a good prognosis, with the majority outgrown in childhood, although a minority of cases do persist into adulthood.
在食物过敏方面，有一种不幸的误解，即认为所有过敏都同样危险。第三篇关于食物过敏的文章主要介绍非免疫球蛋白 E 介导的食物过敏，这种过敏通常发生在婴儿期或幼儿期，主要涉及胃肠道。大多数非免疫球蛋白 E 介导的食物过敏预后良好，大多数人在童年时期就会痊愈，但也有少数病例会持续到成年。
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