2023 FENS 2023 - 439 articles
Belgrade, Serbia | 14–17 November 2023
Volume Editors:
Sladjana Sobajic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Philip C. Calder, 1. University of Southampton, UK
2. NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre, UK
Maternal nutritional status during pregnancy affects the growth of the foetus and may impair the development of different organs, some of which may affect cardio-metabolic health in early childhood. This study determined the dietary intake of pregnan...
Dietary requirements for vitamin C in age and gender groups are based on body weight. Mean body weight has increased since the requirements were set due to the increase in obesity prevalence. How does dietary adequacy change if the requirements are a...
There is a current trend towards plant-based diets in Western countries. These diets have been associated with long-term health benefits but could limit the adequacy of some indispensable nutrients. Here, we estimated the nutritional risks and health...
Background and objectives: Riboflavin in the form flavin mononucleotide (FMN) acts as a cofactor for the pyridoxine phosphate oxidase required to generate pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP), the active form of vitamin B6 in tissues. Few human studies...
Concerns about the growing human population and how to supply future nutritional needs have translated to a growing interest in searching for alternative proteins. However, one important aspect of protein intake to be considered is the quality of the...
Objectives: Fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption has been inversely associated with cardiovascular disease, but questions remain about the extent to which these results are due to confounding. Methods: From 2006–2010, >0.5 million adults age...
Background: Nutrition is one of the most important elements of the external environment affecting human health. Aim: We aimed to evaluate the frequency of consumption of fast-food products and the nutritional status of adolescents aged 12–16 in...
Background and objectives: Large and long-term randomized controlled trials (RCT) that test the effect of a weight-loss lifestyle intervention on the changes in the directly quantified body composition are scarce. Here, we aimed to evaluate the effec...
Coeliac disease (CD) is a chronic autoimmune condition, estimated to affect around 1% of the global population. Without treatment, CD increases the risk of serious complications such as malabsorption, malnutrition, and cancer. Treatment requires life...
Background and objectives: There is a lack of data on the environmental impact of children’s and adolescents’ food consumption as most studies only consider adult dietary intake and, in addition, use hypothetical diets or focus on specifi...
Introduction: The German market for dietary supplements and fortified foods is of considerable size, and many target-group-specific products, e.g., for vegans and vegetarians, are available. Growing sales volumes in recent years reflect the large dem...
Background: Over 60 million people in Europe live with type 2 diabetes (T2D). This high burden is influenced by factors like population aging and increasingly prevalent risk factors such as excess weight, physical inactivity, unhealthy diets, and smo...
Background and aims: As part of a project to consolidate reporting guidance for randomised controlled trials (RCTs), protocols of RCTs, and systematic reviews of nutritional interventions, it was important to understand the nutritional interventions...
For the CO-FRESH (CO-creating sustainable and competitive FRuits and vEgetableS’ value cHains in Europe) project, implemented under Horizon 2020, the main objective is to design and pilot innovative system approaches to agri-food value chains i...
National dietary guidelines aim to educate and assist the public by enhancing overall diet health and decreasing health risk. Despite the widespread use of food-based dietary guidelines, assessments into their effectiveness are lacking. Methods: Usin...
Background: A universal infant free school meals (UIFSM) policy was introduced in 2014/15 in England and Scotland for schoolchildren aged 4–7 years; as a result, school meal uptake rose sharply. School food in the UK is known overall to be heal...
Background: Oat-based Milk Alternatives (OMAs) provide multiple health benefits arising from oat’s unique compounds: avenanthramides, avenacosides, and dietary fibre β-glucan. Avenanthramides–polyphenols, unique to oats, provide anti...
Personalized nutrition aims to exploit heterogeneity. One reason for heterogeneity may be the presence of one or more subgroups that respond better to a dietary intervention than the observed average in the entire population considered. However, desi...
Assessment of dietary intake remains a large challenge in nutrition studies. The application of food intake biomarkers is a promising approach to complement widely used self-reported intake assessments and to improve accuracy. The development of meta...
In order to comprehend the impact of globalization on local food systems, it is crucial to consider sociohistorical, socioeconomic, and sociocultural trajectories, accompanied by long-term and cross-sectional monitoring. To achieve this objective, it...
Nutrition plays a fundamental role in preventing chronic non-communicable diseases and promoting overall health. In response to the absence of official dietary recommendations in the Slovak Republic, a collective of authors collaborated with state he...
In personalized nutrition, specific recommendations are often based on extensive phenotyping. In the world of microbiome research, classification is often based on the bacteriological composition of gut microbiota and enterotypes. We investigated if...
Introduction: Mixed fruit juices (FJ) may have several benefits on subjective appetite. They may curb hunger and provide sustained energy throughout the day. This study aimed to determine the effects of consuming a mixed commercial FJ (apple, orange,...
Background and objectives: Maintaining a balanced diet and regular exercise is especially important for first graders. Poor nutrition compromises the quality of life, school attainment, and growth and sets suboptimal dietary habits later in life. The...
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin with multiple functions, including the modulation of the immune response, amongst others. Earlier studies have demonstrated that the active form of vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxivitamin D, inhibits LPS-induced IL-6 and T...
Vitamin D (VD) is an essential nutrient for which deficiency is highly prevalent and worthy of attention. In fact, VD deficiency may increase the risk of developing chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and metabolic syndrome,...
Background and objectives: Adhering to healthy dietary guidelines plays an essential role in maintaining population health, but data on older people exploring the gender dimension are scarce. We aimed to investigate the gender differences in adherenc...
There is a lack of rapid dietary assessment tools to screen for compliance with guidelines for cancer prevention, such as those issued by the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research. Our aim was to develop and valida...
Background and objectives: Respiratory tract infections are the most common cause of children’s morbidity in the world. Children with recurrent respiratory tract infections (RRIs) frequently use health care services and antibiotics, undergo sur...
Background and Objectives: Iodine and selenium are trace elements essential for health. In many countries, a deficiency of both minerals is common. Sea fish can be a good source of these minerals and their consumption should be increased. The objecti...
Background and objectives: Fish should be an important part of a properly balanced diet because of their nutritional value. Sprats and sardines are rich sources of protein, polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially n-3, and other nutrients. Unfortunate...
Nutritional deficiencies in iron and vitamin D are common in children at a global level, albeit they can be overlooked in apparently healthy children. Iron deficiency in children has been associated with a higher prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, a...
During adolescence, many young people commence making more independent food purchases. Subsequently, these independent food choices will increasingly contribute to their overall diet quality; little is known, however, about this relationship. This st...
Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder that presents with repetitive behavior and weakness in social interaction. The nutritional problems experienced by children with autism aggravate the symptoms of autism, but also cause aggrava...
Background and Objectives: Biological and mechanistic data can support observational evidence to aid causal inference. The substantial body of available epidemiological evidence on the role of diet, nutrition, physical activity, and body weight and c...
Background and objectives: Considering the information pollution in the field of nutrition and health in society, more than half of the community asks family physicians (FPs) as the closest counseling unit about healthy nutrition and related issues....
Poor eating habits have been correlated with an increased probability of developing chronic health problems, including weight gain. In particular, dietary choices during the first years of life can have a lasting impact on dietary preferences and hab...
Background and objectives: Endocrine dysregulation and intestinal microbiota unbalance are commonly associated with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of engineered probiotic Es...
Introduction: Knowing the principles of proper nutrition is extremely important for everyone, especially for athletes, but also for recreational people. Objective: The aim of the research was to examine and compare the level of knowledge about nutrit...
The GOODFOOD project, as an educational and research project supporting the sustainable development of food systems, is aimed at establishing cooperation between EU universities and rural territories and their communities related to food production t...
Background: The validation and reproducibility assessment of dietary assessment tools are needed in order to assess the precision and accuracy of the methods applied when estimating habitual intake. Using objective biomarkers in these validation stud...
Meat and meat products are one of the largest contributors to vitamin D dietary intakes. Little is known, however, about how different animal husbandry practices and/or finishing diets might affect the vitamin D content of the animal. Therefore, this...
Background and objectives: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death globally. A shift from animal-based diets to more plant-based diets is likely to reduce the risk of CVD. This modelling study aimed to assess the impacts of the p...
Background and objectives: Endometriosis is a condition, in which tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside of it. Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a heterogeneous endocrine disorder, caused by the imbalance of androgen hormones....
Background and objectives: Blackberry is one of the most important berry fruits growing in Serbia. Crops and derived products are rich sources of many natural active compounds, which possess beneficial health effects. In particular, it is possible to...
Intermittent energy-restricted diets have shown improved metabolic health and alterations in postprandial glucose and lipid responses. Given these diets’ inherent low carbohydrate content due to fasting and carbohydrates’ crucial role in...
Background and objectives: Night shift workers experience circadian disruption that may manifest in poor alertness. This study aimed to explain the mediation by acute glucose concentration resulting from the assignment of meals varying in glycemic lo...
Lifestyle modification, including nutrition therapy, plays an important role in diabetes management. The objective of this randomized controlled trial was to investigate the effects of a diabetes-specific formula (DSF) on glycemic control and cardiom...
The population from Mediterranean countries is abandoning the Mediterranean traditional dietary and lifestyle pattern (MD), moving to unhealthier habits because of profound socio-economic changes. There is a lack of adequate study protocol for induci...
Estimating the dietary intakes of certain populations is essential for making the right decisions on a national level in respect to nutrition, epidemiology, economic, environmental, and policy applications. The objective of this study is to determine...
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