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Roles of Dairy Intake in Health Development

A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2024) | Viewed by 7412

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ai Zhao

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Guest Editor
Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: nutrition; nutrition epidemiology
Dr. Guowei Li

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1. Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China
2. Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Interests: diabetes mellitus; CVD; methodology; observational study; clinical trial; nutritional epidemiology
Dr. Yuandi Xi

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School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
Interests: nutrients; health; chronic disease; dietary pattern

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Dairy products are key contributors to dietary quality as they provide a considerable amount of nutrients in a mixed diet. In the last decade, increasing attention has been focused on the impact of dairy products, particularly milk, on health, suggesting the neutral or positive effect on neural and cognitive development, growth, bone mineral density, the establishment of gut microbiota, and infant metabolism. Dairy foods are under considerable scrutiny, with concerns for the environment, and the biological effects of dairy components, including protein fractions, lipids, lactose, and other nutrients. Simultaneously, the high nutrient content in dairy foods, including protein, calcium, potassium, and riboflavin, makes them a significant contributor to diet quality.

This Special Issue of Nutrients will address the impact of dairy product intake on human health and development. Our goal is to provide a stronger base of scientific information for the consumer and professionals who advise them on diet. Both professionals and consumers are undoubtedly confused about the value and risks of dairy foods in the diet due to the limited science behind many of the claims. Hence, we welcome the submission of original research articles or reviews investigating the association between the consumption of dairy products or their components and health development throughout the lifespan. Health development issues could include, but are not restricted to, neural and cognitive development, infant and child growth, the establishment of gut microbiota and metabolism, and bone and mental health.

Dr. Ai Zhao
Dr. Guowei Li
Dr. Yuandi Xi
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • dairy products
  • dairy
  • milk
  • cheese
  • yogurt
  • obesity
  • cognition
  • neural development
  • gastrointestinal system
  • microbiota
  • bone
  • mental health
  • metabolism

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Patterns of Human Milk Oligosaccharides in Mature Milk Are Associated with Certain Gut Microbiota in Infants
by Shuai Mao, Ai Zhao, Hua Jiang, Jingyu Yan, Wuxian Zhong, Yiping Xun and Yumei Zhang
Nutrients 2024, 16(9), 1287; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16091287 - 25 Apr 2024
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Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are complexes that play a crucial role in shaping the early-life gut microbiota. This study intends to explore whether HMO patterns are associated with the gut microbiota of infants. We included 96 Chinese breastfeeding mother–infant dyads. Breast milk and [...] Read more.
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are complexes that play a crucial role in shaping the early-life gut microbiota. This study intends to explore whether HMO patterns are associated with the gut microbiota of infants. We included 96 Chinese breastfeeding mother–infant dyads. Breast milk and infant faecal samples were collected and tested. With milk 2′-fucosyllactose, difucosyllactose, and lacto-N-fucopentaose-I as biomarkers, we divided the mothers into secretor and non-secretor groups. HMO patterns were extracted using principal component analysis. The majority (70.7%) of mothers were categorised as secretor and five different HMO patterns were identified. After adjustment, the infants of secretor mothers exhibited a lower relative abundance of Bifidobacterium bifidum (β = −0.245, 95%CI: −0.465~−0.025). An HMO pattern characterised by high levels of 3-fucosyllactose, lacto-N-fucopentaose-III, and lacto-N-neodifucohexaose-II was positively associated with the relative abundance of Bifidobacterium breve (p = 0.014), while the pattern characterised by lacto-N-neotetraose, 6′-sialyllactose, and sialyllacto-N-tetraose-b was negatively associated with Bifidobacterium breve (p = 0.027). The pattern characterised by high levels of monofucosyl-lacto-N-hexaose-III and monofucosyl-lacto-N-neohexaose was positively associated with Bifidobacterium dentium (p = 0.025) and Bifidobacterium bifidum (p < 0.001), respectively. This study suggests that HMO patterns from mature breast milk were associated with certain gut microbiota of breastfed infants. Full article
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Associations between Milk Intake and Sleep Disorders in Chinese Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study
by Jinzhong Xu, Jiaying Lao, Qingxi Jiang, Wenhui Lin, Xiyi Chen, Chongrong Zhu, Shencong He, Wenbo Xie, Fan Wang, Bo Yang and Yanlong Liu
Nutrients 2023, 15(18), 4079; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15184079 - 21 Sep 2023
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We aimed to examine the association of milk intake with sleep disorders and their specific indicators. The current study included 768 adults aged 28–95 from Wenling, China. Milk intake was assessed using a food frequency questionnaire with ten food items, while sleep disorders [...] Read more.
We aimed to examine the association of milk intake with sleep disorders and their specific indicators. The current study included 768 adults aged 28–95 from Wenling, China. Milk intake was assessed using a food frequency questionnaire with ten food items, while sleep disorders were measured using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), with higher scores indicating poorer sleep. The participants were divided into two groups according to the average intake of milk per week: rare intake (≤62.5 mL/week) and regular intake (>62.5 mL/week). Primary measurements were multivariate-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the prevalence of sleep disorders concerning regular milk intake compared with rare intake. In secondary analyses, linear regression analyses were performed to assess the effects of milk intake on sleep disorders and their specific dimensions. Regular intake of milk did not have a significant association with sleep disorders compared with rare intake (adjusted OR: 0.72, 95%; CI: 0.51, 1.03), but this association was found to be pronounced with sleep disturbances (OR: 0.49, 95%; CI: 0.28, 0.87). Increased intake of milk was significantly associated with the lower scores of PSQI for sleep quality (β: −0.045, 95%; CI: −0.083, −0.007) and sleep disturbances (β: −0.059, 95%; CI: −0.090, −0.029), respectively. When stratified by age and gender, the benefits of milk intake for sleep disorders and sleep disturbances were more significant in older adults (≥65) and men than in younger persons and women. In summary, regular milk intake benefits sleep quality, which may contribute to nutritional psychiatric support for prevention against sleep disorders. Full article
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Dynamic Changes in Dietary Guideline Adherence and Its Association with All-Cause Mortality among Middle-Aged Chinese: A Longitudinal Study from the China Health and Nutrition Survey
by Xiao Zhang, Xiaona Na, Yanfang Wang, Shufa Du, Ai Zhao and Wannian Liang
Nutrients 2023, 15(6), 1401; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15061401 - 14 Mar 2023
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The traditional approach to evaluating dietary quality is based on the achievement of the recommended intakes for each food group, which may overlook the achievement of correct relative proportions between food groups. We propose a “Dietary Non-Adherence Score (DNAS)” to assess the degree [...] Read more.
The traditional approach to evaluating dietary quality is based on the achievement of the recommended intakes for each food group, which may overlook the achievement of correct relative proportions between food groups. We propose a “Dietary Non-Adherence Score (DNAS)” to assess the degree of similarity between subjects’ diets and those recommended in the Chinese Dietary Guidelines (CDG). Furthermore, it is important to incorporate the time-dependent nature of dietary quality into mortality prediction. This study investigated the association between long-term changes in adherence to the CDG and all-cause mortality. This study included 4533 participants aged 30–60 from the China Health and Nutrition Survey study with a median follow-up of 6.9 years. Intakes from 10 food groups were collected in 5 survey rounds from 2004 to 2015. We calculated the Euclidean distance between the intake of each food and the CDG-recommended intake, and then summed all the food groups as DNAS. Mortality was assessed in 2015. Latent class trajectory modeling was used to identify three classes of participants with distinct longitudinal trajectories of DNAS during the follow-up period. The Cox proportional hazard model was used to assess the risk of all-cause mortality in the three classes of people. Risk factors for death and confounders for diets were sequentially adjusted in the models. There were 187 deaths overall. Participants in the first class identified had consistently low and decreasing DNAS levels (coefficient = −0.020) over their lifetime, compared with a hazard ratio (HR) of 4.4 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.5, 12.7) for participants with consistently high and increasing DNAS levels (coefficient = 0.008). Those with moderate DNAS had an HR of 3.0 (95% CI: 1.1, 8.4). In summary, we find that people with consistently high adherence to CDG-recommended dietary patterns had a significantly lower mortality risk. DNAS is a promising method to assess diet quality. Full article
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