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Skin colour predicts fruit and vegetable intake in young Caucasian men: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Nutrition & Intermediary Metabolism, 2018
Aim: Current dietary assessment methods are prone to subjective bias, highlighting the demand for an objective marker of fruit and vegetable (F/V) intake.
Georgia S. Bixley, Karin M. Clark, Anthony P. James   +2 more
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Dietary effects on skin colour : appearance-based incentives to improve fruit and vegetable consumption [PDF]

, 2013
Poor diet precipitates significant social and economic burden, necessitating effective and economical dietary intervention strategies. Current population-level campaigns provide guidelines for living healthily and focus on the impact of lifestyle on ...
Whitehead, Ross David
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Comparative transcriptomics reveals candidate carotenoid color genes in an East African cichlid fish

BMC Genomics, 2020
Background Carotenoids contribute significantly to animal body coloration, including the spectacular color pattern diversity among fishes. Fish, as other animals, derive carotenoids from their diet.
Ehsan Pashay Ahi, Laurène A. Lecaudey, Angelika Ziegelbecker, Oliver Steiner, Ronald Glabonjat, Walter Goessler, Victoria Hois, Carina Wagner, Achim Lass, Kristina M. Sefc   +9 more
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Carotenoids intake and asthma prevalence in Thai children

Pediatric Reports, 2012
Several antioxidant nutrients have been described to inversely correlate with asthma. In order to quantify the intake of these substances, it is possible to measure skin levels by Raman spectroscopy, a novel non-invasive technique that can also be used ...
Sanguansak Rerksuppaphol, Lakkana Rerksuppaphol   +1 more
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Carotenoid content of pandanus fruit cultivars and other foods of the Republic of Kiribati [PDF]

, 2006
Background: Kiribati, a remote atoll island country of the Pacific, has serious problems of vitamin A deficiency (VAD). Thus, it is important to identify locally grown acceptable foods that might be promoted to alleviate this problem.
Dolodolotawake, U, Kaiririete, M, Dolodolotawake, U., Rimon, B, Englberger, L., Luta, T., Marks, G., Schierle, J, Fitzgerald, M., Rimon, B., Schierle, J., Fitzgerald, MH, Aalbersberg, W., Kaiririete, M., Humphries, J., Humphries, J, Iuta, T, Aalbersberg, W, Marks, GC, Englberger, L   +19 more
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Assessment of Skin Carotenoids among School Children

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council
Background: This study aimed to assess skin carotenoid measurement among children in the Hill region of Nepal. Methods: School children between 3 to 7 years old from six schools were enrolled in the study. Skin carotenoid levels were assessed using the
Raba Thapa, Sanduk Ruit, Paul S Bernstein   +2 more
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Changes in women's facial skin color over the ovulatory cycle are not detectable by the human visual system [PDF]

, 2015
RPB is supported by an Anniversary Research Fellowship at Northumbria University. MS and JT were supported by a David Philips Research Fellowship awarded to MS by the Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) (BB/G022887/1).
Quigley, R., Saxton, Tamsin, Stevens, M., Robert P. Burriss (764579), Payne, J., Anthony J C Fulford, Robert P Burriss, Jenny Payne (764582), Lovell, P., Rowland, H., Martin Stevens, Burriss, Robert, P. George Lovell (764580), Rowland, Hannah M., Burriss, R., Lovell, P George, Jenny Payne, Fulford, Anthony JC, Saxton, Tamsin K, Martin Stevens (456599), Payne, Jenny, Jolyon Troscianko (456596), Troscianko, Jolyon, Jolyon Troscianko, Fulford, Anthony, Lovell, P. George, Burriss, Robert P, Hannah M. Rowland (764584), Stevens, Martin, Quigley, Rachael, Troscianko, J., Rowland, Hannah M, Rachael Quigley (764581), Fulford, Anthony J. C., Saxton, Tamsin K., Rachael Quigley, Rowland, Hannah, Tamsin K. Saxton (764583), Anthony J. C. Fulford (241917), Fulford, A., P George Lovell, Tamsin K Saxton, Lovell, P. George; id_orcid, Saxton, T., Burriss, Robert P., Hannah M Rowland   +45 more
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Examining Potential Modifiers of Human Skin and Plasma Carotenoid Responses in a Randomized Trial of a Carotenoid-Containing Juice Intervention

, 2023
Background: Skin carotenoid measurements are emerging as a valid and reliable indicator of fruit and vegetable intake and carotenoid intake. However, little is known about the extent to which skin carotenoid responsivity to dietary changes differs based ...
Lisa Harnack, Melissa N. Laska, Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie B, Laska, Melissa N, Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, Nancy E. Moran, Harnack, Lisa, Moran, Nancy E, Qiang Wu, Wu, Qiang   +9 more
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Attractive Skin Coloration: Harnessing Sexual Selection to Improve Diet and Health

Evolutionary Psychology, 2012
In this paper we review the mechanisms through which carotenoid coloration could provide a sexually selected cue to condition in species with elaborate color vision.
Ross D. Whitehead, David I. Perrett, Gözde Ozakinci   +2 more
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The Lutein and Zeaxanthin in Pregnancy (L-ZIP) study—carotenoid supplementation during pregnancy: ocular and systemic effects—study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials, 2021
Background Lutein (L), zeaxanthin (Z), and meso-zeaxanthin (MZ), collectively called the macular pigment (MP), are dietary carotenoids that preferentially localize in the macula of the human eye.
Emmanuel Kofi Addo, Aruna Gorusupudi, Susan Allman, Paul S. Bernstein   +3 more
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