Association between Skin Carotenoid Score Measured with Veggie Meter® and Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet among Adolescents from Southern Italy. [PDF]
Nutrients, 2023 The Veggie Meter® (Longevity Link Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT, USA), is a new portable device for the non-invasive and rapid detection of skin carotenoid content, which represents an acceptable biomarker for the evaluation of fruit and vegetable (
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Use of the Veggie Meter® as a tool to objectively approximate fruit and vegetable intake among youth for evaluation of preschool and school-based interventions [PDF]
Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 2020 AbstractBackgroundReflection spectroscopy is an emerging, non‐invasive objective measure used to approximate fruit and vegetable intake. The present study aimed to use a reflection spectroscopy device (the Veggie Meter®, Longevity Link Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT, USA) to assess skin carotenoid status in preschool, middle‐ and high‐school students ...
Stephanie Jilcott Pitts +2 more
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Reliability of a Modified 24 h Dietary Recall and Veggie Meter to Assess Fruit and Vegetable Intake in New Zealand Children [PDF]
NutrientsAdequate intake of fruits and vegetables (F + V) supports healthy growth and development in children, yet many New Zealand children do not meet national dietary recommendations, and methods to evaluate intake require good reliability. Objectives: To establish the validity and reliability of a modified 24 h multiple pass recall (MPR) for evaluating F ...
Elaine Rush, Carol Wham, David Rowlands
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Skin Carotenoid Score Level and Race Affect Intradevice Repeatability of Veggie Meter® at a Single Time Point. [PDF]
Journal of Nutrition Education and BehaviorTo compare the reliability of 2 methods (3 scan average vs average of scan 2 and 3) of skin carotenoid score (SCS) measurement and identify participant-level factors affecting intradevice repeatability of Veggie Meter® (VM).Cross-sectional study in Illinois.The sample (N = 587) included about 36% children, 27% adolescents, and 32% adults; 67% were ...
Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, Naiman A Khan
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Digit Variability in Carotenoid Scores Obtained with the Veggie Meter: A Pilot Study (P02-001-19) [PDF]
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Use of the Spectroscopy-Based Veggie Meter® to Objectively Assess Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Low-Income Adults. [PDF]
Nutrients, 2021 Reflection spectroscopy is an emerging approach for noninvasively assessing dermal carotenoids as a biomarker of fruit and vegetable (FV) intake. This study sought to profile and identify determinants of scores from a reflection spectroscopy device (the Veggie Meter (VM)®) among 297 urban, primarily Hispanic low-income adults served by the Special ...
Di Noia J, Gellermann W.
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A culturally tailored community gardening approach to improving physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and psychological health among African American women: A pre-post feasibility study [PDF]
Health Promotion PerspectivesBackground: African American (AA) women participate in low levels of physical activity (PA), under consume fruits and vegetables (FV), and experience poor psychological health. Increasing evidence suggests community gardening as an approach to positively
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Deimplementation of inappropriate feeding practices in early care and education: a Hybrid Type 3 cluster-randomized trial [PDF]
Implementation ScienceBackground The science of deimplementation—reducing harmful or ineffective practices—has focused almost exclusively on clinical prescribing, with no studies conducted in community or educational settings.
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Measurement of Fruit and Vegetable Intake Incorporating a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lens. Comment on Di Noia, J.; Gellermann, W. Use of the Spectroscopy-Based Veggie Meter® to Objectively Assess Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Low-Income Adults. Nutrients 2021, 13, 2270. [PDF]
Nutrients, 2022 Disparities in fruit and vegetable intake (FVI) and diet-related diseases exist among low-income and racial/ethnic minority populations [...]
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Reply to Byker Shanks et al. Measurement of Fruit and Vegetable Intake Incorporating a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lens. Comment on "Di Noia, J.; Gellermann, W. Use of the Spectroscopy-Based Veggie Meter® to Objectively Assess Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Low-Income Adults. Nutrients 2021, 13, 2270". [PDF]
Nutrients, 2022 We thank Byker Shanks et al. [...]
Di Noia J, Gellermann W.
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