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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 (FV) intake.
Caparello G, Groccia GD, Ceraudo F, Cesario M, Bonofiglio R, Augimeri G, Bonofiglio D.   +6 more
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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 [...]
Byker Shanks C, Izumi B, Parks CA, Yaroch AL.   +3 more
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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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Examining intra- and inter-device reliability of pressure-mediated reflection spectroscopy in a multi-state sample of healthy adults [PDF]

Public Health Nutrition
Objective: To examine the intra- and inter-device reliability of devices using pressure-mediated reflection spectroscopy (the Veggie Meter®). Design: A cross-sectional research study was conducted across eight sites in the USA. Using two Veggie Meters®
Susan B. Sisson, Emily Helms, Shanon Casperson, Saima Hasnin, Stephanie Jilcott Pitts, Virginia C. Stage, Christopher R. Long, Taren Massey-Swindle, Dipti A. Dev, Ashlea Braun, Jodi D. Stookey, Rowena Cape, Jonathan Baldwin   +12 more
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Beyond the plate: can a food-based science learning intervention improve preschool children’s fruit and vegetable consumption? [PDF]

Public Health Nutrition
Objective: To examine the efficacy of a food-based intervention on preschool children’s (3–5 years) fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption, as measured by skin carotenoid status (SCS) using the Veggie Meter®.
Jocelyn B. Dixon, Elizabeth G. Blosser, Qiang Wu, L. Suzanne Goodell, Joseph L. Donaldson, Misty D. Lambert, Ryan Lundquist, Tammy D. Lee, Archana V. Hegde, Savannah Baldwin, Ashleigh Schmitt, Virginia C. Stage   +11 more
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Associations among skin carotenoids, anthropometric parameters and healthy lifestyle behaviors in young adults: a cross-sectional, population-based study [PDF]

Journal of Translational Medicine
Background Healthy lifestyle behaviors are the cornerstone for the prevention of a wide range of metabolic and chronic non-communicable diseases (NCSs).
Giuseppina Augimeri, Danilo Lofaro, Adele Vivacqua, Ines Barone, Cinzia Giordano, Catia Morelli, Domenico Conforti, Diego Sisci, Stefania Catalano, Daniela Bonofiglio, The MeDiet Working Group   +10 more
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Two Spectroscopy Devices Can Approximate Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample [PDF]

Current Developments in Nutrition
Background: Assessing fruit and vegetable intake is important to determine the effectiveness of nutrition intervention studies. Few objective measures of fruit and vegetable intake have been directly compared within the same study participants ...
Stephanie B Jilcott Pitts, Qiang Wu, Melissa N Laska, Nancy E Moran   +3 more
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Obesity and Skin Carotenoid Score in Children from Center–Southern Italian Regions [PDF]

Antioxidants
Childhood obesity represents a public concern worldwide. Evidence indicates that fruits and vegetables (FV) consumed as part of the daily diet reduce the global burden of obesity.
Giuseppina Augimeri, Giovanna Caparello, Fabrizio Ceraudo, Francesca Meringolo, Ludovica Mazzitelli, Maria Vittoria Iovino, Giuseppe Morino, Daniela Bonofiglio   +7 more
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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 Perspectives
Background: 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
Imani Canton, Vanesu Jakachira, Dawn Blackman, Heather Rose, Susan Aguiñaga   +4 more
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Eating habits and carotenoid skin content among children based on their attendance at the school meals: A cross-sectional pilot study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology
Objective: The promotion of a healthy diet, such as the Mediterranean Diet (MD), among childhood is of a particular importance, since eating behaviors learned early in life have been shown to be maintained into adolescence and adulthood.
Giovanna Caparello, Fabrizio Ceraudo, Francesca Meringolo, Giuseppina Augimeri, Giuseppe Morino, Daniela Bonofiglio   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources