Skin Carotenoid Levels Over Time and Differences by Age, Sex, and Race Among Head Start Children (3-5 years) Living in Eastern North Carolina [PDF]
, 2020 Objective: Examine differences in skin carotenoid levels (SCL) based on time, age, sex, and race of preschool-aged children (PSAC) enrolled in Head Start (HS) in North Carolina (NC).
Burkholder, Sarah
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The FASEB Journal, 2016 Skin is a relatively stable storage medium for carotenoids; non‐invasive optical measurements of carotenoids in this tissue via Resonance Raman spectroscopy (RRS) serve as a non‐invasive biomarker for fruit and vegetable (F/V) intake. The RRS method has been validated with HPLC‐based measurements of carotenoid concentrations in serum and excised skin ...
Igor V Ermakov +6 more
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Metering Mood with Veggies: Association of skin carotenoid levels and depressive symptoms or mood disturbances [PDF]
, 2021 Background: Mood disturbances and depressive symptoms are a common occurrence among those with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). They are associated with poor quality of life for the person with AD, as well as increased caregiver burden which can result in ...
Finnell, Caroline
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Assessment of Skin Carotenoids among School Children
Journal of Nepal Health Research CouncilBackground: 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
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Dietary patterns of lactating women in central North Carolina evaluated using three validated assessment tools. [PDF]
, 2020 Background: During lactation, there is an increased maternal need for almost all nutrients. It has been reported that maternal status of some nutrients (i.e. vitamin A, C and DHA) can affect breast milk composition.
Gutierrez dos Santos, Bruna +1 more
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Current Issues in Molecular BiologyCarotenoids, having strong antioxidant properties, have been associated with neurodegenerative conditions like dementia and glaucoma, characterized by neuronal loss leading to cognitive and visual dysfunction.
Yuji Takayanagi +4 more
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Assessment of the Mobile Jump2Health™ Intervention to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Children Ages 3 – 8 [PDF]
, 2022 Background Approximately 23 percent of children between the ages of two and five are overweight or obese in the United States. It is important to provide parents with the appropriate resources that will help them provide a healthy home environment, as ...
Taylor, Ashlee
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Determinants and Suitability of Carotenoid Reflection Score as a Measure of Carotenoid Status [PDF]
, 2020 Carotenoids, orange-coloured pigments found in vegetables, fruit, eggs and dairy foods, act as antioxidants and vitamin A precursors in the human body. Skin carotenoid concentration is a biomarker of vegetable and fruit intake.
Isaac Amoah +7 more
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Pressure-Mediated Reflection Spectroscopy Criterion Validity as a Biomarker of Fruit and Vegetable Intake: A 2-Site Cross-Sectional Study of 4 Racial or Ethnic Groups [PDF]
, 2022 Background: Valid biomarkers of fruit and vegetable (FV) intake are needed for field-based nutrition research. Objectives: To examine criterion-related validity of pressure-mediated reflection spectroscopy as a proxy measure of FV intake, using plasma ...
Melissa N Laska +23 more
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MFPD: A Multiple Fungal Pathogen Detection Pipeline Across Diverse Habitats
Advanced Science, EarlyView.The MFPD pipeline integrates a comprehensive ITS reference database of fungal pathogens, optimized parameters, and algorithms tailored for both full‐length and subregion sequences that balance accuracy and computational efficiency; it enables high‐throughput, species‐level identification from amplicon sequencing data, supporting large‐scale ...
Yi Shen +13 more
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