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The Gut Microbiome Is Associated with Circulating Dietary Biomarkers of Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Multiethnic Cohort
Results from observational studies suggest high diet quality favorably influences the human gut microbiome. Fruit and vegetable consumption is often a key contributor to high diet quality.Emerging Opportunities for Registered Dietitian Nutritionists to Help Raise a Healthier Generation of Native American Youth
American Indian children are experiencing alarming signs of nutrition-related chronic diseases, such as overweight/obesity, hypertension, and acanthosis nigricans—a skin condition characterized by areas of dark, velvety discoloration in body folds and creases.1 Children who develop acanthosis nigricans are at higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes. This commentary aims to increase awareness of emerging opportunities for registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs) to help raise a healthier generation of American Indian and Alaskan Native children and adolescents (“youth,” for short).Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Disparity in Americans' Adherence to Federal Dietary Recommendations
Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in obesity and other chronic diseases are constant features of the US population and warrant continuous research on the linkage and causation between social demographic factors and distant health outcomes, and on related interventions. Many believe that the racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparity in dietary intake is an important intermediate factor contributing to the disparities in obesity and other lifestyle-related diseases (1). Kirkpatrick and colleagues (2) provide some new evidence on differences in food group-based dietary intakes across race/ethnicity and income groups in terms of meeting the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) dietary recommendations (3).
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