Assess Macronutrient Intakes and Diet Quality for Contemporary Consumer Diets

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Diet Quality Implications

At IAFNS, we advance food safety through rigorous research, collaboration, and science-based guidance.

Understanding Restrictive Diets

A wide range of self-selected contemporary diets restrict or eliminate specific foods or food groups (e.g., gluten free). Health professionals advising consumers may be unaware of the relationship between specific diets and nutrient insufficiency as well as low diet quality overall. Restriction diets may be inadvertently putting consumers at risk for low quality diets or even specific nutrient inadequacies. This research will examine diet quality and nutrient insufficiencies.

The Carbohydrates Committee addresses scientific issues through discovery, research tool development, and translational messaging on how carbohydrates in foods are associated with consumption, diet quality and health. See recent publications and upcoming events to learn more about the committee’s work.

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Investigators

Zach Conrad, PhD
William & Mary

Publications

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Are People Consuming the Diets They Say They Are? Self-Reported vs Estimated Adherence to Low-Carbohydrate and Low-Fat Diets: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2018

Journal Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2024

This study examined participants’ self-reported adherence to low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets compared with their estimated adherence using up to two 24-hour recalls.

Read more about Are People Consuming the Diets They Say They Are? Self-Reported vs Estimated Adherence to Low-Carbohydrate and Low-Fat Diets: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2018

Micronutrient Inadequacy Differs by Intake of Fat Amount and Class Among Adults That Consume a Restricted Carbohydrate Diet: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2018

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2024

Restricted carbohydrate diets remain among the most popular for weight loss and general health improvement. However, recent evidence demonstrates that carbohydrate restricted diets are low in overall diet quality.

Read more about Micronutrient Inadequacy Differs by Intake of Fat Amount and Class Among Adults That Consume a Restricted Carbohydrate Diet: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2018

Fat Intake Modifies the Association between Restricted Carbohydrate Diets and Prevalent Cardiometabolic Diseases among Adults in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2018

Current Developments in Nutrition, 2023

This study evaluates cross-sectional relationships between carbohydrate restricted diets and cardiometabolic diseases in adult Americans, specifically comparing how amount and type of fat affects the relationship. Diets with carbohydrate intake below recommended amounts were associated with prevalence of cardiometabolic disease.

Read more about Fat Intake Modifies the Association between Restricted Carbohydrate Diets and Prevalent Cardiometabolic Diseases among Adults in the United States: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2018

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