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Moving Beyond “Good Fat, Bad Fat”: The Complex Roles of Dietary Lipids in Cellular Function and Health
Advances in Nutrition, 2012
The Use of Low-Calorie Sweeteners by Children: Implications for Weight Management
Journal of Nutrition, 2012
The rise in pediatric obesity since the 1970s has been well established in the United States and is becoming a major concern worldwide. As a potential means to help slow the obesity epidemic, low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) have gained attention as dietary tools to assist in adherence to weight loss plans or prevention of excess weight gain.
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Funding Source and Research Report Quality in Nutrition Practice-Related Research
PLoS One, 2011
This retrospective study examines whether the type of funding source of nutrition research is related to differences in the quality of research reports. After controlling for research design, the results showed that research report quality cannot be accurately predicted from the funding source.
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Foods, fortificants, and supplements: Where do Americans get their nutrients?
Journal of Nutrition, 2011
This analysis aimed to assess contributions of micronutrients to usual intakes derived from all sources (naturally occurring, fortified and enriched, and dietary supplements) and to compare usual intakes to the Dietary Reference Intake for U.S. residents aged ≥2 y according to NHANES 2003-2006 (n = 16,110).
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The Effect of X-Ray on Salmonella Inactivation and Sensory Quality of Almonds and Walnuts as a Function of Water Activity
International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2011
The overall goal of this study was to develop a set of process design principles for low-energy X-ray irradiation of tree nuts.