35 articles in this issue
Mikael Fogelholm
Nordic countries have a long tradition of developing joint nutrition recommendations. The latest recommendations, issued on 3 October 2013 (called the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations, NNRs, 2012) are already in their fifth edition. The first NNRs were re... see more
Selma Liberato, Gurmeet Singh, Kim Mulholland
Background: Maternal diet during pregnancy is one of the most important factors associated with adequate fetal growth. There are many complications associated with fetal growth restriction that lead to lifelong effects. The aim of this review was to descr... see more
Wenche Frølich, Per Åman, Inge Tetens
The food-based dietary guidelines in the Scandinavian countries that recommend an intake of minimum 75 g whole grain per 10 MJ (2,388 kcal) per day are mainly derived from prospective cohort studies where quantitative but little qualitative details are av... see more
Jie Zheng, Nanhui Shen, Shuanghui Wang, Guohua Zhao
Methods: This study sought to evaluate the impact of oat beta-glucan on insulin resistance in mice fed on high-fat and high-fructose diet with fructose (10%, w/v) added in drinking water for 10 weeks. Results: The results showed that supplementation with ... see more
Anja Biltoft-Jensen, Mads F. Hjorth, Ellen Trolle, Tue Christensen, Per B. Brockhoff, Lene F. Andersen, Inge Tetens, Jeppe Matthiessen
Background: The OPUS (Optimal well-being, development and health for Danish children through a healthy New Nordic Diet) project carried out a school meal study to assess the impact of a New Nordic Diet (NND). The random controlled trial involved 834 child... see more
Hanna Isaksson, Rikard Landberg, Birgitta Sundberg, Eva Lundin, Göran Hallmans, Jie- Xian Zhang, Per Tidehag, Knud Erik Bach Knudsen, Ali A. Moazzami, Per Åman
Background:Whole-grain foods and cereal dietary fiber intake is associated with lower body weight. This may partly result from lower energy utilization of high-fiber diets.Objective: In the present study, the impact on ileal excretion of energy and macron... see more
Janette Walton, Albert Flynn
Background: Growing up milks (GUM) are milk-based drinks with added vitamins and minerals intended for children aged 12-36 months. Few data are available on the consumption of GUM and their role in the diets of young children.Objective: To determine the n... see more
Jessica A. Grieger, Catherine McLeod, Lily Chan, Michelle Miller
Background: Several agencies recommend seafood to be consumed 23 times per week. In Australia, there is a lack of nutrient composition data for seafood species and it is not known whether including different seafood species in a diet would provide suffici... see more
Solveig Uglem, Tonje Holte Stea, Marte Karoline Råberg Kjøllesdal, Wenche Frølich, Margareta Wandel
Background: Young men are difficult to reach with conventional nutrition information and they have a low intake of vegetables and whole grain cereals. Few intervention studies have focused on improving young men’s consumption of vegetables and whole grain... see more
Marianne S. Sabinsky, Ulla Toft, Klaus K. Andersen, Inge Tetens
Background: It is a challenge to assess children’s dietary intake. The digital photographic method (DPM) may be an objective method that can overcome some of these challenges. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability o... see more
Inge Tetens, Aida Turrini, Heli Tapanainen, Tue Christensen, Johanna W. Lampe, Sisse Fagt, Niclas Håkansson, Annamari Lundquist, Jesper Hallund, Liisa M. Valsta
Background: Dietary intakes of plant lignans have been hypothesized to be inversely associated with the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and cancer. Earlier studies were based on a Finnish lignan database (Fineli†) with two lignan precursors, sec... see more
Nash Patel, Simon J.M. Welham
Background: Preparatory steps such as seasoning, marination, and cooking may induce changes in meat which affects the ability of the stomach to adequately digest it. This may result in peptide chains reaching the colon intact where resident bacteria ferme... see more
María de los Angeles Aguilera-Barreiro, José Alberto Rivera-Márquez, Héctor Miguel Trujillo-Arriaga, Juan Alfredo Tamayo y Orozco, Eduardo Barreira-Mercado, Mario E. Rodríguez García
Background: The intake of dehydrated nopal (DN) at a high stage of maturity along with high calcium content could improve bone mineral density (BMD) and calciuria and thus prevent osteoporosis. Objective: To evaluate the effect of calcium intake from a ve... see more
Åsa Andersson, Anne Björk, Per Kristiansson, Gunnar Johansson
Background: Immigration to Sweden from lower latitude countries has increased in recent years. Studies in the general population in other Nordic countries have demonstrated that these groups are at risk of developing vitamin D deficiency, but studies in p... see more
Louise Brunkwall, Ulrika Ericson, Sophie Hellstrand, Bo Gullberg, Marju Orho-Melander, Emily Sonestedt
Background: Earlier studies have indicated that the fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) is not only associated with BMI and weight but also with appetite and dietary intake. Objectives: We investigated if the FTO rs9939609 associates with food pref... see more
Francis Kweku Amagloh, Anthony N. Mutukumira, Louise Brough, Janet L. Weber, Allan Hardacre, Jane Coad
Background: Cereal-based complementary foods from non-malted ingredients form a relatively high viscous porridge. Therefore, excessive dilution, usually with water, is required to reduce the viscosity to be appropriate for infant feeding. The dilution inv... see more
Nina Lyng, Sisse Fagt, Michael Davidsen, Camilla Hoppe, Bjørn Holstein, Inge Tetens
Background: Packed lunch is the dominant lunch format in many countries including Denmark. School lunch is consumed unsupervised, and self-reported recalls are appropriate in the school setting. However, little is known about the accuracy of recalls in re... see more
Maria W. Markhus, Ingvild E. Graff, Lisbeth Dahl, Camilla F. Seldal, Siv Skotheim, Hanne C. Braarud, Kjell M. Stormark, Marian K. Malde
Background: Seafood (fish and shellfish) is an excellent source of several essential nutrients for pregnant and lactating women. A short food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) that can be used to quantitatively estimate seafood consumption would be a valuable... see more
Heather C. Hamner, Sarah C. Tinker, R.J. Berry, Joe Mulinare
Background: The Institute of Medicine set a tolerable upper intake level (UL) for usual daily total folic acid intake (1,000 µg). Less than 3% of US adults currently exceed the UL. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine if folic acid for... see more
Marie E. Latulippe, Agnès Meheust, Livia Augustin, David Benton, Premysl Bercik, Anne Birkett, Alison L. Eldridge, Joel Faintuch, Christian Hoffmann, Julie Miller Jones, Cyril Kendall, Franco Lajolo, Gabriela Perdigon, Pedro Antonio Prieto, Robert A. Rastall, John L. Sievenpiper, Joanne Slavin, Elizabete Wenzel de Menezes
To stimulate discussion around the topic of ‘carbohydrates’ and health, the Brazilian branch of the International Life Sciences Institute held the 11th International Functional Foods Workshop (12 December 2011) in which consolidated knowledge and recent s... see more
Christine Sommer, Line Sletner, Anne K. Jenum, Kjersti Mørkrid, Lene F. Andersen, Kåre I. Birkeland, Annhild Mosdøl
Background: The impact of socio-economic position and integration level on the observed ethnic differences in dietary habits has received little attention.Objectives: To identify and describe dietary patterns in a multi-ethnic population of pregnant women... see more
Anne Karen Jenum, Christine Sommer, Line Sletner, Kjersti Mørkrid, Anne Bærug, Annhild Mosdøl
Background: Ethnic minorities in Europe have high susceptibility to type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and, in some groups, also cardiovascular disease (CVD). Pregnancy can be considered a stress test that predicts future morbidity patterns in women and that affects ... see more
Svandis Erna Jonsdottir, Lea Brader, Ingibjorg Gunnarsdottir, Ola Kally Magnusdottir, Ursula Schwab, Marjukka Kolehmainen, Ulf Risérus, Karl-Heinz Herzig, Lieselotte Cloetens, Hannah Helgegren, Anna Johansson-Persson, Janne Hukkanen, Kaisa Poutanen, Matti Uusitupa, Kjeld Hermansen, Inga Thorsdottir
Background: The Nordic countries collaborate in setting recommendations for intake of nutrients by publishing the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR). Studies exploring how well the Nordic population adheres to the NNR are limited and none are availabl... see more
Agneta Åkesson, Lene F. Andersen, Ása G. Kristjánsdóttir, Eva Roos, Ellen Trolle, Eeva Voutilainen, Elisabet Wirfält
Background: In preparing the fifth edition of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR), the scientific basis of specific food-based dietary guidelines (FBDG) was evaluated. Objective: A systematic review (SR) was conducted to update the NNR evidence bas... see more
Christel Lamberg-Allardt, Magritt Brustad, Haakon E. Meyer, Laufey Steingrimsdottir
Background: The present literature review is part of the NNR5 project with the aim of reviewing and updating the scientific basis of the 4th edition of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR) issued in 2004.Objectives: The overall aim was to review rec... see more
Per E. Wändell
Background: Little is known about the effects of dietary acculturation in minority groups in the Nordic countries, including immigrants from non-Western societies. Methods: A search was performed in Medlin33e/PubMed and SweMedfor articles published in 199... see more
Agnes N. Pedersen, Jens Kondrup, Elisabet Børsheim
The purpose of this systematic review is to assess the evidence behind the dietary requirement of protein and to assess the health effects of varying protein intake in healthy adults. The literature search covered the years 2000–2011. Prospective cohort, ... see more
Magnus Domellöf, Inga Thorsdottir, Ketil Thorstensen
Background: The present literature review is part of the NNR5 project with the aim of reviewing and updating the scientific basis of the 4th edition of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR) issued in 2004.Objective: The objective of this systematic l... see more
Agneta Hörnell, Hanna Lagström, Britt Lande, Inga Thorsdottir
The present systematic literature review is a part of the 5th revision of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations. The aim was to assess the health effects of different levels of protein intake in infancy and childhood in a Nordic setting. The initial litera... see more
Kirsti Uusi-Rasi, Merja U.M. Kärkkäinen, Christel J.E. Lamberg-Allardt
Background: Calcium (Ca) is an essential nutrient for the human body. Despite lively research, there is uncertainty about Ca requirements in terms of desirable health outcomes including an upper intake level above which the potential for harm increases.Ob... see more
The present systematic literature review is part of the 5th revision of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations. The overall aim was to review recent scientific data valid in a Nordic setting on the short- and long-term health effects of breastfeeding (durat... see more
Nina Cecilie Øverby, Emily Sonestedt, David E. Laaksonen, Bryndis Eva Birgisdottir
The aim of this study is to review recent data on dietary fiber (DF) and the glycemic index (GI), with special focus on studies from the Nordic countries regarding cardiometabolic risk factors, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and total mo... see more
Elisabet Forsum, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Anna-Sigrid Olafsdottir, Sjurdur F. Olsen, Inga Thorsdottir
The prevalence of overweight and obesity in women has increased during the last decades. This is a serious concern since a high BMI before conception is an independent risk factor for many adverse outcomes of pregnancy. Therefore, dietary counseling, inte... see more
Elisabet Wirfält, Isabel Drake, Peter Wallström
Nutrients and other bioactive constituents of foods may interact with each other and the surrounding food matrix in complex ways. Therefore, associations between single nutrients and chronic disease may be difficult to identify and interpret, but when die... see more
Anne-Marie Ravn, Nikolaj Ture Gregersen, Robin Christensen, Lone Graasbøl Rasmussen, Ole Hels, Anita Belza, Anne Raben, Thomas Meinert Larsen, Søren Toubro, Arne Astrup
Background: Thermic effect of a meal (TEF) has previously been suggested to influence appetite.Objective: The aim of this study was to assess whether there is an association between appetite and TEF. Second, to examine whether protein intake is associated... see more