Senior author Elizabeth K. Dunford, PhD, presents results of the first study to examine what US consumers are purchasing (Nielsen Homescan Consumer Panel data from 2001 and 2019), rather than relying on reported food and beverage intake, to evaluate exposure to food additives in ultra-processed foods and associated adverse health risks. (10.1016/j.jand.2022.11.007)

Lead author Yangbo Sun, MBBS, PhD, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, shares the results of a large prospective study of American adults 40 years old and older (NHANES). This research contributes much-needed evidence about the association between eating behaviors and mortality in the context of meal timing and duration of the daily prandial period. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2022.08.119)

Lead author Lindsey Parnarouskis, MS, reviews a secondary analysis of data collected in two earlier studies: Maternal Adiposity, Metabolism and Stress (MAMAS) the Family Food Study (FFS). This new study found that women experiencing food insecurity and greater access to highly processed foods more frequently report symptoms of food addiction, such as compulsive eating of certain types of food, unsuccessful attempts to cut down and withdrawal symptoms. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2022.05.017)

Annie Yu-An Chen, DDS, MS, Assistant Policy Researcher at RAND Corporation, discusses a new study that examined cyclical changes in American diet quality related to macroeconomic conditions. She and co-author Roland Sturm, PhD, Senior Economist at RAND Corporation, found that the American diet improved when unemployment peaked after the Great Recession, and then declined significantly. This was particularly true in 2011and 2012, a period with historically high unemployment rates in the United...

Lead author Michelle Barrack and principal investigator Adam S. Tenforde discuss the first investigation into the prevalence of dietary supplement and sport food use in male and female middle school-aged runners. Researchers found that almost half the study participants used these products on two or more days a week during the prior year. Characteristics associated with supplement use included a prior bone stress injury, following a vegetarian diet and behaviors suggesting dietary...

Study lead Nicole Larson, PhD, MPH, RDN, talks about a University of Minnesota School of Public Health study that found one-third of emerging adults (18-29 years of age) surveyed experienced food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic and a disproportionately high prevalence of food insecurity and food insufficiency among those living with children and who identified as Black, Indigenous, or a person of color. The findings show an urgent need for research to address how the processes of...

Authors: by Kelsey A. Vercammen, MSc, Alyssa J. Moran, ScD, RD, Mark J. Soto, MA, Lee Kennedy-Shaffer, PhD, and Sara N. Bleich, PhD Podcast: Lead author Kelsey A. Vercammen (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) talks about a new Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics study that shows the percentage of heavy sugar-sweetened beverage drinkers trended downwards in most demographic categories, but attention should be paid to several subgroups with high intake for whom trends are...

Authors: Elizabeth K. Dunford, PhD; Donna R. Miles, PhD; Shu Wen Ng, PhD, and Barry Popkin, PhD Podcast: Reducing sugar consumption is an important public health strategy. Shu Wen Ng, PhD, discusses a new study from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that shows US household purchases of foods and beverages containing caloric sweeteners declined between 2002 and 2018 but increased for products with both caloric sweeteners and artificial sweeteners. July 29, 2020...

Authors:Authors: Kirsten A. Herrick, PhD, MSc, Cheryl D. Fryar, MSPH, Heather C. Hamner, PhD, MS, MPH, Sohyun Park, PhD, and Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD, MRP Podcast: Lead investigator Kirsten A. Herrick, PhD, MSc, highlights findings from the first study to look at trends in added sugars consumption by toddlers and infants. Nearly two-thirds of infants (61 percent) and almost all toddlers (98 percent) consumed added sugars in their average daily diets, primarily in the form of flavored yogurts...

Authors: Aaron C. Miller, PhD; Linnea A. Polgreen, PhD; Elena M. Segre, MD; and Philip M. Polgreen, MD, MPH Podcast: Linnea A. Polgreen, PhD, and Aaron C. Miller, PhD, discuss a new study from the University of Iowa that shows levels of satisfaction derived from food differ among adults who were normal-weight, overweight, and obese and that individuals with obesity get more satisfaction from their food. This quantification of satisfaction from food may help explain why some people eat more...

Authors: Megan A. McCrory, PhD; Allen G Harbaugh, PhD; Sarah Appeadu, MS; and Susan B Roberts, PhD Video: Dr. Megan McCrory and colleagues present new insights on how fast food may be helping to fuel the continuing problem of obesity and related chronic conditions in the US. They examined changes over a 30-year period of menu items offered by 10 of the top fast-food restaurants. February 27, 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2018.12.004)

Authors: Stephen J. Onufrak, PhD, Hatidza Zaganjor, MPH, Liping Pan, MD, MPH, Seung Hee Lee-Kwan, PhD, Sohyun Park, PhD, and Diane M. Harris, PhD, MPH Podcast: What proportion of US adults obtain food at work, what foods do they obtain, and what is the dietary quality of these foods? Listen to results from a new study led by Stephen J. Onufrak, Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. January 22, 2019...

Authors: Leah M. Panek-Shirley, PhD, Carol DeNysschen, PhD, RD, MPH, CDN, Erin O'Brien, and Jennifer L. Temple, PhD Video: Although after drinking a small amount of caffeine, study participants consumed 10 percent less at breakfast, this effect did not persist throughout the day and had no impact on their perceptions of their appetites. July 19, 2018 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2018.05.015)

Authors: Mary J. Christoph, PhD, MPH; Nicole Larson, PhD, MPH, RD; Katie C. Hootman, PhD, RD; Jonathan M. Miller, PhD; and Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD Video: New study finds that individuals who value gluten-free foods are more likely to engage in healthier eating habits but are also more likely to have unhealthy weight control behaviors. June 18, 2018 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2018.04.007)

Authors: Cynthia A. Thomson, Tracy E. Crane, David O. Garcia, Betsy C. Wertheim, Melanie Hingle, Linda Snetselaar, Mridul Datta, Thomas Rohan, Erin LeBlanc, Rowan T. Chlebowski, and Lihong Qi Video: Researchers looked at dietary energy density (DED) in the diets of post-menopausal women using data from the Women's Health Initiative and discovered that consuming high DED foods was tied to a 10% increase in obesity-related cancer among normal weight...

Authors: Marie L. Spiker, MSPH, RD, Hazel A.B. Hiza, PhD, RD, Sameer M. Siddiqi, BS, Roni A. Neff, PhD, ScM Video: Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future discuss the first study to demonstrate the substantial amount of nutrients, including many under-consumed nutrients, wasted due to food discarded at the retail and consumer levels of the U.S. food supply. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2017.03.015)

Author: Barbara Gordon, RDN, LD In this podcast, Barbara Gordon, RDN, LD, shares her experience as an adjunct instructor at the University of Idaho, and the strategies used by the faculty of the Coordinated Program in Dietetics to introduce students to the Academy's Evidence Analysis Library. Gordon describes three examples: a nutrition intervention exercise, a case study, and a "scavenger hunt" in which students searched the Evidence Analysis Library and Nutrition Care Manual for specific...

Authors: Lindsey Smith Taillie, PhD; Shu Wen Ng, PhD; Ya Xue, PhD; Emily A Busey, MPH, RDN, LDN; Matthew Harding, PhD Video: No fat, no sugar, no salt? What does it mean? A new study found that simply making a low-content claim on food packaging was not a reliable indicator of a product's actual nutritional quality and that these claims may give consumers a false sense of confidence about the healthfulness of their food.(http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2017.01.011)

Authors: Zerleen S. Quader, MPH, Cathleen Gillespie, MS, Sarah A. Sliwa, PhD, Jaspreet K.C. Ahuja, MS, Jinee P. Burdg, MPP, RD, LDN, Alanna Moshfegh, MS, RD, Pamela R. Pehrsson, PhD, Janelle P. Gunn, MPH, RD, Kristy Mugavero, RN, MSN, MPH, and Mary E. Cogswell, RN, DrPH. High sodium intake from a variety of foods makes children vulnerable to heart disease later in life, according to a new report. Sodium reduction is considered a key public health strategy to reduce the risk of cardiovascular...

Authors: Phillip W. Jasper, MS, Melva T. James, PhD, Adam W. Hoover, PhD, Eric R. Muth. Researchers from Clemson University report on a new study that examines how wearable technology providing bite count feedback can help people concerned with overweight and obesity eat less through an easy-to-use self-monitoring tool that provides them with external indicators of their energy intake. (10.1016/j.jand.2016.03.007)

Authors: Juliana F. W. Cohen, ScD, ScM, Jaquelyn L. Jahn, Scott Richardson, MBA, Sarah A. Cluggish, MBA, Ellen Parker, MBA, MSW, Eric B. Rimm, ScD. Video: Juliana Cohen presents the results of a new study that shows that elementary and middle school students who are given at least 25 minutes to eat lunch are more likely to choose fruits and consume more of their entrees, milk, and vegetables. Data were collected as part of the MEALS study, a collaboration between Project Bread and the Harvard...

Authors: Patricia A. Stewart, PhD, RD; Susan L. Hyman, MD; Brianne L. Schmidt, RD; Eric A. Macklin, PhD; Ann Reynolds, MD; Cynthia R. Johnson, PhD, BCBA-D; S. Jill James, PhD; Patricia Manning-Courtney, MD. Parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder sometimes try nutritional supplements and dietary regimens such as gluten-free and casein-free diets without professional supervision in an attempt to improve their children's symptoms. In the largest study of its kind, researchers report...

Authors: Sarah A. Johnson, PhD, RD, CSO; Arturo Figueroa, MD, PhD, FACSM; Negin Navaei, BS; Alexei Wong, MS; Roy Kalfon, BS; Lauren T. Ormsbee, MS; Rafaela G. Feresin, MS; Marcus L. Elam, MS; Shirin Hooshmand, PhD; Mark E. Payton, PhD; and Bahram H. Arjmandi, PhD, RD. Interview: Dr. Arjmandi and Dr. Johnson discuss the results of a new study that found that daily consumption of blueberries for eight weeks resulted in significant reductions of both systolic and diastolic blood pressure....

Authors: Alison L Mittelsteadt, MS, RD, LD; Corrilynn O Hileman, MD; Stephanie R Harris, PhD, RD, LD; Kelly M Payne, MS, RD, LD; Barbara M Gripshover, MD; and Grace A McComsey, MD, FIDSA. Interview: Alison L Mittelsteadt and Stephanie R Harris provide insights on the first study to show that HIV-infected women experience elevated resting energy expenditure (REE). Their bodies use more kilocalories for basic functions including circulation, body temperature, and breathing. Investigators...