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Calder P, Bach-Faig A, Bevacqua T, Caballero Lopez C, Chen Z, Connolly D, et al.
BMJ Nutr Prev Health . 2024 Apr; 6(2):392-401. PMID: 38618551
The importance of self-care to improve health and social well-being is well recognised. Nevertheless, there remains a need to encourage people to better understand how their body works, and how...
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Lewis E, Ortega E, Dao M, Barger K, Mason J, Leong J, et al.
Front Nutr . 2024 Mar; 11:1376599. PMID: 38476600
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1230061.].
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Sen S, Cherkerzian S, Herlihy M, Hacker M, McElrath T, Cantonwine D, et al.
Int J Obes (Lond) . 2024 Feb; 48(6):796-807. PMID: 38396126
Background/objective: Obesity increases maternal morbidity and adversely affects child health. Maternal inflammation may play a role in adverse outcomes. The objective of this study was to determine whether providing a...
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Lewis E, Ortega E, Dao M, Barger K, Mason J, Leong J, et al.
Front Nutr . 2023 Oct; 10:1230061. PMID: 37899826
Introduction: The safety of novel forms of iron in healthy, iron-replete adults as might occur if used in population-based iron supplementation programs was examined. We tested the hypotheses that supplementation...
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Calder P, Ortega E, Meydani S, Adkins Y, Stephensen C, Thompson B, et al.
Adv Nutr . 2022 Oct; 13(5):S1-S26. PMID: 36183242
The immune system is key to host defense against pathogenic organisms. Aging is associated with changes in the immune system, with a decline in protective components (immunosenescence), increasing susceptibility to...
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Eggersdorfer M, Berger M, Calder P, Gombart A, Ho E, Laviano A, et al.
Adv Nutr . 2022 May; 13(5):1415-1430. PMID: 35587877
The immune system is weakened by advancing age, often referred to as immunosenescence, increasing the vulnerability to, and frequently the severity of, infectious diseases in older people. This has become...
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Joma B, Siwapornchai N, Vanguri V, Shrestha A, Roggensack S, Davidson B, et al.
Infect Immun . 2021 May; 89(8):e0047120. PMID: 34031128
Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) resides asymptomatically in the nasopharynx (NP) but can progress from benign colonizer to lethal pulmonary or systemic pathogen. Both viral infection and aging are risk factors for...
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Lewis E, Wu D, Mason J, Chishti A, Leong J, Barger K, et al.
Gates Open Res . 2021 Mar; 3:1510. PMID: 33655197
The forms of iron currently available to correct iron deficiency have adverse effects, including infectious diarrhea, increased susceptibility to malaria, inflammation and detrimental changes to the gut microbiome. These adverse...
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Inomata M, Xu S, Chandra P, Meydani S, Takemura G, Philips J, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A . 2020 Dec; 117(52):33561-33569. PMID: 33376222
is a leading cause of pneumonia and invasive disease, particularly, in the elderly. lung infection of aged mice is associated with high bacterial burdens and detrimental inflammatory responses. Macrophages can...
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Guo W, Wu D, Dao M, Li L, Lewis E, Ortega E, et al.
J Nutr . 2020 Sep; 150(11):2950-2960. PMID: 32939550
Background: Epidemiological studies suggest that higher fruits and vegetables (F&V) consumption correlates with reduced risk of hepatic steatosis, yet evidence for causality and the underlying mechanisms is lacking. Objectives: We...