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Melo Van Lent D, Gokingco H, Short MI, Yuan C, Jacques PF, Romero JR, DeCarli CS, Beiser AS, Seshadri S, Himali JJ, Jacob ME. Higher Dietary Inflammatory Index scores are associated with brain MRI markers of brain aging: Results from the Framingham Heart Study Offspring cohort. Alzheimers Dement 2023; 19:621-631. [PMID: 35522830 PMCID: PMC9637238 DOI: 10.1002/alz.12685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION We investigated cross-sectional associations between the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) and measures of brain volume and cerebral small vessel disease among participants of the Framingham Heart Study Offspring cohort. METHODS A total of 1897 participants (mean ± standard deviation, age 62±9) completed Food Frequency Questionnaires and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). RESULTS Higher (pro-inflammatory) DII scores, averaged across a maximum of three time points, were associated with smaller total brain volume (beta ± standard error: -0.16 ± 0.03; P < .0001) after adjustment for demographic, clinical, and lifestyle covariates. In addition, higher DII scores were associated with smaller total gray matter volume (-0.08 ± 0.03; P = .003) and larger lateral ventricular volume (0.04 ± 0.02; P = .03). No associations were observed with other brain MRI measures. DISCUSSION Our findings showed associations between higher DII scores and global brain MRI measures. As we are one of the first groups to report on the associations between higher DII scores and brain volume, replication is needed to confirm our findings.
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- Debora Melo Van Lent
- Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative Diseases, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- The Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
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- Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative Diseases, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative Diseases, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
- The Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
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- School of Public Health, Zhejiang University Medical School, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- The Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
- Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- The Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine & Imaging of Dementia and Aging Laboratory, Center for Neuroscience, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- The Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative Diseases, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- The Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
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- Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative Diseases, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- The Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Department of Population Health Sciences, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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- Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative Diseases, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Methnani J, Amor D, Yousfi N, Bouslama A, Omezzine A, Bouhlel E. Sedentary behavior, exercise and COVID-19: immune and metabolic implications in obesity and its comorbidities. J Sports Med Phys Fitness 2020; 61:1538-1547. [PMID: 33305550 DOI: 10.23736/s0022-4707.20.11898-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
Many reports showed a dramatic decrease in the levels of physical activity during the current pandemic of SARS-CoV-2. This has substantial immune and metabolic implications, especially in those at risk or with metabolic diseases including individuals with obesity and Type 2 diabetes. In this study we discussed the route from physical inactivity to immune and metabolic aberrancies; focusing on how insulin resistance could represent an adaptive mechanism to the low physical activity levels and on how such an adaptive mechanism could shift to a pathognomonic feature of metabolic diseases, creating a vicious circle of immune and metabolic aberrancies. We provide a theoretical framework to the severe immunopathology of COVID-19 in patients with metabolic diseases. We finally discuss the idea of exercise as a potential adjuvant against COVID-19 and emphasize how even interrupting prolonged periods of sitting with short time breaks of very light activity could be a feasible strategy to limit the deleterious effects of the outbreak.
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- Jabeur Methnani
- University of Manouba, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, Ksar Said, Tunis, Tunisia - .,Department of Biochemistry, LR12SP11, Sahloul University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia - .,Laboratory of Exercise Physiology and Physiopathology: from Integrated to Molecular Biology, Medicine and Health, LR19ES09, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia -
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- Department of Biochemistry, LR12SP11, Sahloul University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.,University of Monastir, Faculty of Pharmacy of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- University of Manouba, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, Ksar Said, Tunis, Tunisia.,Research Laboratory of "Sport Performance Optimization, " National Center of Medicine and Sport Sciences, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Biochemistry, LR12SP11, Sahloul University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.,University of Monastir, Faculty of Pharmacy of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Department of Biochemistry, LR12SP11, Sahloul University Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.,University of Monastir, Faculty of Pharmacy of Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia
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- University of Manouba, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education, Ksar Said, Tunis, Tunisia.,Laboratory of Exercise Physiology and Physiopathology: from Integrated to Molecular Biology, Medicine and Health, LR19ES09, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia
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Abad-Segura E, González-Zamar MD, Gómez-Galán J, Bernal-Bravo C. Management Accounting for Healthy Nutrition Education: Meta-Analysis. Nutrients 2020; 12:E3715. [PMID: 33271836 PMCID: PMC7761494 DOI: 10.3390/nu12123715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Unequal economic growth shapes food systems. Nutrition problems incorporate inappropriate practices, so nutrition education is key to empowering consumers to choose healthy foods. However, increasing the accessibility of healthy diets is related to reducing the cost of nutritious foods. The accounting management of healthy nutrition should allow for optimal global decision-making. The evolution of scientific production and global research trends on this topic between 1968 and 2019 have been studied. Statistical and mathematical methods have been applied to 1738 documents from the Scopus database. The results provided data on the agents that participate in the development of the theme. Data reveal an exponential trend, especially in the previous decade, with more than 50% of scientific production. Future lines of research have been identified: investment in health systems; green label education; early impact of food insecurity; WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) nutrition education; food waste audit; and ecological footprint of food. The central contribution of the study has been to detect the main future directions of research, providing critical points that will allow us to identify the themes of future publications, in addition to providing an instrument for decision-making carried out by the research funding sponsors.
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- Emilio Abad-Segura
- Department of Economics and Business, University of Almeria, 04120 Almeria, Spain
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- Department of Education, University of Extremadura, Avda. de Elvas s/n, 06006 Badajoz, Spain;
- Cupey Campus, College of Education, Ana G. Méndez University, San Juan, PR 00926, USA
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- Department of Education Sciences, Language, Culture and Arts, Rey Juan Carlos University, Paseo Artilleros s/n, 28032 Madrid, Spain;
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