Annals ofNutrition

Volume: 4 - Number: 30 - August 15, 2004

Outstanding

Rapid weight gain during infancy as a predictor of adult obesity

Fishing for heart protection

Associations between prenatal and postnatal growth and adult body size and composition

Dietary patterns and changes in body mass index and waist circumference in adults

Bone metabolism

Protein intake: effects on bone mineral density and the rate of bone loss in elderly women

Carbohydrate metabolism and diabetes

Carbohydrate intake and biomarkers of glycemic control among US adults: the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)

Dietary intakes and plasma concentrations of carotenoids and tocopherols in relation to glucose metabolism in subjects at high risk of type 2 diabetes: the Botnia Dietary Study

Plasma fatty acid composition and incidence of diabetes in middle-aged adults: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

Comparison of the effects of dried peas with those of potatoes in mixed meals on postprandial glucose and insulin concentrations in patients with type 2 diabetes

Cardiovascular disease risk

Dietary carotenoids and risk of coronary artery disease in women

Flavonoid intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease in women

Intake of fruit and vegetables and the risk of ischemic stroke in a cohort of Danish men and women

Editorial

The whole is greater than the weighted average of its parts

Rapid weight gain during infancy as a predictor of adult obesity

Fishing for heart protection

Vegetarianism and vitamin B-12 (cobalamin) deficiency

Energy and Proteic Metabolism

Effect of chewing gum containing nicotine and caffeine on energy expenditure and substrate utilization in men

Changes in resting energy expenditure among children undergoing allogeneic stem cell transplantation

Growth, Development and Paediatric

Infant nutrition and blood pressure in early adulthood: the Barry Caerphilly Growth study

Associations between prenatal and postnatal growth and adult body size and composition

Larger mass of high-metabolic-rate organs does not explain higher resting energy expenditure in children

Effect of zinc supplementation of pregnant women on the mental and psychomotor development of their children at 5 y of age

Lipids

Serum lipid response to the graduated enrichment of a Step I diet with almonds: a randomized feeding trial

Inhibition of cholesterol absorption by phytosterol-replete wheat germ compared with phytosterol-depleted wheat germ

Plasma fatty acid composition and depression are associated in the elderly: the Rotterdam Study

Effects of dietary monounsaturated fatty acids on lipoprotein concentrations, compositions, and subfraction distributions and on VLDL apolipoprotein B kinetics: dose-dependent effects on LDL

Nutritional status, dietary intake, and body composition

Relative influence of diet and physical activity on body composition in urban Chinese adults

Dietary patterns and changes in body mass index and waist circumference in adults

Total body potassium differs by sex and race across the adult age span

Body composition measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in patients who have undergone small-intestinal resection

Associations between diet and the metabolic syndrome vary with the validity of dietary intake data

Obesity and eating disorders

Regional body composition in adolescents with anorexia nervosa and changes with weight recovery

Influence of distribution of lean body mass on resting metabolic rate after weight loss and weight regain: comparison of responses in white and black women

Rapid weight gain during infancy and obesity in young adulthood in a cohort of African Americans

Long-term changes in energy expenditure and body composition after massive weight loss induced by gastric bypass surgery

Effect of a high-protein, energy-restricted diet on body composition, glycemic control, and lipid concentrations in overweight and obese hyperinsulinemic men and women

Review

Riboflavin (vitamin B-2) and health

Homocysteine and methylmalonic acid in diagnosis and risk assessment from infancy to adolescence

Vitamine, Minerals and Phytochemicals

Calcium intake, body composition, and lipoprotein-lipid concentrations in adults

Development of a dried whole-blood spot thyroglobulin assay and its evaluation as an indicator of thyroid status in goitrous children receiving iodized salt

Bioavailability of soybean isoflavones from aglycone and glucoside forms in American women

Dietary flavanols and procyanidin oligomers from cocoa (Theobroma cacao) inhibit platelet function

Low vitamin B-12 concentrations in patients without anemia: the effect of folic acid fortification of grain

Fortification of orange juice with vitamin D: a novel approach for enhancing vitamin D nutritional health

Combined deficiency of vitamins E and C causes paralysis and death in guinea pigs