Annals ofNutrition

Volume: 5 - Number: 35 - January 15, 2005

Outstanding

A new look at dietary protein in diabetes

Assessment of energy expenditure associated with physical activities in free-living obese and nonobese adolescents

The intestine and its microflora are partners for the protection of the host: report on the Danone Symposium "The Intelligent Intestine," held in Paris, June 14, 2002

Frailty amplifies the effects of aging on protein metabolism: role of protein intake

Aids and Anothers Devastators Syndromes

High-fiber diet in HIV-positive men is associated with lower risk of developing fat deposition

Bone metabolism

Association of low 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations with elevated parathyroid hormone concentrations and low cortical bone density in early pubertal and prepubertal Finnish girls

Carbohydrate metabolism and diabetes

Coffee acutely modifies gastrointestinal hormone secretion and glucose tolerance in humans: glycemic effects of chlorogenic acid and caffeine

An increase in dietary protein improves the blood glucose response in persons with type 2 diabetes

Cardiovascular disease risk

Randomized controlled crossover study of the effect of a highly ß-glucan–enriched barley on cardiovascular disease risk factors in mildly hypercholesterolemic men

Editorial

A new look at dietary protein in diabetes

New evidence that iron supplementation during pregnancy improves birth weight: new scientific questions

Energy and protein metabolism

Frailty amplifies the effects of aging on protein metabolism: role of protein intake

Skeletal muscle enzymes as predictors of 24-h energy metabolism in reduced-obese persons

Differential utilization of systemic and enteral ammonia for urea synthesis in control subjects and ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency carriers

Growth, Development and Paediatric

Parenteral nutrition results in impaired lactose digestion and hexose absorption when enteral feeding is initiated in infant pigs

Assessment of energy expenditure associated with physical activities in free-living obese and nonobese adolescents

Longitudinal changes in the accuracy of reported energy intake in girls 10–15 y of age

Lactation and Pregnancy

Milk folate but not milk iron concentrations may be inadequate for some infants in a rural farming community in San Mateo, Capulhuac, Mexico

Lipids

Incorporation of docosahexaenoic acid into nerve membrane phospholipids: bridging the gap between animals and cultured cells

Nutritional status, dietary intake, and body composition

Weight status, abdominal adiposity, diabetes, and early age-related lens opacities

Rice-based diets in rural Bangladesh: how do different age and sex groups adapt to seasonal changes in energy intake?

Food and nutrient intakes and asthma risk in young adults

Prospective study of the association of changes in dietary intake, physical activity, alcohol consumption, and smoking with 9-y gain in waist circumference among 16 587 US men

Obesity and eating disorders

Physical activity and weight loss: does prescribing higher physical activity goals improve outcome?

A case-control study of the association of diet and obesity with gout in Taiwan

Special Articles

The intestine and its microflora are partners for the protection of the host: report on the Danone Symposium "The Intelligent Intestine," held in Paris, June 14, 2002

Vitamine, Minerals and Phytochemicals

The efficacy of a local ascorbic acid–rich food in improving iron absorption from Mexican diets: a field study using stable isotopes

Homocysteine and cognitive function in the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging

Measurement of magnesium absorption and retention in type 2 diabetic patients with the use of stable isotopes

Effect of orange juice intake on vitamin C concentrations and biomarkers of antioxidant status in humans

B vitamin status and concentrations of homocysteine and methylmalonic acid in elderly German women

Iron supplementation during pregnancy, anemia, and birth weight: a randomized controlled trial