How is the adequacy of micronutrient intake assessed across Europe? A systematic literature review

EURopean micronutrient RECommendations Aligned is a network of excellence funded by the European commission, and established to address the problem of differences between countries in micronutrient recommendations as well as to understand how nutritional information including requirements and adequacy of intake is processed among different population groups. The aims of the present paper were to review the methods used for the adequacy assessment of the intake of six micronutrients of public health concern (vitamin A, folate, vitamin B12, Fe, Zn and iodine) in non-European and European nutrition surveys carried out on the apparently healthy population and to compare in particular the adequacy across surveys for folate intake. A systematic literature review was conducted to identify nutrition surveys that assessed micronutrient intake adequacy. The search yielded 9049 records, out of which 337 were eligible for the selected micronutrients. The majority (83·9 %) of the European surveys compared the adequacy of the nutrient intake against the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA); only a few surveys (8·0 %) used the estimated average requirement cut-point method, while none of them used the probability approach. The comparison of folate inadequacy across eight countries revealed that about 25 % of the adult female population had inadequate intakes when judged against the different recommendations used by the respective investigators, but nearly 75 % had inadequate intakes when compared against the estimated average requirement cut-point value of 320 μg/d. The present review showed that different methods were applied across Europe to estimate the adequacy of micronutrient intake, which led to different prevalence estimates of micronutrient inadequacy.

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Whole Grain Consumption and Inflammatory Markers: A Systematic Literature Review of Randomized Control Trials

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu14020374 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 374

Author(s):

Genevieve Milesi ◽

Anna Rangan ◽

Sara Grafenauer

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Inflammatory Markers ◽

Disease Risk ◽

Inflammatory Marker ◽

Healthy Population ◽

Randomized Control Trials ◽

Whole Grain ◽

Randomized Control ◽

Grain Foods

Whole grain foods are rich in nutrients, dietary fibre, a range of antioxidants, and phytochemicals, and may have potential to act in an anti-inflammatory manner, which could help impact chronic disease risk. This systematic literature review aimed to examine the specific effects of whole grains on selected inflammatory markers from human clinical trials in adults. As per the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews (PRISMA) protocol, the online databases MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane, CINAHL, and Scopus were searched from inception through to 31 August 2021. Randomized control trials (RCTs) ≥ 4 weeks in duration, reporting ≥1 of the following: C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor (TNF), were included. A total of 31 RCTs were included, of which 16 studies recruited overweight/obese individuals, 12 had pre-existing conditions, two were in a healthy population, and one study included participants with prostate cancer. Of these 31 RCTs, three included studies with two intervention arms. A total of 32 individual studies measured CRP (10/32 were significant), 18 individual studies measured IL-6 (2/18 were significant), and 13 individual studies measured TNF (5/13 were significant). Most often, the overweight/obese population and those with pre-existing conditions showed significant reductions in inflammatory markers, mainly CRP (34% of studies). Overall, consumption of whole grain foods had a significant effect in reducing at least one inflammatory marker as demonstrated in 12/31 RCTs.

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Perspectives on the Early Quality of Evidence Guiding the Therapeutic Management of SARS CoV-2: A Systematic Literature Review

10.21203/rs.3.rs-40221/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Kaushik Subramanian ◽

Anuradha Nalli ◽

Vinitha Senthil ◽

Saurabh Jain ◽

Aravind Nayak ◽

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Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Treatment Guidelines ◽

Case Series ◽

Therapeutic Options ◽

Therapeutic Management ◽

Health Concern ◽

Early Evidence ◽

First Choice

Abstract Background:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak is a serious health concern. Repurposing of existing drugs indicated for other conditions seems to be the first choice for immediate therapeutic management. The quality of early evidence favoring the different treatment options needs to be apprised for informed decision making. Methods:In this systematic literature review, we apprised the quality of available evidence for different therapeutic options and also the basis for different treatment guidelines. In order to include all studies that are in different stages of publications, we also included studies from the preprint servers, BioRxiv, MedRxiv and published studies from PubMed. Results:We retrieved 5621 articles and included 20 studies for the systematic review. Based on our study, chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine either alone or in combination with azithromycin, remdesivir, corticosteroids, convalescent sera, ritonavir/lopinavir and arbidol were evaluated as therapeutic options. The data from different study designs reveal contradictory findings except for convalescent sera for which the evidence available is only from case series. Based on these early evidence, various national guidelines recommend remdesivir, convalescent sera, corticosteroids, hydroxychloroquine in different sub set of patients. Conclusion:Establishing consensus with respect to the endpoints to be assessed for respiratory viruses may enhance the quality of evidences in case of future pandemics. Further clinical evidence from the ongoing trials may lead to evolution of treatment guidelines with the addition of more therapeutic options.

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Micronutrient intake density may be reduced in children with high sugar intakes: A systematic literature review

Journal of Nutrition & Intermediary Metabolism ◽

10.1016/j.jnim.2014.10.145 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 40

Author(s):

E. Goddard ◽

Y. Probst

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

High Sugar ◽

Micronutrient Intake

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Is vitamin D deficiency a public health concern for low middle income countries? A systematic literature review

European Journal of Nutrition ◽

10.1007/s00394-018-1607-3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 58 (1) ◽

pp. 433-453 ◽

Cited By ~ 24

Author(s):

Kevin D. Cashman ◽

Tony Sheehy ◽

Colette M. O’Neill

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Vitamin D ◽

Literature Review ◽

Vitamin D Deficiency ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Health Concern ◽

Public Health Concern ◽

Middle Income ◽

Middle Income Countries ◽

Low Middle Income Countries

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Addressing Parental Vaccine Hesitancy towards Childhood Vaccines in the United States: A Systematic Literature Review of Communication Interventions and Strategies

Vaccines ◽

10.3390/vaccines8040590 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 590 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Olivia Olson ◽

Corinne Berry ◽

Nirbhay Kumar

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

United States ◽

Literature Review ◽

Health Communication ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

The United States ◽

Health Concern ◽

Vaccine Hesitancy ◽

Childhood Vaccines ◽

Communication Interventions

Parental vaccine hesitancy is becoming an increasingly important public health concern in the United States. In March 2020, an assessment of the latest CDC National Immunization Survey data found that more than one-third of U.S. children between the ages of 19 and 35 months were not following the recommended early childhood immunization schedule. Furthermore, a 2019 national survey found that approximately 1 in 4 parents reported serious concerns towards vaccinating their children. Vaccine hesitancy is now associated with a decrease in vaccine coverage and an increase in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks and epidemics in the United States. Many studies have focused on understanding and defining the new socio-medical term, vaccine hesitancy; few have attempted to summarize past and current health communication interventions and strategies that have been successful or unsuccessful in tackling this growing phenomenon. This systematic literature review will attempt to aid public health professionals with a catalogue of health communication interventions and strategies to ultimately address and prevent parental vaccine hesitancy in the long term. Out of 1239 search results, a total of 75 articles were included for analysis, ranging from systematic reviews, quantitative surveys, and experimental designs to ethnographic and qualitative studies. For the presentation of results, a taxonomy was used to organize communication interventions according to their intended purpose. The catalogue of interventions was further broken down into specific components and themes that were identified in the literature as essential to either the success or failure in preventing and addressing parental vaccine hesitancy towards childhood vaccines.

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