Last week, we reached a major milestone – we indexed the 2 millionth record in the FSTA database! That’s 2 million records which are all relevant to food and beverages, and from publications that you can trust. It’s no wonder that universities, food companies and government agencies all over the world use FSTA for literature searching.
We have been delving into the 3,224 records we added last week to see what the hottest topics were in this milestone update of the database.
Read on as we share a selection of the approximately 800 nutrition-related records, shining a light on infant and child nutrition:
1) Factors associated with minimum dietary diversity, minimum meal frequency and minimum acceptable diet practices among children 6-23 months of age in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
Hien A et al, African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, Volume 23, Issue 3
‘… The proportion of children 6-23 months meeting the three complementary feeding practice indicators in Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina Faso were far below the WHO-recommended standard of 90% coverage. The MDD and MAD were positively associated to the female gender. This finding could be used to better target the children in order to improve the effects of the ongoing or future interventions in increasing appropriate complementary feeding practices.’
2) Composition and characteristics of polyunsaturated fatty acids in human milk in China and its comparative analysis of meeting the dietary nutrient intake of infants.
Wang Fangmin et al., China Oils and Fats, Volume 48, Issue 9
‘… Fatty acids in human milk are macronutrients with great changes, especially polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), which play an important role in infant nutrition, immunity and neurocognitive function… The mature human milk in China contained high levels of linoleic acid (LA), relatively stable levels of arachidonic acid (ARA), low and fluctuating levels of α-linolenic acid (ALA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and the LA/ALA ratio ranged from 4.25 to 33.44. The PUFA composition of human milk can be improved by dietary intervention so as to increase the PUFA content required for the growth and development of breastfed infants.’
3) Impact of refrigeration and freezing-thawing of breast milk on in vitro digestibility and liposoluble vitamin bioaccessibility in breast-fed infants.
Ever Hernandez-Olivas et al., LWT - Food Science and Technology, Volume 187
‘… Freezing-thawing significantly increased the fat globule particle size. For cystic fibrosis (CF) digestion, this change had a more negative impact when using a freezing-thawing process than when using refrigeration of breast milk, reducing lipolysis (up to 18%), proteolysis (up to 28%), and vitamin A and E bioaccessibility. … In conclusion, breast milk is the only source of energy and nutrients for breast-fed infants, so to prevent the loss of nutrient absorption, those with CF should not be fed with frozen-thawed breast milk.’
4) Association Between Interpregnancy Interval and Risk of Preterm Birth and Its Modification by Folate Intake: The Japan Environment and Children's Study.
Kanami Tanigawa et al., Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 33, Issue 3
‘… we examined associations between interpregnancy intervals (IPIs) and risk of preterm birth and effect modification of those associations by dietary intake of folate and supplementation with folic acid on the basis of a nationwide birth cohort study… Conclusion: Both <6-month and ≥120-month IPIs were associated with an increased risk of preterm birth. These higher risks were confined to women with inadequate intake of dietary folate and folic acid supplementation during pregnancy.’
5) Changes in Mature Human Milk Macronutrient Composition over 45 years in an Urban Population in Indonesia.
Neti Nurani et al., Journal of Human Lactation, Volume 39, Issue 4
‘… Research Aim: To investigate the secular trend in macronutrient composition of mature human milk from mothers of healthy, full-term infants in urban populations in Indonesia from 1974 and 2019… Conclusion: The mature human milk from 2019 has a higher fat and total energy content but lower carbohydrate content than those observed 4 decades ago. The protein content remained the same.’
6) Toddler Milk Perceptions and Responses to Front-of-Package Claims and Product Warnings: A Qualitative Study of Caregivers of Toddlers.
Ana Paula C. Richter et al., Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Volume 123, Issue 11
‘… Participants described offering toddler milk to their children for its convenience, nutritional profile, and perceived benefits tied to health claims present on the labels. Participants reported that health claims on toddler milk packaging attracted their attention; most participants did not express skepticism about the veracity of the claims. An "added sugar" warning increased understanding of the presence of added sugar in a toddler milk product… Research is needed to investigate caregiver-directed interventions for informing caregivers about the distinction between infant formula and toddler milk.
7) Micronutrients and cognitive functions among urban school-going children and adolescents: A cross-sectional multicentric study from India.
Shweta Singh et al., PLoS ONE, Volume 18, Issue 2
Micronutrient deficiency (MD) is associated with deficits in cognitive functioning of children. However, no comprehensive multicentric study has been conducted in India to explore the role of multiple MD in cognition of children and adolescents… Conclusion: Since ≥ 2 MD were found in more than 2/3rd of participants and was associated with impairment in cognitive function, attempts must be made to ameliorate them on priority in school going children in India.
8) Effects of 2-year dietary and physical activity intervention on cognition in children-a nonrandomized controlled trial.
Sehrish Naveed et al., Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, Volume 33, Issue 11
‘… We assessed dietary factors by 4 days food records and computed the Baltic Sea Diet Score (BSDS) as a measure of diet quality… Conclusion: Combined dietary and PA intervention had no effect on cognition. Improved diet quality and increased organized sports and reading were associated with improved cognition.’
9) Preventing Child Wasting in Africa's Dryland: An Exploratory Review of the Enabling Environment in 8 Sub-Saharan Countries Using a Food Systems Lens.
Patrizia Fracassi et al., Food and Nutrition Bulletin, Volume 44, Issue 2
‘Persistent child wasting is evident across the Sahel and Horn of Africa, much of which is typically dryland and dependent on agropastoralism. Two events in 2021, the United Nations (UN) Food Systems Summit and the Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit, represented a watershed moment for the alignment of food systems and nutrition. Against this backdrop, the costed country operational roadmaps, developed in 22 countries as part of the joint UN Global Action Plan on Child Wasting (UNICEF 2021), recognized the importance of preventing child wasting using a multisectoral approach. We use a food systems lens to assess how current governance mechanisms, policies, and programming priorities in 8 sub-Saharan countries are responsive to the food security and nutritional needs of the most vulnerable people…’
10) The Effectiveness of Promoting a Vegetable and Fruit Consumption Behavior Program among Preschool Children in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand.
Suwichaya Wiriyasirikul et al., Sustainability, Volume 15, Issue 19
‘… The developmental findings suggested that a 10-week program was appropriate and showed a promise in increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among the preschoolers. The findings, notably in the experimental group, demonstrate that caregivers should increase their knowledge of, and exhibit behavioral support in, fruit and vegetable consumption among preschoolers, and that this will eventually reflect a positive impact on preschoolers' dietary habits.’
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We pride ourselves on our coverage of niche titles from all over the world as well as the major publishers. This can be seen in the ten records above, which come from journals published by nine different publishers.
And very importantly, our assessments and quality management processes mean you can feel confident none of the journals indexed in our research databases are predatory, which continues to be a major problem when searching online. Many search tools don’t check that the journals they’re indexing are legitimate. We check!
FSTA is designed especially for researching food topics with every record indexed from a food perspective, to help scientists find relevant information as efficiently as possible. So you can understand what that looks like in practice, here are the index terms assigned to the article ‘Micronutrients and cognitive functions among urban school-going children and adolescents: A cross-sectional multicentric study from India.’:
Keywords: ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENTS; AGE GROUPS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ASIA; BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS; BEHAVIOURAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL LIFE CYCLE; CA; CALCIUM; CHILDHOOD; CHILDREN; COBALAMINS; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; CORRINOIDS; ECONOMICS; ELEMENTS; FE; FOLATES; GENDER; HEALTH; HUMAN LIFE CYCLE; HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN STUDIES; INDIA; INSTITUTIONS; IRON; METALS; NUTRIENTS; POPULATION GROUPS; PTEROYLGLUTAMATES; RETINOIDS; SCHOOLS; SCIENCE; SE; SELENIUM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDY DESIGN; TEENAGERS; TRACE METALS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN B12; VITAMIN B9; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS; VITAMINS B; WELLBEING; WELLNESS; ZINC; ZN
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