Nutrition Challenges and Opportunities When Shifting to Plant-Based Diets.

There has been a significant increase in the number of people shifting towards plant-based dietary patterns over the past decade due to interest in protecting the health of the planet as well as improving human health. Studies have shown that vegetarian diets are associated with a lower prevalence of obesity in adults and children; therefore, moving towards a vegetarian diet in childhood may help prevent obesity later in life. The VeChi study in Germany found that on average vegetarian and vegan children grew equally well as omnivorous children.

COVID-19 related change in breast cancer diagnosis, stage, treatment, and case volume: 2019-2021.

Purpose: Evaluate the COVID-19 pandemic impact on breast cancer detection method, stage and treatment before, during and after health care restrictions.

Methods: In a retrospective tertiary cancer care center cohort, first primary breast cancer (BC) patients, years 2019-2021, were reviewed (n = 1787). Chi-square statistical comparisons of detection method (patient (PtD)/mammography (MamD), Stage (0-IV) and treatment by pre-pandemic time 1: 2019 + Q1 2020; peak-pandemic time 2: Q2-Q4 2020; pandemic time 3: Q1-Q4 2021 (Q = quarter) periods and logistic regression for odds ratios were used.

Development of national consensus statements on food labelling interpretation and protein allocation in a low phenylalanine diet for PKU.

Background: In the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU), there was disparity between UK dietitians regarding interpretation of how different foods should be allocated in a low phenylalanine diet (allowed without measurement, not allowed, or allowed as part of phenylalanine exchanges). This led to variable advice being given to patients.

Methodology: In 2015, British Inherited Metabolic Disease Group (BIMDG) dietitians (n = 70) were sent a multiple-choice questionnaire on the interpretation of protein from food-labels and the allocation of different foods.

Positron Emission Mammography Image Interpretation for Reduced Image Count Levels.

Unlabelled: We studied the effects of reduced (18)F-FDG injection activity on interpretation of positron emission mammography (PEM) images and compared image interpretation between 2 postinjection imaging times.

Methods: We performed a receiver-operating-characteristic (ROC) study using PEM images reconstructed with different count levels expected from injected activities between 23 and 185 MBq. Thirty patients received 2 PEM scans at postinjection times of 60 and 120 min.