Dietary inflammatory index and non-communicable disease risk: a narrative review

CM Phillips, LW Chen, B Heude, JY Bernard… - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
There are over 1,000,000 publications on diet and health and over 480,000 references on
inflammation in the National Library of Medicine database. In addition, there have now been …

Overcoming barriers to physical activity in underserved populations

A Bantham, SET Ross, E Sebastião, G Hall - Progress in cardiovascular …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is compelling evidence suggesting underserved populations, including racial/ethnic
minorities and individuals with low socioeconomic status, are less likely to partake in …

Construct validation of the dietary inflammatory index among postmenopausal women

FK Tabung, SE Steck, J Zhang, Y Ma, AD Liese… - Annals of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose Many dietary factors have either proinflammatory or anti-inflammatory properties.
We previously developed a dietary inflammatory index (DII) to assess the inflammatory …

[HTML][HTML] Construct validation of the dietary inflammatory index among African Americans

MD Wirth, N Shivappa, L Davis, TG Hurley… - The Journal of nutrition …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective Chronic inflammation is linked to many chronic conditions. One of the strongest
modulators of chronic inflammation is diet. The Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) measures …

Association between inflammatory potential of diet and mortality in the Iowa Women's Health study

N Shivappa, CK Blair, AE Prizment, DR Jacobs… - European journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Chronic diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are well-
established causes of disability and premature deaths. Dietary components that are known …

Inflammatory potential of diet and risk of oral and pharyngeal cancer in a large case‐control study from Italy

N Shivappa, JR Hébert, V Rosato… - … journal of cancer, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Diet and inflammation have been suggested to be important risk factors for oral and
pharyngeal cancer. We examined the association between dietary inflammatory index …

Impacts of workplace health promotion and wellness programs on health care utilization and costs: results from an academic workplace

JM Dement, C Epling, J Joyner… - Journal of Occupational …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objective: This study evaluated the impacts of a long-standing workplace health promotion
(HP) program on health care utilization and costs and estimated return on investment (ROI) …

Physical activity interventions with African American or Latino men: a systematic review

DM Griffith, EM Bergner, EK Cornish… - American journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Relatively little is known about what helps increase physical activity in African American
men, and even less is known about promoting physical activity among Latino men. This …

Persistent organic pollutants and obesity: are they potential mechanisms for breast cancer promotion?

DK Reaves, E Ginsburg, JJ Bang… - Endocrine-related …, 2015 - erc.bioscientifica.com
Dietary ingestion of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is correlated with the development
of obesity. Obesity alters metabolism, induces an inflammatory tissue microenvironment, and …

The effect of changes in health beliefs among African-American and rural white church congregants enrolled in an obesity intervention: A qualitative evaluation

DJ Martinez, MM Turner, M Pratt-Chapman… - Journal of Community …, 2016 - Springer
Church interventions can reduce obesity disparities by empowering participants with
knowledge and skills within an established community. The purpose of this study was to …