Editorials:

Dennis M Bier

Back to the future
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 1-2. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dennis M Bier, Steven A Abrams, Barbara A Bowman, Naomi K Fukagawa, Jonathan D Gitlin, David M Klurfeld, and Frank M Sacks

Conflict of interest policy for Editors of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 3-4. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tisha Joy and Steven K Grinspoon

Adipose compartmentalization and insulin resistance among obese HIV-infected women: the role of intermuscular adipose tissue
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 5-6. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Review Articles:

Krista A Varady and Marc K Hellerstein

Alternate-day fasting and chronic disease prevention: a review of human and animal trials
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 7-13. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vishnudutt Purohit, Manal F Abdelmalek, Shirish Barve, Norlin J Benevenga, Charles H Halsted, Neil Kaplowitz, Kusum K Kharbanda, Qi-Ying Liu, Shelly C Lu, Craig J McClain, Christine Swanson, and Samir Zakhari

Role of S-adenosylmethionine, folate, and betaine in the treatment of alcoholic liver disease: summary of a symposium
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 14-24. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Obesity and eating disorders:

Tetsuya Ando, Yuhei Ichimaru, Fujiko Konjiki, Masayasu Shoji, and Gen Komaki

Variations in the preproghrelin gene correlate with higher body mass index, fat mass, and body dissatisfaction in young Japanese women
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 25-32. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David S Freedman, Henry S Kahn, Zuguo Mei, Laurence M Grummer-Strawn, William H Dietz, Sathanur R Srinivasan, and Gerald S Berenson

Relation of body mass index and waist-to-height ratio to cardiovascular disease risk factors in children and adolescents: the Bogalusa Heart Study
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 33-40. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tanja VE Kral, Albert J Stunkard, Robert I Berkowitz, Virginia A Stallings, Danielle D Brown, and Myles S Faith

Daily food intake in relation to dietary energy density in the free-living environment: a prospective analysis of children born at different risk of obesity
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 41-47. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cardiovascular disease risk:

Chong-Do Lee, David R Jacobs, Jr, Pamela J Schreiner, Carlos Iribarren, and Arlene Hankinson

Abdominal obesity and coronary artery calcification in young adults: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 48-54. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nutritional status, dietary intake, and body composition:

Kaisu Keskitalo, Antti Knaapila, Mikko Kallela, Aarno Palotie, Maija Wessman, Sampo Sammalisto, Leena Peltonen, Hely Tuorila, and Markus Perola

Sweet taste preferences are partly genetically determined: identification of a trait locus on chromosome 16
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 55-63. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gry Hay, Helga Refsum, Andrew Whitelaw, Elisabeth Lind Melbye, Egil Haug, and Berit Borch-Iohnsen

Predictors of serum ferritin and serum soluble transferrin receptor in newborns and their associations with iron status during the first 2 y of life
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 64-73. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Qi Sun, Jing Ma, Hannia Campos, Susan E Hankinson, and Frank B Hu

Comparison between plasma and erythrocyte fatty acid content as biomarkers of fatty acid intake in US women
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 74-81. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Steven B Heymsfield, Dympna Gallagher, Laurel Mayer, Joel Beetsch, and Angelo Pietrobelli

Scaling of human body composition to stature: new insights into body mass index
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 82-91. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer Dominguez, Linnea Goodman, Surupa Sen Gupta, Laurel Mayer, Sarah Fischer Etu, B Timothy Walsh, Jack Wang, Richard Pierson, and Michelle P Warren

Treatment of anorexia nervosa is associated with increases in bone mineral density, and recovery is a biphasic process involving both nutrition and return of menses
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 92-99. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carbohydrate metabolism and diabetes:

Jeanine B Albu, Sonjia Kenya, Qing He, Marsha Wainwright, Evan S Berk, Stanley Heshka, Donald P Kotler, and Ellen S Engelson

Independent associations of insulin resistance with high whole-body intermuscular and low leg subcutaneous adipose tissue distribution in obese HIV-infected women
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 100-106. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robyn N Smith, Neil J Mann, Anna Braue, Henna Mäkeläinen, and George A. Varigos

A low-glycemic-load diet improves symptoms in acne vulgaris patients: a randomized controlled trial
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 107-115. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pablo Monsivais, Martine M Perrigue, and Adam Drewnowski

Sugars and satiety: does the type of sweetener make a difference?
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 116-123. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer A Williams, Yong S Choe, Michael J Noss, Carl J Baumgartner, and Vikkie A Mustad

Extract of Salacia oblonga lowers acute glycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 124-130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals:

Øivind Midttun, Steinar Hustad, Jørn Schneede, Stein E Vollset, and Per M Ueland

Plasma vitamin B-6 forms and their relation to transsulfuration metabolites in a large, population-based study
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 131-138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tor A Strand, Sunita Taneja, Nita Bhandari, Helga Refsum, Per M Ueland, Håkon K Gjessing, Rajiv Bahl, Joern Schneede, Maharaj K Bhan, and Halvor Sommerfelt

Folate, but not vitamin B-12 status, predicts respiratory morbidity in north Indian children
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 139-144. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sebastian J Padayatty, John L Doppman, Richard Chang, Yaohui Wang, John Gill, Dimitris A Papanicolaou, and Mark Levine

Human adrenal glands secrete vitamin C in response to adrenocorticotrophic hormone
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 145-149. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francis L Weng, Justine Shults, Mary B Leonard, Virginia A Stallings, and Babette S Zemel

Risk factors for low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in otherwise healthy children and adolescents
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 150-158. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Balasubramaniem Ashokkumar, Zainab M Mohammed, Nosratola D Vaziri, and Hamid M Said

Effect of folate oversupplementation on folate uptake by human intestinal and renal epithelial cells
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 159-166. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Growth, development, and pediatrics:

Joanne E Cecil, Colin NA Palmer, Bettina Fischer, Peter Watt, Deborah J Wallis, Inez Murrie, and Marion M Hetherington

Variants of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor - and ß-adrenergic receptor genes are associated with measures of compensatory eating behaviors in young children
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 167-173. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer O Fisher, Yan Liu, Leann L Birch, and Barbara J Rolls

Effects of portion size and energy density on young children's intake at a meal
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 174-179. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nutritional epidemiology and public health:

Chung-Jung Chiu, Roy C Milton, Gary Gensler, and Allen Taylor

Association between dietary glycemic index and age-related macular degeneration in nondiabetic participants in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 180-188. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Allison M Hodge, Dallas R English, Kerin O'Dea, Andrew J Sinclair, Maria Makrides, Robert A Gibson, and Graham G Giles

Plasma phospholipid and dietary fatty acids as predictors of type 2 diabetes: interpreting the role of linoleic acid
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 189-197. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pilar Guallar-Castillón, Fernando Rodríguez-Artalejo, Nélida Schmid Fornés, José R Banegas, Pilar Amiano Etxezarreta, Eva Ardanaz, Aurelio Barricarte, María-Dolores Chirlaque, Miren Dorronsoro Iraeta, Nerea Larrañaga Larrañaga, Adamina Losada, Michelle Mendez, Carmen Martínez, José R Quirós, Carmen Navarro, Paula Jakszyn, María J Sánchez, María J Tormo, and Carlos A González

Intake of fried foods is associated with obesity in the cohort of Spanish adults from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 198-205. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kentaro Murakami, Satoshi Sasaki, Yoshiko Takahashi, Kazuhiro Uenishi, Mitsuyo Yamasaki, Hitomi Hayabuchi, Toshinao Goda, Jun Oka, Keiko Baba, Kazuko Ohki, Toshiyuki Kohri, Kanako Muramatsu, and Mika Furuki

Hardness (difficulty of chewing) of the habitual diet in relation to body mass index and waist circumference in free-living Japanese women aged 18–22 y
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 206-213. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jutta Dierkes, Cornelia Weikert, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Sabine Westphal, Claus Luley, Matthias Möhlig, Joachim Spranger, and Heiner Boeing

Plasma pyridoxal-5-phosphate and future risk of myocardial infarction in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Potsdam cohort
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 214-220. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Linton R Harriss, Dallas R English, John Powles, Graham G Giles, Andrew M Tonkin, Allison M Hodge, Laima Brazionis, and Kerin O'Dea

Dietary patterns and cardiovascular mortality in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 221-229. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gene-nutrient interactions:

Mihai D Niculescu, Kerry-Ann da Costa, Leslie M Fischer, and Steven H Zeisel

Lymphocyte gene expression in subjects fed a low-choline diet differs between those who develop organ dysfunction and those who do not
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 230-239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marilyn C Cornelis, Ahmed El-Sohemy, and Hannia Campos

Genetic polymorphism of the adenosine A_2A receptor is associated with habitual caffeine consumption
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 240-244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bone metabolism:

Cynthia J Lees, Jay R Kaplan, Haiying Chen, Christopher P Jerome, Thomas C Register, and Adrian A Franke

Bone mass and soy isoflavones in socially housed, premenopausal macaques
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 245-250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mette F Hitz, Jens-Erik B Jensen, and Peter C Eskildsen

Bone mineral density and bone markers in patients with a recent low-energy fracture: effect of 1 y of treatment with calcium and vitamin D
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 251-259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Pekka Collin, Markku Mäki, and Katri Kaukinen

Safe gluten threshold for patients with celiac disease: some patients are more tolerant than others
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 260. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Carlo Catassi and Alessio Fasano

Reply to P Collin et al
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 260-261. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harri Hemilä and Edgar R Miller, III

Evidence-based medicine and vitamin E supplementation
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 261-262. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Margaret E Wright, Karla A Lawson, Stephanie J Weinstein, and Demetrius Albanes

Reply to H Hemilä and ER Miller III
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 262-263. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Maret G Traber

Reply to H Hemilä and ER Miller III
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 263-264. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert J Berry, Heather K Carter, and Quanhe Yang

Cognitive impairment in older Americans in the age of folic acid fortification
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 265-267. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Martha Savaria Morris, Paul F Jacques, Irwin H Rosenberg, and Jacob Selhub

Reply to RJ Berry et al
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 267-268. [Full Text] [PDF]  

A David Smith

Reply to RJ Berry et al
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 268-269. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Reviews:

Raymond F Burk

Selenium in Nutrition and Health: edited by PF Surai, 2006, 974 pages, hardcover, $149. Nottingham University Press, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Am J Clin Nutr 2007 86: 270. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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