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The development of a food-group, tree classification method and its use in exploring dietary associations with Metabolic dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) and other health-related outcomes in a UK Population (2025)
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Alawadi, A. A., Vijay, A., Grove, J. I., Taylor, M. A., & Aithal, G. P. (2025). The development of a food-group, tree classification method and its use in exploring dietary associations with Metabolic dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) and other health-related outcomes in a UK Population. Metabolism Open, 25, Article 100351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metop.2025.100351

Background
Metabolic dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) affects up to one in five people in the UK, with persistent overeating and a sedentary lifestyle being significant risk factors. Exploring dietary patterns at a food level i... Read More about The development of a food-group, tree classification method and its use in exploring dietary associations with Metabolic dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) and other health-related outcomes in a UK Population.

Structuring white rice with gellan gum reduces the glycemic response in healthy humans (2024)
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Alshammari, N. A., Riches, K., Muttakin, S., Hoad, C. L., Strkalj, L., Gouseti, O., Bakalis, S., Lovegrove, A., Spiller, R. C., Gowland, P. A., Aithal, G. P., Yakubov, G. E., Taylor, M. A., & Marciani, L. (2024). Structuring white rice with gellan gum reduces the glycemic response in healthy humans. Food Research International, 196, Article 115090. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2024.115090

White rice has a high glycemic index and its consumption has been linked to an increased risk of developing type-2 diabetes mellitus, increased diabetes associated complications and obesity. In recent in vitro studies we have shown that addition of f... Read More about Structuring white rice with gellan gum reduces the glycemic response in healthy humans.

Role of Eating Behavior and Stress in Maintenance of Dietary Changes During the PREVIEW Intervention (2024)
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Jalo, E., Fogelholm, M., Westerterp-Plantenga, M., Adam, T. C., Drummen, M., Huttunen-Lenz, M., Kjølbæk, L., Martinez, J. A., Handjieva-Darlenska, T., Taylor, M. A., Brand-Miller, J., Poppitt, S., Stratton, G., Lam, T., Navas-Carretero, S., Bogdanov, G., Simpson, L., Muirhead, R., Silvestre, M. P., Swindell, N., …Konttinen, H. (2024). Role of Eating Behavior and Stress in Maintenance of Dietary Changes During the PREVIEW Intervention. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 56(5), 276-286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneb.2024.01.001

Objective: To examine whether eating behavior and perceived stress predict the maintenance of self-reported dietary change and adherence to dietary instructions during an intervention. Design: A secondary analysis of the behavior maintenance stage (6... Read More about Role of Eating Behavior and Stress in Maintenance of Dietary Changes During the PREVIEW Intervention.

Socio-economic factors, mood, primary care utilization, and quality of life as predictors of intervention cessation and chronic stress in a type 2 diabetes prevention intervention (PREVIEW Study) (2023)
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Huttunen-Lenz, M., Raben, A., Adam, T., Macdonald, I., Taylor, M. A., Stratton, G., Mackintosh, K., Martinez, J. A., Handjieva-Darlenska, T., Bogdanov, G. A., Poppitt, S. D., Silvestre, M. P., Fogelholm, M., Jalo, E., Brand-Miller, J., Muirhead, R., & Schlicht, W. (2023). Socio-economic factors, mood, primary care utilization, and quality of life as predictors of intervention cessation and chronic stress in a type 2 diabetes prevention intervention (PREVIEW Study). BMC Public Health, 23(1), Article 1666. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16569-9

Background: Sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy diet combined with overweight are risk factors for type 2 diabetes (T2D). Lifestyle interventions with weight-loss are effective in T2D-prevention, but unsuccessful completion and chronic stress may hinde... Read More about Socio-economic factors, mood, primary care utilization, and quality of life as predictors of intervention cessation and chronic stress in a type 2 diabetes prevention intervention (PREVIEW Study).

In vivo observation of a stomach road or ‘Magenstrasse’ for gastric emptying using MRI imaging in healthy humans (2023)
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Almutairi, F., Alyami, J., Pritchard, S., Alsharef, W., Spiller, R. C., Gowland, P. A., Taylor, M. A., Marciani, L., & Hoad, C. L. (2023). In vivo observation of a stomach road or ‘Magenstrasse’ for gastric emptying using MRI imaging in healthy humans. Clinical Nutrition Open Science, 51, 35-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nutos.2023.08.002

The presence of a ‘magenstrasse’, a central ‘stomach road’ for flow and mixing of foods and drinks in the stomach had been predicted from hydrodynamic modelling. Here a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tagging technique was used to gain novel insight... Read More about In vivo observation of a stomach road or ‘Magenstrasse’ for gastric emptying using MRI imaging in healthy humans.

Associations of obesity phenotypes with weight change, cardiometabolic benefits, and type 2 diabetes incidence during a lifestyle intervention: results from the PREVIEW study (2023)
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Zhu, R., Huttunen-Lenz, M., Stratton, G., Handjieva-Darlenska, T., Handjiev, S., Sundvall, J., Silvestre, M. P., Jalo, E., Pietiläinen, K. H., Adam, T. C., Drummen, M., Simpson, E. J., Taylor, M. A., Poppitt, S. D., Navas-Carretero, S., Martinez, J. A., Schlicht, W., Fogelholm, M., Brand-Miller, J., & Raben, A. (2023). Associations of obesity phenotypes with weight change, cardiometabolic benefits, and type 2 diabetes incidence during a lifestyle intervention: results from the PREVIEW study. International Journal of Obesity, 47(9), 833–840. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41366-023-01328-y

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Some individuals with overweight/obesity may be relatively metabolically healthy (MHO) and have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease than those with metabolically unhealthy overweight/obesity (MUO). We aimed to compare change... Read More about Associations of obesity phenotypes with weight change, cardiometabolic benefits, and type 2 diabetes incidence during a lifestyle intervention: results from the PREVIEW study.

Longitudinal Associations of Dietary Sugars and Glycaemic Index with Indices of Glucose Metabolism and Body Fatness during 3-Year Weight Loss Maintenance: A PREVIEW Sub-Study (2023)
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Della Corte, K., Jalo, E., Kaartinen, N. E., Simpson, L., Taylor, M. A., Muirhead, R., Raben, A., Macdonald, I. A., Fogelholm, M., & Brand-Miller, J. (2023). Longitudinal Associations of Dietary Sugars and Glycaemic Index with Indices of Glucose Metabolism and Body Fatness during 3-Year Weight Loss Maintenance: A PREVIEW Sub-Study. Nutrients, 15(9), Article 2083. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15092083

Background: Dietary sugars are often linked to the development of overweight and type 2 diabetes (T2D) but inconsistencies remain. Objective: We investigated associations of added, free, and total sugars, and glycaemic index (GI) with indices of gluc... Read More about Longitudinal Associations of Dietary Sugars and Glycaemic Index with Indices of Glucose Metabolism and Body Fatness during 3-Year Weight Loss Maintenance: A PREVIEW Sub-Study.

A comparative, randomised MRI study of the physiological and appetitive responses to gelling (alginate) and non-gelling nasogastric tube feeds in healthy men (2023)
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Aliyu, A. I., Nixon, A., Hoad, C., Marciani, L., Corsetti, M., Aithal, G. P., Macdonald, I. A., Cordon, S. M., Alhussain, M. H., Inoue, H., Yamada, M., & Taylor, M. A. (2023). A comparative, randomised MRI study of the physiological and appetitive responses to gelling (alginate) and non-gelling nasogastric tube feeds in healthy men. British Journal of Nutrition, 130(8), 1316-1328. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114523000302

AbstractInclusion in nasogastric tube feeds (NGTF) of acid-sensitive, seaweed-derived alginate, expected to form a reversible gel in the stomach, may create a more normal intragastric state and modified gastrointestinal responses. This may ameliorate... Read More about A comparative, randomised MRI study of the physiological and appetitive responses to gelling (alginate) and non-gelling nasogastric tube feeds in healthy men.

Perceived stress as a predictor of eating behavior during the 3-year PREVIEW lifestyle intervention (2022)
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Jalo, E., Konttinen, H., Westerterp-Plantenga, M., Adam, T., Drummen, M., Huttunen-Lenz, M., Siig Vestentoft, P., Martinez, J. A., Handjiev, S., Macdonald, I., Brand-Miller, J., Poppitt, S., Swindell, N., Lam, T., Navas-Carretero, S., Handjieva-Darlenska, T., Taylor, M., Muirhead, R., Silvestre, M. P., Raben, A., & Fogelholm, M. (2022). Perceived stress as a predictor of eating behavior during the 3-year PREVIEW lifestyle intervention. Nutrition and Diabetes, 12(1), Article 47. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41387-022-00224-0

Background
To better support participants to achieve long-lasting results within interventions aiming for weight loss and maintenance, more information is needed about the maintenance of behavioral changes. Therefore, we examined whether perceived s... Read More about Perceived stress as a predictor of eating behavior during the 3-year PREVIEW lifestyle intervention.

Development of Food Group Tree-Based Analysis and Its Association with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Co-Morbidities in a South Indian Population: A Large Case-Control Study (2022)
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Vijay, A., Al-Awadi, A., Chalmers, J., Balakumaran, L., Grove, J. I., Valdes, A. M., Taylor, M. A., Shenoy, K. T., & Aithal, G. P. (2022). Development of Food Group Tree-Based Analysis and Its Association with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Co-Morbidities in a South Indian Population: A Large Case-Control Study. Nutrients, 14(14), Article 2808. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14142808

Background: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a global problem growing in parallel to the epidemics of obesity and diabetes, with South Asians being particularly susceptible. Nutrition and behaviour are important modifiers of the disease,... Read More about Development of Food Group Tree-Based Analysis and Its Association with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Co-Morbidities in a South Indian Population: A Large Case-Control Study.