ReviewNutrients2023
A Narrative Review of Factors Associated with Skin Carotenoid Levels.
Review in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews of School-Based Nutrition Interventions to Determine Outcomes Used and Their Measurement Tools.Nutrition reviews · 2026Pooled it
- CaroRite™ for improving skin health and the visible signs of aging - a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.Frontiers in aging · 2026Trial
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- Evaluation of a Commercial Device Based on Reflection Spectroscopy as an Alternative to Resonance Raman Spectroscopy in Measuring Skin Carotenoid Levels: Randomized Controlled Trial.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Trial
- Skin carotenoid scores are a valid approximation of fruit and vegetable intake among adults with obesity.Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Examining Demographic Variables Associated with Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Skin Yellowness.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Self-Reported Dietary Carotenoid Intake and Skin Carotenoid Score Status in a Geographically Diverse U.S. Sample.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Skin Carotenoid Status and Diet Quality in Professional Rugby League Players: An Exploratory Longitudinal Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- A cross-sectional analysis of baseline diet quality among participants enrolled in delicious eating for life in the southern homes weight loss randomized trial.Nutrition and health · 2026Article
- A Narrative Review of Candidate Biomarkers of Total Fruit and Vegetable Intake.Nutrition bulletin · 2026Review
- Association Between Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Skin Carotenoid Levels Among Japanese Adults in the Workplace.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Skin Carotenoid Score Level and Race Affect Intradevice Repeatability of Veggie Meter® at a Single Time Point.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2026Article
- Protective Effects of Natural Lipophilic Antioxidants on UV-Induced Lipid Oxidation in Liposomes and Their Enhancement.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Examining intra- and inter-device reliability of pressure-mediated reflection spectroscopy in a multi-state sample of healthy adults.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Association of Veggie Meter-Assessed Skin Carotenoids and Dietary Intake Among Indigenous Families: The Indigenous Supported Agriculture "Go Healthy" Study.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Associations among skin carotenoids, anthropometric parameters and healthy lifestyle behaviors in young adults: a cross-sectional, population-based study.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Obesity and Skin Carotenoid Score in Children from Center-Southern Italian Regions.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Nutrition Knowledge, Food Insecurity, and Dietary Biomarkers: Examining Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among College Students.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Nutritional Benefits of Lycopene and Beta-Carotene: A Comprehensive Overview.Food science & nutrition · 2024Review
- Comparing the Dietary Habits and the Food Choices Between Italian and Dominican Adult Populations: Focus on Fruit and Vegetable Intakes and Their Association with Skin Carotenoid Levels.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Despite consistent evidence that greater consumption of fruits and vegetables (FV) is associated with significant reductions in chronic disease morbidity and mortality, the majority of adults in the United States consume less than the amounts recommended by public health agencies. As such, there is a critical need to design and implement effective programs and policies to facilitate increases in FV consumption for the prevention of these diseases. To accomplish this, an accurate, inexpensive, and convenient method for estimating the dietary FV intake is required. A promising method for quantifying the FV intake via proxy that has gained interest in recent years is the measurement of skin carotenoid levels via spectroscopy-based devices. However, there exist certain dietary and non-dietary factors that may affect the skin carotenoid levels independently of the dietary intake of carotenoids. In order to validate the ability of this method to accurately estimate the FV intake among diverse demographics, these factors must be identified and taken into consideration. Therefore, this narrative review seeks to summarize the available research on factors that may affect the skin carotenoid levels, determine current gaps in knowledge, and provide guidance for future research efforts seeking to validate spectroscopy-measured skin carotenoid levels as a means of accurately estimating the FV intake among various populations.
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