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Trial reportThe American journal of clinical nutrition2024

Workplace food purchases, dietary intake, and gut microbial metabolites in a secondary analysis of the ChooseWell 365 study.

Varun M Bhave, Zsuzsanna Ament, Douglas E Levy, Anne N Thorndike, W Taylor Kimberly

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Varun M BhaveHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Zsuzsanna AmentHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Douglas E LevyHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Mongan Institute Health Policy Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Anne N ThorndikeHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Division of General Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
W Taylor KimberlyHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: wtkimberly@mgh.harvard.edu.
Massachusetts General Hospital · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Harvard Clinical and Translational Science CenterUL1TR001102 · NCATS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NADLER, LEE MARSHALL · 2013 to 2017
$106.2M
Promoting Employee Health Through The Worksite Food EnvironmentR01HL125486 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI THORNDIKE, ANNE N · 2015 to 2019
$4.0M
Metabolomic predictors of stroke in REGARDSR01NS099209 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI KIMBERLY, WILLIAM TAYLOR · 2017 to 2021
$2.4M
Psychological, cognitive, and genetic factors in a behavioral intervention to prevent weight gainR01DK114735 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI THORNDIKE, ANNE N · 2017 to 2019
$1.7M
Mentorship in patient-oriented research on behavioral and social determinants of cardiometabolic healthK24HL163073 · NHLBI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Anne N Thorndike · 2023 to 2026
$504k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001102NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL163073NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL125486NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK114735NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS099209
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDietary choices can affect human health through alterations in gut microbial metabolism, and gut microbial metabolites could serve as biomarkers for disease risk conferred by dietary intake. However, self-reported dietary intake may not reflect true intake.

objectivesWe identified circulating metabolites, including gut microbiome-related metabolites, associated with adherence to a healthy diet in the ChooseWell 365 study. In this randomized clinical trial, the dietary choices of hospital employees were assessed over 24 mo using not only 24-h dietary recalls but also electronic records of hospital cafeteria purchases.

methodsPlasma metabolites were profiled from 470 participants. Two targeted metabolomics methods were developed and implemented to expand detection coverage for metabolites related to gut microbial activity. Linear regression models were used to associate metabolites with Healthy Purchasing Scores (HPSs) derived from cafeteria purchases and Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-15) scores derived from dietary recalls.

resultsFourteen metabolites were concordantly associated with the HPS and HEI-15 scores in multivariable models adjusted for age, gender, and race, including the gut microbiome-related metabolites indole-3-propionic acid (HPS, β: 0.16, 95% CI: 0.07, 0.26, P = 7.32 × 10

conclusionsIn a secondary analysis of the ChooseWell 365 study, associations between circulating gut microbiome-related metabolites and a healthy diet were confirmed using both objective and subjective measures of consumption. Accurate identification of diet-associated metabolites may help guide dietary or microbiome-based interventions aimed at disease prevention.

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeAdultDietDiet, HealthyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedChooseWell 365dietary recallgut microbiomeHealthy Eating Indexmetabolomicspurchasing data

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PMID38677520
PMCPMC11196865
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