ArticleCurrent developments in nutrition2025
Two Spectroscopy Devices Can Approximate Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample.
Article in Current developments in nutrition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04056624 (Examining Validity and Sensitivity of Pressure-Mediated Reflection Spectroscopy as a Measure of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Diverse Community), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.
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Examining Validity and Sensitivity of Pressure-Mediated Reflection Spectroscopy as a Measure of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Diverse Community
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- A Narrative Review of Candidate Biomarkers of Total Fruit and Vegetable Intake.Nutrition bulletin · 2026Review
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Abstract
Background: Assessing fruit and vegetable intake is important to determine the effectiveness of nutrition intervention studies. Few objective measures of fruit and vegetable intake have been directly compared within the same study participants. Objectives: This study aims to compare the relative validity of 2 different skin spectrophotometry devices to serve as biomarkers of plasma carotenoid concentrations, self-reported fruit and vegetable intake (FVI), and carotenoid intake, to examine if both devices can be used to approximate FVI. Methods: Human skin carotenoid scores (SCS, Veggie Meter-assessed) and color space measurement data from 2 prior studies were used. Participants' skin color space parameters (lightness, redness, and yellowness) were measured using the Konica Minolta CM 700D spectrophotometer. Self-reported diet was assessed using food frequency questionnaires. We analyzed data from the 2 prior studies to examine correlations of skin lightness, redness, and yellowness parameters with SCS, plasma carotenoids, and FVI and carotenoid intake. Results: Skin lightness and redness demonstrated weak correlations with skin carotenoids ( Conclusions: Both devices can be used to approximate FVI. More research is needed to understand the reasons the devices may not detect plasma lycopene well.This study was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT04056624 (https://clinicaltrials.gov/c t2/show/NCT04056624).
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