Sex-Specific Variation in Metabolic Responses to Diet

Autor: Reya R. Andrews, Kayla R. Anderson, Jean L. Fry
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Nutrients, Vol 16, Iss 17, p 2921 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2072-6643
DOI: 10.3390/nu16172921
Popis: Suboptimal nutrition is a leading cause of cardiometabolic disease and mortality. Biological sex is a variable that influences individual responses to dietary components and may modulate the impact of diet on metabolic health and disease risk. This review describes findings of studies reporting how biological sex may associate with or affect metabolic outcomes or disease risk in response to varying dietary macronutrient content, Mediterranean diet, Western diet, and medical very low-calorie diet. Although few dietary interventions have been specifically designed to identify sex–diet interactions, future studies improving understanding how sex influences dietary responses could inform precision nutrition interventions for disease prevention and management.
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