Major peer reviewed publications based on the application of the various stable isotope techniques in nutrition assessments in the context of IAEA-supported projects can be found on this page.
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2025
Energy expenditure and obesity across the economic spectrum
MCGROSKY, A., et al., Energy expenditure and obesity across the economic spectrum, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 29 (2025) e2420902122. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2420902122.
2025
Paving the way for improved action: how nuclear techniques can advance the assessment of malnutrition
SHERTUKDE, S.P., et al., Paving the way for improved action: how nuclear techniques can advance the assessment of malnutrition, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2025), ISSN 0002-9165. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.06.003.
2025
How stable isotopes can advance nutrition assessments to inform sustainable food systems
SHERTUKDE, S.P., DE SéVAUX, M.A.J., HERTER-AEBERLI, I., PRESTON, T., LOECHL, C.U., How stable isotopes can advance nutrition assessments to inform sustainable food systems, British Journal of Nutrition (2025) 1–8. DOI: 10.1017/S0007114525000911.
2025
Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake
BAJUNAID, R., NIU, C., HAMBLY, C., et al., Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake, Nature Food 6 (2025) 58-71. DOI: 10.1038/s43016-024-01089-5.
2024
Decline in Isotope Dilution Space Ratio Above Age 60 Could Affect Energy Estimates Using the Doubly Labeled Water Method
WONG, W.W., SPEAKMAN, J.R., AINSLIE, P.N., ANDERSON, L.J., ARAB, L., BADDOU, I., BEDU-ADDO, K., BLAAK, E.E., BLANC, S., BONOMI, A.G., BOUTEN, C.V.C., BOVET, P., BUCHOWSKI, M.S., BUTTE, N.F., CAMPS, S.G., CASPER, R., CLOSE, G.L., COLBERT, L.H., COOPER, J.A., DAS, S.K., et al. Decline in Isotope Dilution Space Ratio Above Age 60 Could Affect Energy Estimates Using the Doubly Labeled Water Method. The Journal of Nutrition, 154(12), 3824-3831 (2024).
2024
Pediatric oncology nutritional practices in high-income countries: A survey from the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP)
GORDON, E., VAN DEN BRINK, M., VAN DER LINDEN, N., RINGWALD-SMITH, K., GARDINER, B., MURPHY-ALFORD, A.J., Pediatric oncology nutritional practices in high-income countries: A survey from the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), Pediatric Blood & Cancer (2024).?
2024
The proportion of weight gain due to change in fat mass in infants with vs without rapid growth
JOHNSON, W., NYATI, L.H., ARIFF, S., et al. The proportion of weight gain due to change in fat mass in infants with vs without rapid growth. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2024).
2024
A cross-sectional study of associations between the 13C-sucrose breath test, the lactulose rhamnose assay, and growth in children at high risk of environmental enteropathy
SHIVAKUMAR, N., HUQ, S., PAREDES-OLORTEGUI, M., KONYOLE, S.O., DEVI, S., YAZBECK, R., OWINO, V.O., BROUWER, A.F., KOSEK, M.N., KELLY, P., MORRISON, D.J., LEE, G.O., A cross-sectional study of associations between the 13C-sucrose breath test, the lactulose rhamnose assay, and growth in children at high risk of environmental enteropathy, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2024), ISSN 0002-9165.
2024
Anthropometric prediction models of body composition in 3 to 24month old infants: a multicenter international study
WICKRAMASINGHE, V.P., ARIFF, S., NORRIS, S.A., SANTOS, I.S., KURIYAN, R., NYATI, L.H., VARGHESE, J.S., MURPHY-ALFORD, A.J., LUCAS, N., COSTA, C., AHUJA, K.D.K., JAYASINGHE, S., KURPAD, A.V., HILLS, A.P., Multi-center Infant Body Composition Reference Study (MIBCRS) Collaborators, Anthropometric prediction models of body composition in 3 to 24-month-old infants: a multicenter international study, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 78 11 (2024) 943-951.
2024
Performance of empirical and model-based classifiers for detecting sucrase-isomaltase inhibition using the 13C-sucrose breath test
VAN WYK, H., LEE, G.O., SCHILLINGER, R.J., EDWARDS, C.A., MORRISON, D.J., BROUWER, A.F., Performance of Empirical and Model-Based Classifiers for Detecting Sucrase-Isomaltase Inhibition Using the 13C-Sucrose Breath Test, Journal of Breath Research 18 4 (2024) 041003.
2024
Nutritional Status and Body Composition at Diagnosis, of South Indian Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL)
Puttaswamy, D., Ramesh, V., Raj, T., Bhat, K.G., Selvam, S., Bharadwaj, V., Prakash, A., Murphy-Alford, A.J., Kuriyan, R., Nutritional Status and Body Composition at Diagnosis, of South Indian Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL), Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2024.
2024
Infant body composition at 6 and 24 months: what are the driving factors?
Santos, I.S., Costa, C.S., Hills, A.P., Ariff, S., Wickramasinghe, V.P., Norris, S., Murphy-Alford, A.J., Slater, C., Lucas, N., Nyati, L.H., Kurpad, A.V., Ahuja, K.D.K., Kuriyan, R., Multi-center Infant Body Composition Reference Study- MIBCRS,?Eur J Clin Nutr. 2023.
2024
A Model-Based 13C-Sucrose Breath Test Diagnostic for Gut Function Disorders Characterized by a Loss of Sucrase-Isomaltase Enzymatic Activity
BROUWER, A.F., LEE, G.O., VAN WYK, H., SCHILLINGER, R.J., EDWARDS, C.A., MORRISON, D.J., A Model-Based 13C-Sucrose Breath Test Diagnostic for Gut Function Disorders Characterized by a Loss of Sucrase-Isomaltase Enzymatic Activity, The Journal of Nutrition 154 3 (2024) 815-825.
2024
Nutrition and Health in Arab Adolescents (NaHAR): Study protocol for the determination of ethnic-specific body fat and anthropometric cut-offs to identify metabolic syndrome
NASREDDINE, L., BAKIR, M. A., AL-ATI, T., ALZABEN, A. S., BARHAM, R., BAWAZEER, N., et al.,?Nutrition and Health in Arab Adolescents (NaHAR): Study protocol for the determination of ethnic-specific body fat and anthropometric cut-offs to identify metabolic syndrome, PLoS ONE 19(2) (2024)?e0298306.
2024
Perspectives; Context and perspectives for establishing a novel Database for Protein Quality of Human Foods, as Proposed by a Joint FAO/IAEA Expert Technical Meeting in October 2022
TOME, D., XIPSITI, M., SHERTUKDE, S. P., CALVEZ, J., VASILOPOULOU, D., WIJESINHA-BETTONI, R., OWINO, V. O., Perspectives; Context and perspectives for establishing a novel Database for Protein Quality of Human Foods, as Proposed by a Joint FAO/IAEA Expert Technical Meeting in October 2022., The Journal of Nutrition (2023)
2024
Infant growth and body composition from birth to 24 months: are infants developing the same?
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Norris, S.A., Nyati, L.H., Murphy-Alford, A., Lucas, N., Santos, I.S., Costa, C.S, Kuriyan, R., Wickranasinghe, V.P., Ariff, S., Jayasinghe, S., Kurpad, A.V., Ismail, L.C., Hills, A.P., Multi-center Infant Body Composition Reference Study (MIBCRS),?Eur J Clin Nutr. 2024.
2023
Effects of variations in atmospheric temperature and humidity on the estimation of exclusive breastfeeding status using the deuterium oxide dose-to-mother technique
Baby J, Kaestel P, Preston T, Duffull SB, Liu Z, Diana A, Houghton L, Kurpad AV, Thomas T. Effects of variations in atmospheric temperature and humidity on the estimation of exclusive breastfeeding status using the deuterium oxide dose-to-mother technique. Front. Pediatr. 11 (2023) 1188811. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1188811.
2023
Discordance in exclusive breastfeeding between maternal recall and deuterium dose-to-mother technique during the first 6 months of infants: A multi-country study in Asia
Winichagoon P, Pongcharoen T, Fadjarwati T, Winarno E, Karim NA, Purevsuren E, et al. Discordance in exclusive breastfeeding between maternal recall and deuterium dose-to-mother technique during the first 6 months of infants: A multi-country study in Asia. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr. 78 (2024) 135-40. doi: 10.1038/s41430-023-01353-0.
2023
Body composition of infants at 6 months of age using a 3-compartment model
KURIYAN, R., HILLS, A.P., MURPHY-ALFORD, A.?et al.,?Body composition of infants at 6 months of age using a 3-compartment model,?Eur J Clin Nutr?(2023).