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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Peer-reviewed Literature
- 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)
- 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).
- 2023
Body composition reference charts for infants from birth to 24 months: Multicenter Infant Body Composition Reference Study
MURPHY-ALFORD, A.J., JOHNSON, W., NYATI, L.H., SANTOS, I.S., HILLS, A.P., ARIFF, S., et al., Body composition reference charts for infants from birth to 24 months: Multicenter Infant Body Composition Reference Study, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2023).
- 2023
Total daily energy expenditure has declined over the last 3 decades due to declining basal expenditure not reduced activity expenditure
SPEAKMAN, J.R., DE JONG, J.M.A., SINHA, S., et al. Total daily energy expenditure has declined over the past three decades due to declining basal expenditure, not reduced activity expenditure, Nat Metab 5 (2023) 579–588.
- 2023
Association between Biomarkers of Inflammation and Total Liver Vitamin A Reserves Estimated by 13C-Retinol Isotope Dilution among Preschool Children in 5 African Countries
SURI, D.J., SOMBIÉ, O.O., ZEBA, A.N., NAMA, G.M., BEKELE, T.H., WOLDEYOHANNES, M., et al., Association between Biomarkers of Inflammation and Total Liver Vitamin A Reserves Estimated by 13C-Retinol Isotope Dilution among Preschool Children in 5 African Countries, The Journal of Nutrition 153 3 (2023) 622-35.
- 2023
Mechanistic inference of the metabolic rates underlying 13C breath test curves
BROUWER, A.F., LEE, G.O., SCHILLINGER, R.J. ,et al., Mechanistic inference of the metabolic rates underlying 13C breath test curves, J Pharmacokinet Pharmacodyn (2023).
- 2023
Indispensable Amino Acid Digestibility of Moroccan Fava Bean Using the Dual Isotope Method in Healthy Adults
KHAYOUR, M., BENMHIMDANE, A., CALVEZ, J., SAEID, N., KHODOROVA, N., BELGHITI, H., EL HAMDOUCHI, A., EL KARI K., OWINO, V., TOMÉ, D., AGUENAOU, H., MENTAG, R., EL MZIBRI, M., GAUDICHON, C., , Indispensable Amino Acid Digestibility of Moroccan Fava Bean Using the Dual Isotope Method in Healthy Adults, The Journal of Nutrition 153 (2023).
- 2022
Atoms for Nutrition: IAEA’s Contribution to Tackling Malnutrition
SINHA, S., LOECHL, C.U., Atoms for Nutrition: IAEA’s Contribution to Tackling Malnutrition, The Journal of Nutrition 153(1) (2023) 10-6.
- 2022
Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors
YAMADA, Y., ZHANG, X., HENDERSON, M.E.T., SAGAYAMA, H., PONTZER, H., WATANABE, D., et al., Variation in human water turnover associated with environmental and lifestyle factors, Science 378 6622 (2022) 909-15.
- 2022
13C-sucrose breath test for the non-invasive assessment of environmental enteropathy in Zambian adults
SCHILLINGER, R.J., MWAKAMUI, S., MULENGA, C., TEMBO, M., HODGES, P., BESA, E., et al., 13C-sucrose breath test for the non-invasive assessment of environmental enteropathy in Zambian adults, Front Med 9 (2022).
- 2022
Development of bioelectrical impedance-based equations for the prediction of body composition of Malawian adolescents aged 10–18 years: a cross-sectional study
Divala O.H., et al., Development of bioelectrical impedance-based equations for the prediction of body composition of Malawian adolescents aged 10–18 years: a cross-sectional study, BMJ Open 12 4 (2022).
- 2022
Using the dual isotope method to assess cecal amino acid absorption of goat whey protein in rats, a pilot study
CALVEZ, J., et al., Using the dual isotope method to assess cecal amino acid absorption of goat whey protein in rats, a pilot study, Amino Acids (2022) 1-11.
- 2021
Human Milk output among mothers previously treated for severe acute malnutrition in childhood in Democratic Republic of Congo
MURHIMA'ALIKA, C.C., et al., Human Milk output among mothers previously treated for severe acute malnutrition in childhood in Democratic Republic of Congo. BMC Nutr 7 1 (2021) 61.
- 2021
Body composition of adults with a history of severe acute malnutrition during childhood using the deuterium dilution method in eastern DR Congo: the Lwiro Cohort Study
MWENE-BATU, P., et al., Body composition of adults with a history of severe acute malnutrition during childhood using the deuterium dilution method in eastern DR Congo: the Lwiro Cohort Study, Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 114 6 (2021) 2052-2059.
- 2021
Physical activity and fat-free mass during growth and in later life
WESTERTERP, K.R., et al., Physical activity and fat-free mass during growth and in later life, Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 114 5 (2021) 1583-1589.
- 2021
Energy compensation and adiposity in humans
CAREAU, V., et al., Energy compensation and adiposity in humans, Current Biology 31 20 (2021) 4659-4666.
- 2021
Daily energy expenditure through the human life course
PONTZER, H., et al., Daily energy expenditure through the human life course, Science 373 6556 (2021) 808-812.
- 2021
New bioelectrical impedance analysis equations for children and adolescents based on the deuterium dilution technique
KOURKOUMELIS, N., et al., New bioelectrical impedance analysis equations for children and adolescents based on the deuterium dilution technique, Clin Nutr ESPEN 44 (2021) 402-409.
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