Sexual dimorphism in the context of nutrition and health

Pontifex, Matthew G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2174-2313, Vauzour, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5952-8756 and Muller, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5930-9905 (2024) Sexual dimorphism in the context of nutrition and health. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 83 (2). pp. 109-119. ISSN 0029-6651

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Abstract

Diets and dietary constituents that we consume have a considerable impact on disease risk. Intriguingly these effects may be modulated to some extent by sex. Lack of female representation in nutritional studies as well as a lack of stratification by sex has and continues to limit our understanding of these sex × diet interactions. Here we provide an overview of the current and available literature describing how exposure to certain dietary patterns (Western-style diet, Mediterranean diet, vegetarian/vegan, ketogenic diet) and dietary constituents (dietary fibre, PUFA and plant bioactive) influences disease risk in a sex-specific manner. Interestingly, these sex differences appear to be highly disease-specific. The identification of such sex differences in response to diet stresses the importance of sex stratification in nutritional research.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: cardiometabolic disease,mediterranean diet,sex difference,western diet,medicine (miscellaneous),nutrition and dietetics ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2701
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Nutrition and Preventive Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Norwich Institute for Healthy Aging
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Gastroenterology and Gut Biology
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Metabolic Health
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 11 Sep 2023 09:30
Last Modified: 25 Sep 2024 17:27
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/93012
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665123003610

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