Sexual dimorphism in the context of nutrition and health

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Pontifex, Matthew G., Vauzour, David and Muller, Michael (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:	30 Apr 2025 00:07
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/93012
DOI:	10.1017/S0029665123003610

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