David I. Thurnham

TL;DR: Three methods (the 7-day diary, an improved FFQ, and the 24-hour recall) are used to assess diet and limited biomarker information amongst 200 UK EPIC participants supported the findings of the validation study.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimate the increase in ferritin in 32 studies of apparently healthy persons by using 2 acute phase proteins (APPs), C-reactive protein (CRP), and alpha(1)-acid glycoprotein (AGP), individually and in combination, and calculate factors to remove the influence of inflammation from ferritins concentrations.

TL;DR: Overall, inflammation increased ferritin by ap 30% and was associated with a 14% (CI: 7%, 21%) underestimation of ID, which is more common than CRP in young persons than in adults.

TL;DR: Despite problems of underreporting in overweight individuals in 20% of this sample, weighed records remained the most accurate method of dietary assessment, and only an estimated 7 d diary was able to approach this accuracy.

TL;DR: Experts in the field of carotenoids met at the Hohenheim consensus conference in July 2009 to elucidate the current status of β-carotene research and to summarize the current knowledge with respect to the chemical properties, physiological function, and intake.