To investigate food consumption behavior and self-perceived nutrition knowledge among university students and derive implications for nutrition education in countries with limited formal nutrition education.

A mixed-methods approach was adopted. A survey was first conducted to examine participants’ food consumption behavior and self-perceived nutrition knowledge. One-third of the participants were then selected by stratified random sampling for semi-structured interviews to gain more in-depth insights into their self-declared knowledge and related behaviors.

Universities in China, representing a context of limited formal nutrition education in pre-university schooling.

190 university students.

Interview transcripts were reviewed to verify participants’ self-declared nutrition knowledge and identify misconceptions or gaps in understanding. Questionnaire data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.

Students with higher education levels reported paying more attention to nutrition labels and selecting healthier snacks. However, interviews revealed that students who claimed to read nutritional claims during food purchases often misunderstood the meaning of sugar and fat content information. A significant “illusion of knowing” was observed, and participants generally lacked awareness of authoritative food standards.

Illusion of knowing is common among students who have not received formal systematic nutrition education. Nutrition education programs should prioritize raising students’ understanding of basic food concepts and improving their ability to interpret nutrition information accurately, as part of broader health promotion efforts.

Episodic memory decline is among the earliest and most prominent cognitive changes observed in both normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease. The Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT) enhances differentiation of memory deficits through controlled semantic encoding and cue-based retrieval. However, culturally appropriate normative data for Mandarin-speaking adult populations have been lacking. This study aimed to establish normative data for the Taiwan version of the FCSRT (T-FCSRT), examine demographic effects on test performance, and evaluate its psychometric properties and clinical applicability.

A total of 372 cognitively healthy adults aged 45–86 years were recruited using stratified sampling to reflect the Taiwanese population across sex, age, and education levels. Participants completed the T-FCSRT, and regression-based analyses were used to adjust for demographic effects. Reliability and validity were assessed using test–retest data and correlations with established neuropsychological measures.

All T-FCSRT core indices were significantly influenced by age and education level, whereas sex effects were confined to immediate and delayed free-recall measures. The T-FCSRT demonstrated good test–retest reliability, criterion-related and construct validity, and regression-based percentile norms that provide population-representative benchmarks.

The T-FCSRT demonstrates strong psychometric properties and provides culturally appropriate normative data for Mandarin-speaking adults in Taiwan. These findings support its utility for clinical assessment and research on episodic memory, enabling more accurate differentiation between normal and pathological aging.

Emotion regulation, while closely linked to depressive symptoms, has seldom been examined together with them in studies of the relationship between chronotype and suicidality. We therefore examined whether chronotype predicts suicidality through the sequential mediation of poor emotion regulation and depressive symptoms. In addition, we examined whether these mediation pathways differ between morningness and eveningness groups.

This study included 3,109 Korean adults from the general population. Chronotype, depressive symptoms, emotion regulation, and suicidality were assessed using the Composite Scale of Morningness, Self-Rating Depression Scale, Emotion Regulation Skills Questionnaire, and the Suicidality module of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview, respectively.

Chronotype did not have a direct effect on suicidality. Instead, eveningness was indirectly linked to higher suicidality. Specifically, individuals with stronger eveningness tendencies reported poorer emotion regulation, which increased depressive symptoms; depression, in turn, predicted suicidal ideation, which emerged as a significant predictor of suicide attempts. Subgroup analyses revealed that the same sequential pathway was significant only among evening-types, but not among morning-types.

Chronotype appears to play a role in suicide risk in the general population. Screening for chronotype and focusing on emotion regulation and depression may enhance prevention efforts tailored to chronotype, especially for evening-type individuals.

The dual burden of tuberculosis (TB) and diabetes mellitus (DM) presents a growing challenge for health systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including Pakistan. Despite global and national policies advocating for integrated care, evidence on health facility readiness to operationalize integration remains scarce. This study assessed the readiness of TB basic management units (BMUs) to deliver integrated TB-DM care and explored implementation barriers using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR).

We conducted an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study from September 2024 to February 2025 across 13 TB BMUs in five districts of Pakistan. Quantitative readiness data were collected using a structured tool adapted from the WHO Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA), generating a composite score across four domains. Subsequently, qualitative data were gathered through multi-stakeholder focus group discussions with healthcare providers, facility managers, patients, caregivers, and policymakers. Reflexive thematic analysis was conducted and mapped to CFIR Inner Setting constructs to contextualize quantitative findings.

Only one facility demonstrated high readiness, while 12 showed low readiness. Facilities lacked routine comorbidity screening, trained staff, diagnostic capacity, and essential medicines. Key barriers included inadequate infrastructure, workforce shortages, fragmented information systems, and low prioritisation of integrated care. Financial constraints and limited coordination further hindered implementation.

This study highlights critically low readiness among TB facilities in different districts of Pakistan to deliver integrated TB-DM care, reflecting systemic weaknesses across core domains. Strengthening systems, building capacity, and improving integration strategies are essential to bridge gaps between policy and practice.

This research was conducted to determine if and how Australian and Canadian dietetic regulatory bodies incorporate social justice into regulatory documents, and how this compares between two otherwise demographically and politically similar countries.

Quantitative and qualitative content analysis of Australian and Canadian dietetic regulatory documents was performed to determine how often and in what context social justice terms were incorporated into dietetics regulation.

Australia and Canada

Regulatory documents in Australia and Canada

Findings reveal that social justice is framed differently between the two countries, particularly related to working with people who experience marginalization. Regulatory documents seldom addressed issues of systemic injustice, focusing instead on self-awareness, and individualistic approaches to care.

Social justice is currently framed in nutrition and dietetics regulatory documents in ways that do not align with core principles of social justice. Social justice should be re-framed in regulatory documents to shift attention away from awareness, towards action, and should be done in a way that addresses systemic injustices in healthcare. Developing a clear and consistent definition of what social justice is, is a critical first step in achieving this goal, to overcome the challenges identified in this research study.

To optimize school food baskets in Ghana to meet newly proposed food and nutrition targets while considering cultural acceptability and cost.

Modeling study. Data on existing school meal menus was collected from various regions to provide baseline inputs. Linear programming (LP) was used to model school meal baskets that satisfied minimum nutrient and food targets for school meals while meeting cost and acceptability constraints. Five LP models were tested, each varying in budget constraints and acceptability/food-based parameters.

Ghana

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Baseline school food baskets were significantly deficient in energy, protein, iron, zinc, vitamin A, folate, vitamin B12 and vitamin C compared to food and nutrient standards for school meals in Ghana. Optimization resulted in school food baskets that met cost, nutrient and food-based/acceptability targets but with substantial deviations from baseline. Achieving nutritional adequacy within cost limits increased reliance on animal-source foods and led to higher environmental impacts, indicating trade-offs between nutrition, affordability, and environmental sustainability.

The study underscores LP’s potential for enhancing school meals in Ghana but highlights the need for increased financial investment for reaching dietary goals. Addressing local realities and cultural preferences is essential for implementing effective, sustainable school meal strategies and improving child health.