{"doi":"10.1016/j.cdnut.2025.107521","title":"Association of Veggie Meter–Assessed Skin Carotenoids and Dietary Intake Among Indigenous Families: The Indigenous Supported Agriculture “Go Healthy” Study","abstract":"Background Indigenous communities have seldom been included in previous research on skin carotenoid scores (SCS) and diet. Further, little is known about familial SCS. Objective Examine associations between SCS and BMI, dietary intake among adults and children in Osage Nation, and examine associations between SCS among family members. Methods This cross-sectional study examined SCS measured using a Veggie Meter®. Adults completed a single 24-hour diet recall to calculate the Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI). Linear mixed modeling was used to examine associations, while accounting for family correlation. Linear regression (adjusting for age, sex, BMI, tobacco use and season) was used to examine associations between SCS and diet. Spearman correlation were used to examine associations between SCS between household members. Results Adults (n=445) were 61% female, 93% overweight/obese, mean (± SD) HEI=42.7±11.2, mean (± SD) SCS=211.8±57.9. Children (n=135, 3-17 years) were 55.6% female, 45.2% overweight/obese, mean (± SD) =207.8±62.0. In adults, SCS were higher in males vs. females (226.0±61.0 vs. 203.6±55.1, p<0.001). Children <10 years had higher SCS vs. ≥10 years (221.4±65.8 vs. 194.2±55.5, p=0.017). Children with obesity (178.4±44.0) had significantly lower SCS than children in other weight classifications (p=0.023). HEI was significantly associated with SCS (β=0.50 95% Confidence Interval (0.01, 0.99)). Household adult SCS weresignificantly correlated (rs=0.26, p=0.005). SCS among children <10 years were significantly associated with adult SCS (rs=0.34, p=0.037). No correlations were observed between children ≥10 years and adult SCS. Conclusion Adult males, younger (<10 years) children, and non-obese children had higher SCS. A healthier overall diet, as measured by HEI was associated with higher SCS in adults, while controlling for covariates. Within families, SCS between adults were correlated, indicating similar dietary intake of fruit and vegetables. Adult SCS within households is associated with young children's (<10 years) SCS, but not with older children's (≥10 years) SCS.","journal":"Current Developments in Nutrition","year":2025,"id":545819,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":1,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.8868,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2025-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1437532,"name":"Emma Kasahara","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1349146,"name":"Shanon Casperson","orcid":"0000-0002-6954-9523","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":319987,"name":"Stephanie Jilcott Pitts","orcid":"0000-0001-8838-638X","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":877121,"name":"Jessica Reese","orcid":"0000-0002-6640-6543","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":390057,"name":"Ying Zhang","orcid":"0000-0001-6945-3743","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1104017,"name":"Tori Taniguchi","orcid":"0000-0002-6761-212X","position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1437533,"name":"Kaylee R Clyma","orcid":null,"position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1304457,"name":"Jann Hayman","orcid":null,"position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":854800,"name":"Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan","orcid":"0000-0002-3965-8518","position":9,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":762007,"name":"Susan B. Sisson","orcid":"0000-0003-2652-2416","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":80,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T02:53:27.751050Z","pmid":"41080464","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}