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International Journal of Clinical Nutrition & Dietetics Volume 8 (2022), Article ID 8: IJCND-161, 7 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-8171/2022/161
Research Article
Skin Carotenoid Status of Black/African American College Students Correlates with Plasma Carotenoids and Fruit and Vegetable Intake Independent of Skin Tone

Bahram Faraji1*, Michael R. Bukowski2, Tiffany Thompson-Johnson3, Lucas Krusinski4, Jessica Lawson Goldberg5, Cecily M. Brooks6 and Samantha Snyder7

1School of Community Health and Policy, Nutritional Science/Dietetics Program, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD, USA
2Human Nutrition Research Center, USDA-ARS Grand Forks 2420 2nd Avenue North, Grand Forks, ND, USA
3Institutional Research Office, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD, USA
4Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, 469 Wilson Rd, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
5Dietetic Internships Program, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD, USA
6Dietetic Internship Program, Utah State University, Salt Lake City, 920 W Levoy Drive, Taylorsville, UT, USA
7Sodexo Dietetic Internship Program, 5925 Hilltop Ave., Baltimore, MD, USA
Prof. Bahram Faraji, School of Community Health and Policy, Nutritional Science/Dietetics Program, Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD, 21251, USA, Tel: 443-885-4252, Fax: 443-885- 8105; E-mail: Bahram.faraji@morgan.edu
28 November 2021; 15 January 2022; 17 January 2022
Faraji B, Bukowski MR, Thompson-Johnson T, Krusinski L, Goldberg JL, et al. (2022) Skin Carotenoid Status of Black/African American College Students Correlates with Plasma Carotenoids and Fruit and Vegetable Intake Independent of Skin Tone. Int J Clin Nutr Diet 8: 161. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-8171/2022/161
Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number UL1GM118973. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. This work was also funded by the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 3062-51000-057-00D. The mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations does not imply endorsement from the U.S. government. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.
© 2022 Faraji et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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