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Title: Efficacy Of A Food Parenting Intervention For Mothers With Low Income To Reduce Preschooler's Solid Fat And Added Sugar Intakes: A Randomized Controlled Trial., Jennifer O Fisher, Elena L Serrano, Gary D Foster, Chantelle N Hart, Adam Davey, Yasmeen P Bruton, Linda Kilby, Lisa Harnack, Karen J Ruth, Alexandria Kachurak, Hannah G Lawman, Anna Martin, Heather M Polonsky

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BACKGROUND: Few interventions have shown efficacy to influence key energy balance behaviors during the preschool years.

OBJECTIVE: A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was used to evaluate the efficacy of Food, Fun, and Families (FFF), a 12 week authoritative food parenting intervention for mothers with low-income levels, to reduce preschool-aged children's intake of calories from solid fat and added sugar (SoFAS).

METHODS: Mothers were randomly assigned to receive FFF (n = 59) or to a delayed treatment control (n = 60). The primary outcome was children's daily energy intake from SoFAS at the end of the 12 week intervention, controlling for …

Triheptanoin: A Rescue Therapy For Cardiogenic Shock In Carnitine-Acylcarnitine Translocase Deficiency., Sidharth Mahapatra, Amitha Ananth, Nancy Baugh, Mihaela Damian, Gregory M Enns

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Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) deficiency is a rare long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorder (LC-FAOD) with high mortality due to cardiomyopathy or lethal arrhythmia. Triheptanoin (UX007), an investigational drug composed of synthetic medium odd-chain triglycerides, is a novel therapy in development for LC-FAOD patients. However, cases of its safe and efficacious use to reverse severe heart failure in CACT deficiency are limited. Here, we present a detailed report of an infant with CACT deficiency admitted in metabolic crisis that progressed into severe cardiogenic shock who was successfully treated by triheptanoin. The child was managed, thereafter, on triheptanoin until her death at 3 …