Natasha Tasevska

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• Tasevska N, Palma Duran SA, Sagi-Kiss V, Commins J, Barrett B, Kipinis V, Midthune D, O’Brien D, Freedman LS. Urinary sucrose and fructose from spot urine may be used as a predictive biomarker of total sugars intake – findings from a controlled feeding study. J Nutr 2023;153(6):1816-1824. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.04.002. 

• Johnson JJ, Sagi-Kiss V, Palma-Duran SA, Commins J Chaloux M, Barrett B, Midthune D, Kipnis V, Freedman LS, Tasevska N, O'Brien DM. Evaluating a Model of Added Sugar Intake Based on Amino Acid Carbon Isotope Ratios in a Controlled Feeding Study of U.S. Adults. Nutrients 2022; 14 (20): 4308. doi:10.3390/nu14204308.

• Freedman LS, Kipnis V, Midthune D, Commins J, Barrett B, Sagi-Kiss V, Palma-Duran SA, Johnston CS, O'Brien DM, Tasevska N. Establishing 24-Hour Urinary Sucrose Plus Fructose as a Predictive Biomarker for Total Sugars Intake. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2022; 31(6):1227-1232.

• O'Brien DM, Sagi-Kiss V, Palma-Duran SA, Cunningham C, Barrett B, Johnston CS, Midthune D, Kipnis V, Freedman LS, Tasevska N. An evaluation of the serum carbon isotope ratio as a candidate predictive biomarker of the dietary animal protein ratio (animal protein/total protein) in a 15-day controlled feeding study of US adults. Am J Clin Nutr 2022; 115(4):1134-1143.

• Tasevska N, Sagi-Kiss V, Palma Duran SA, Barrett B, Chaloux M, Commins J, O’Brien D, Johnston CS, Midthune D, Kipnis V, Freedman LS. Investigating the performance of twenty-four-hour urinary sucrose and fructose as a biomarker of total sugars intake in US participants - a controlled feeding study. Am J Clin Nutr 2021; Aug 2;114(2):721-730.

• Martinelli S, Acciai F, Tasevska N, Ohri-Vachaspati P. Measuring fruit and vegetable consumption in a diverse sample of elementary school children using the Veggie Meter. Methods Protoc 2021;14(2):33.

• Wardenaar FC, Hoogervorst D, van der Burg N, Versteegen J, Yoo W, Tasevska N. Validity of a Food and Fluid Exercise Questionnaire for macronutrient intake during exercise against observations. Nutrients 2019; 11(10):2391; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11102391.

• Wang X, Gu H Palma Duran SA, Fierro A, Jasbi P, Shi X, Bresette W, Tasevska N. Influence of storage conditions and preservatives on metabolite fingerprints in urine. Metabolites. 2019 27;9(10). pii: E203. doi: 10.3390/metabo9100203.

• Tasevska N, Pettinger M, Kipnis V, Midthune D, Tinker LF, Potischman N, Neuhouser ML, Beasley JM, Van Horn L, Howard BV, Liu S, Manson JE, Shikany JM, Thomson C, Prentice RL. Biomarker-calibrated total sugars intake and risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study. Am J Epidemiol 2018 187(10):2126-2135. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwy115.

• Potischman N, Fang L, Hao L, Bailey R, Berrigan D, Berry RJ, Brodie A, Chao A, Chen J, Dodd K, Feng Y, Ma G, He Y, Fan J, Kimlin M, Kitahara C, Linet M, Li Z, Liu A, Liu Y, Pfeiffer C, Sampson J, Su J, Sun J,  Tasevska N, Yang L, Yang R, Zhang Q, Wang N, Wang L, Wang Y. The Chinese Children and Families Cohort Study: A Pilot Study to Test Methods for Nutrition, Physical Activity, and UV Radiation Data Collection. Nutrition Today 2018 [Epub May 23, 2018]. doi: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2003.08.003.

• Campbell R, Tasevska N, Jackson KG, Sagi-Kiss V, di Paolo N, Mindell JS, Lister SJ, Khaw KT, Kuhnle GGC.  Association between urinary biomarkers of total sugars intake and measures of obesity in a cross-sectional study. PLoS One 2017 Jul 19;12(7): e0179508.

• Tasevska N, DeLia D, Lorts C, Yedidia MJ, Ohri-Vachaspati P.  Determinants of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among low-income children:  are there differences by race/ethnicity, age, and gender? J Acad Nutr Diet 2017 May 8 [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2017.03.013.

• Beasley JM, Jung M, Tasevska N, Wong WW, Siega-Riz AM, Sotres-Alvarez D, Gellman MD, Kizer JR, Shaw PA, Stamler J, Stoutenberg M, Van Horn L, Franke AA, Wylie-Rosett J, Mossavar-Rahmani Y.  Biomarker-predicted sugars intake compared with self-reported measures in US Hispanics/Latinos: results from the HCHS/SOL SOLNAS study. Public Health Nutr 2016 24:1-9. [Epub ahead of print]

• Tasevska N. Urinary sugars - A biomarker of total sugars intake. Nutrients 2015, 7(7): 5816-33.