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Narayana V, Chang J, McMeans AR, Murphy T, Levy RL, Shulman RJ, et al. (2025) Characterizing fermentable carbohydrate foods in the diets of children with abdominal pain-related disorders of gut-brain interaction and healthy children. PLoS One 20(5): e0311589. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311589

Levy, R.L.; Murphy, T.B.; Heitkemper, M.M.; van Tilburg, M.A.L.; McMeans, A.R.; Chang, J.; Boutte, C.; Lamparyk, K.; Chumpitazi, B.P.; Shulman, R.J. Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial to Determine if Biomarkers Predict Response to a Pediatric Chronic Pain Symptom Management Program. J. Clin. Med. 2025, 14, 3185. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14093185

Juneja S, Chang J, O’Connor T, Moran NE. Relative Validity of Nutrition Assessment Tools for Estimating Infant Carotenoid Intake. Nutr Res. 128(2024) 38-49. doi.org/10.1016/j.nutres.2024.06.003

Varghese V, Chang J, Cepni A, Kim H, Moran NE, Ledoux T. Skin Carotenoids Measured by Reflection Spectroscopy Correlate with Dietary Carotenoid Intake in Racially and Ethnically Diverse US Toddlers from Houston, Texas. J Acad Nutr Dietetics. Accepted Oct 25, 2023.

Jilcott Pitts S, Moran NE, Laska MN, Wu Q, Harnack L, Moe S, Carr-Manthe P, Gates E, Chang J, Zaidi Y, Gelineau A, Berg L, Craft NE. Reflection spectroscopy-assessed skin carotenoids are sensitive to change in carotenoid intake in a six-week randomized controlled feeding trial in a racially/ethnically diverse sample. J Nutr. 2023 Feb 17:S0022-3166(23)12620-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.02.017. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36804322.

Moran NE, Chang J, Stroh R, Zaidi Y, Hason N, Musaad S, O'Connor T. Non-invasive, Reflection Spectroscopy Measurement of Skin Carotenoid Score in Infants is Feasible and Reliable. J Nutr. 2022 Aug 18:nxac182. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxac182. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35981784.

Chumpitazi BP, Lim J, McMeans A, Shulman RJ, Hamaker BR. Evaluation of FODMAP carbohydrates content in selected foods in the United States. J Pediatr. 2018 Aug;199;252-255. PMCID PMC6063767

Nagamani S, Agarwal U, Tam A, Azamian M, McMeans A, Didelija I, Mohammad M, Marini J. A randomized trial to study the comparative efficacy of phenylbutyrate and benzoate on nitrogen excretion and ureagenesis in healthy volunteers. Genet Med. 2018 Jul; 20(7):708-716 PMCID: PMC5924481

Chumpitazi BP, McMeans A, Vaughn A, Shulman RJ, Orlando SB, Ali A, Elsaadi A. Fructans exacerbate symptoms in a subset of children with irritable bowel syndrome. Clin Gastroenterol and Hepatol 2018 Feb; 16(2):219-225 PMCID PMC5794652

Chumpitazi BP, Cope JL, Hollister EB, Tsai CM, McMeans A, Luna RA, Versalovic J, Shulman RJ. Randomized clinical trial: gut microbiome biomarkers are associated with clinical response to a low FODMAP diet in children with the irritable bowel syndrome. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2015 Aug 42(4): 418-427. PMCID PMC4514898

Chumpitazi B, Hollister EB, Oezguen N, Tsai CM, McMeans A, Luna RA, Savidge TC, Versalovic J, Shulman RJ. Gut microbiota influences low fermentable substrate diet efficacy in children with irritable bowel syndrome. Gut Microbes, Mar-Apr 2014 ; 5(2); 165-75.PMCID: PMC4063841
 

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