BackgroundSocial anxiety disorder is a common mental health condition characterized by an intense fear of social situations that can lead to significant impairment in daily life. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been recognized as an effective treatment; however, access to therapists is limited, and the fear of interacting with therapists can delay treatment seeking. Furthermore, not all individuals respond. Tailoring modular treatments to individual cognitive profiles may improve efficacy. We developed a novel digital adaptation of CBT for social anxiety that is both modular and fully digital without a therapist in the loop and implemented it in the smartphone app Alena. ObjectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the safety, acceptability, and efficacy of the new treatment in online participants with symptoms of social anxiety. MethodsIn total, 2 web-based randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing individuals with access to the treatment through the app to a waitlist control group were conducted. Participants were recruited on the web and reported Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) total scores of ≥30. Primary outcomes were safety and efficacy over 6 weeks in 102 women aged 18 to 35 years (RCT 1) and symptom reduction (SPIN scores) after 8 weeks in 248 men and women aged 18 to 75 years (RCT 2). ResultsIn RCT 1, active and control arm adverse event frequency and severity were not distinguishable (intervention: 7/52, 13%; waitlist control: 8/50, 16%; χ21=0.007; P=.93). App acceptability was high, with a median completion rate of 90.91% (IQR 54.55%-100%). Secondary outcomes suggested greater symptom reduction in the active arm (mean SPIN score reduction −9.83, SD 12.80) than in the control arm (mean SPIN score reduction −4.13, SD 11.59; t90=−2.23; false discovery rate P=.04; Cohen d=0.47). RCT 2 replicated these findings. Adverse event frequency was comparable across the 2 groups (intervention: 20/124, 16.1%; waitlist control: 21/124, 16.8%; χ21<0.001; P>.99). Despite a longer treatment program, median completion remained high (84.85%, IQR 51.52%-96.97%). SPIN score reduction was greater in the active arm (mean −12.89, SD 13.87) than in the control arm (mean −7.48, SD 12.24; t227=−3.13; false discovery rate P=.008; Cohen d=0.42). ConclusionsThe web-only, modular social anxiety CBT program appeared safe, acceptable, and efficacious in 2 independent RCTs on online patient groups with self-reported symptoms of social anxiety. Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT05858294; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05858294 (RCT 1) and ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05987969; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05987969 (RCT 2)

Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the strategies used by Canadian healthcare providers to assist men in strengthening their intimate partner relationships. Design: Qualitative research study. Method: Data were collected through semi-structured individual interviews. Using interpretive descriptive methods, secondary analysis inductively identified the strategies used by 10 Canadian-based healthcare providers. Participants comprised six counsellors, one registered psychologist, one associate certified coach, one father support supervisor and one programme facilitator. Result: Three thematic findings were developed: (1) equipping men with lifelong relationship skills; (2) knowing and transforming masculinities; and (3) understanding men’s experiences using trauma-informed care approaches. Theme 1 stressed the importance of attentively listening for cues, establishing dialogue and expressing emotions to meet men’s needs. Emphasised was the need to create safe spaces and respect men’s disclosures about previous intimate partner experiences. Theme 2 highlighted the significance of knowing and transforming masculinities to promote pro-social values by identifying and mobilising men’s strengths and assets. Providers explored attitudes about masculinity and created opportunities for men to model transformative approaches towards equitable relationships. Theme 3 emphasised the need to better understand men’s trauma in order to situate and progress their intimate partner relationships. By acknowledging men’s trauma, providers aimed to undo harmful patterns of emotional suppression and facilitate progress towards healing. Conclusion: This study identities strategies for working with men to promote emotional reflexivity, pro-social behaviour and help-seeking in intimate partner relationships.

Background/Objectives: Pancreatic cancer is a common gastrointestinal cancer with high risk of mortality. Currently, the therapeutic strategies for pancreatic cancers are surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy, none of which are effective treatments. Ferroptosis is a new form of cell death that is iron (Fe)-dependent and characterized by lipid peroxidation, which is a new approach for treatment of pancreatic cancer. Therefore, this study was dedicated to investigating the effect of erastin and Ras-selective lethal small molecule 3 (RLS3) as ferroptosis inducers as well as focusing on the antioxidant effects of two natural products, curcumin and (−)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), against ferroptosis. Methods: PANC1 cells were treated with 20 μmol/L curcumin or EGCG and then exposed to 20 μmol/L erastin. Cell viability was detected by 3-(4,5-dimethyl-2-thiazolyl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay, Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) were measured by dihydrodichlorofluorescein (H2DCF) cell-permeant probe, Fe levels were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), and glutathione (GSH), lipid peroxidation, Western blot, and mRNA were assayed with commercially available kits. Results: Curcumin and EGCG enhanced cell viability in erastin-treated PANC1 cells in a dose-and time-dependent manner. Erastin-treated PANC1 cells exhibited the elevated levels of GSH depletion, ROS productions, and lipid peroxidation while curcumin reversed the erastin-induced ferroptotic effects. The treatment of erastin-induced PANC1 cells with curcumin increased the GPX4 mRNA gene and protein levels. Also, curcumin decreased the FTH1 mRNA gene levels as a strong Fe chelator. Conclusions: In conclusion, this study shows that erastin can be potentially a therapeutic strategy for treatment of cancer cells. Additionally, curcumin might play an antioxidant role at the specific concentrations, potentially mitigating ferroptosis in cells.

Emotional intimacy is key to intimate partner relationship quality and satisfaction. For sexual minority men, queer and feminist theorists consistently link emotional intimacy to diverse sexual practices and partnership dynamics formulated within the relationship. This Photovoice study adds to those insights by drawing on individual photovoice interviews with 16 sexual minority men to describe participant's experiences of, and strategies for emotional intimacy in their intimate relationships. Analysis revealed three distinct yet entwined themes: (i) embracing vulnerabilities to drive self-acceptance; (ii) building relationality with partners; and (iii) securing connections with family, friends and community. By embracing vulnerabilities to drive self-acceptance, participants spoke to embodied courage and autonomy as key components for addressing wide-ranging emotional intimacy challenges in their relationships. In theme two, building relationality with partners, participants described how empathy, trust and reciprocity underpinned collaborative work to foster emotional intimacy. Lastly, in securing connections with family, friends and community, acceptance and inclusion were key to participants' sense of belonging and legitimacy which aided their emotional intimacy with partners. The findings provide guidance for tailored programmatic efforts to assist sexual minority men build intimate relationships.

Cereal products contribute significantly to dietary intake of essential minerals. In wheat, iron and zinc are stored in specific grain structures including the aleurone, scutellum and embryo. Wheat cell walls are resistant to digestion in the human gastrointestinal tract and therefore this study investigated the hypothesis that physical disruption of the cell walls would increase the bioaccessibility and bioavailability of iron and zinc from wheat-based foods. Flour was micronized using a combination of roller milling and a micro-mill and this reduced median particle size by two-thirds. Hydrothermally processed wheat flour doughs were subjected to in vitro digestion to determine mineral bioaccessibility. Mineral bioavailability from food digests was measured using human intestinal Caco-2 cells. Iron (but not zinc) bioavailability from wheat foods made using the micronized flour (2.5 ± 0.5 nmol/mg cell protein) was increased significantly compared with foods produced from standard milled flour (1.3 ± 0.1 nmol/mg cell protein; P = 0.031). Micronization of wheat flour has the potential to increase the absorption of the endogenous iron present in cereal foods and this might have health benefits for population groups with poor iron status.

Illuminating relational gendered dimensions of emotions in heterosexual cisgender men’s intimate partnerships, this study addresses a significant knowledge gap in masculinities, emotionality and health work. Thematic analyses of individual photovoice interviews with 92 men from diverse locales and ethnocultural backgrounds revealed a trilogy of men’s practices regarding emotions. Emotional restraint was embodied by men withholding rather than freely expressing emotions, wherein participants justified diverse practices as the by-product of not understanding women partners’ emotionality and working to balance emotions in the relationship. In coached emotions men spoke about needing to unlearn suppressing their emotions while relying on women partners’ expertise for becoming more emotionally expressive and available. This included work around reading and accommodating their partner’s emotions. Emotionally orientated men positioned themselves as relationship ready, whereby they were equally or more emotional than their partners. This emotionality was claimed as an asset and strength integral to building contemporary intimate partner relationships. The findings highlight most men as operating across the three themes, revealing how wide-ranging socially constructed emotions are influenced by gender relations and a plurality of masculinities. Also afforded by these results are directions for working with heterosexual cisgender men to advance gender equity in heterosexual intimate partner relationships.

Despite the methodological spread of virtual photovoice, alignments to and potential advances for the participatory action research (PAR) and knowledge dissemination (KD) components of in-person photovoice are poorly understood. Detailing the PAR and KD processes, practices, and products drawn from a virtual photovoice study examining men’s experiences of and perspectives about equitable intimate partner relationships, the current article offers three thematic findings. The first theme Processes and pragmatics for selecting representative photographs describes adapting established analytics of preview, review, and cross-photo comparisons to categorize and select images from a large collection of participant-produced photographs ( n = 714). Specifically, detailed are the reconciling of researchers deciding which images and accompanying narratives to include guided by PAR principles. Theme 2, Democratizing and disrupting in-person PAR with virtual focus group polls (VFGPs), chronicles participant voting through Zoom to collectively decide and subsequently discuss their favorite photographs. While anonymity for the poll was democratizing in terms of participant equality for voting on the photographs, connecting men virtually from diverse locales could differentiate cultural norms. The third theme KD pledges and pitfalls with online photovoice exhibitions details the potential benefits and challenges for reaching diverse end-users. Evident was the importance of marketing and media for driving traffic to the online exhibition, and the centrality of interactivity for fostering engagement to build and adjust photovoice e-health interventions. With virtual photovoice continuing to grow in popularity post COVID-19, this article offers important methodological lessons for adapting and advancing components of in-person PAR and KD.

Men historically consume more meat than women, show fewer intentions to reduce meat consumption, and are underrepresented among vegans and vegetarians. Eating meat strongly aligns with normative masculinities, decisively affirming that “real men” eat meat and subordinating men who choose to be veg* n (vegan or vegetarian). The emergence of meat alternatives and increasing environmental concerns may contest these long-standing masculine norms and hierarchies. The current scoping review addresses the research question what are the connections between masculinities and men’s attitudes and behaviors toward meat consumption and veg*nism? Using keywords derived from two key concepts, “men” and “meat,” 39 articles were selected and analyzed to inductively derive three thematic findings; (a) Meat as Masculine, (b) Veg*n Men as Othered, and (c) Veg*nism as Contemporary Masculinity. Meat as Masculine included how men’s gendered identities, defenses, and physicalities were entwined with meat consumption. Veg*n Men as Othered explored the social and cultural challenges faced by men who adopt meatless diets, including perceptions of emasculation. Veg*nism as Contemporary Masculinity was claimed by men who eschewed meat in their diets and advocated for veg*nism as legitimate masculine capital through linkages to physical strength, rationality, self-determination, courage, and discipline. In light of the growing concern about the ecological impact of meat production and the adverse health outcomes associated with its excessive consumption, this review summarizes empirical connections between masculinities and the consumption of meat to consider directions for future men’s health promotion research, policy, and practice.

Globally, there has been a substantial increase in the number of men being diagnosed with anxiety disorders. Despite this, men's mental health research often focusses on uncovering why men don't, rather than why they do, seek help. Within this context, men's help-seeking pathways for anxiety are poorly understood. This study mapped the help-seeking pathways of 419 Australian-based men for anxiety. Respondents 16 to 77 years-old (M = 40.92 years, SD = 15.36) reported multiple instances of help-seeking (n = 321, 77%) elaborating on their drivers for help-seeking via an open-text qualitative survey. Thematic analysis of men's responses was used to generate three themes, first detailing common tipping points of men's anxiety (namely relationship issues and work stress), and second, the reclusive causes and consequences of men's anxiety (burdensome symptoms and unmet expectations). These two themes converged into a third theme of help-seeking where defeatist (i.e., resigned abandonment self-management strategies) or defiant (proactive motivation in reaction to new events) motivations propelled men into either assisted or solitary help-seeking pathways. The current study findings afford important insights about the drivers that lead men to seek help for anxiety across the life course. Interventions targeting men's help-seeking for anxiety should accentuate the potential benefits of community-based mental health treatment within the context of men's social connectedness. Such interventions would also benefit from leveraging positive masculine ideals including strength, emotional-control and competition which can be both a barrier to, and driver for, help-seeking in the context of men's anxiety.

Wheat flour is a major dietary source of iron; however, during milling to produce white wheat flour, the mineral-rich aleurone layer is removed. In the UK elemental iron is added to white flour to replace iron lost during processing(1). Soy flour is also added to bread flour as a flour improver(2). Legumes, including soy, are rich in iron and this raises the possibility that legume flour could be used to increase the iron content of white wheat flour products(3). The aim of this study was to investigate iron bioaccessibility from fava bean-fortified white flour, and to test the hypothesis that fava beans have the potential to be natural iron fortificants for wheat white flour.Dried fava beans were purchased from Hodmedods UK and were ground to a course flour using a coffee grinder. Experiments utilized white flour fortified with different weight percentages of fava bean flour (0%, 25%, 50%). Mineral content of all samples was measured by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Phytic acid of the samples was measured by using Megazyme kit (Megazyme-K-PHYT). The bioaccessibility of iron was determined by ICPOES following a simulated in vitro peptic (pH 2, 90 min) and pancreatin/bile (pH 7, 90 min) digestion(4). Data are mean ± SEM of 3 independent experiments and were analysed by one-way ANOVA and Tukey’s post-hoc test.The iron content of flours was increased significantly with the inclusion of 25% or 50% fava bean (FB) powder (P<0.0001): 1.07 ± 0.01 (white flour control); 2.12 ± 0.07 (25% FB) and 3.15 ± 0.07 (50% FB) mg/100 g. Furthermore, the fava bean fortified flours had significantly (P<0.0001) higher phytic acid content: 0.19 ± 0.01; 0.40 ± 0.01 and 0.56 ± 0.02 g/100 g, respectively. No significant difference was observed in terms of the molar ratios of phytic acid to iron (15.17 ± 0.36, 15.94 ± 0.26, 15.13 ± 0.38) or in iron bioaccessibility (78.34 ± 2.53%, 77.62 ± 3.01% or 72.56 ± 1.91%) between the white flour (0%) and fava bean-fortified flour samples (25% and 50%).The results from this study show that addition of fava bean flour significantly increased the iron content of the white flour samples; however, the phytic acid content was also increased. The molar ratio of phytic acid to iron is an important determinant of iron bioaccessibility and bioavailability. While this study demonstrates that fava bean flour can be used as a natural iron fortificant, it highlights the need for additional food processing steps to reduce phytic acid levels and enhance iron bioaccessibility from foods produced using fava bean-fortified white wheat flours.

This study examined moderators of the association between intimate relationship breakdown and suicidal ideation using data from a large representative cohort of Australian men. Across four waves (2013-2022), participants (n = 14,610) responded to measures of past 12-month relationship breakdown, past 2-week suicidal ideation, theorised but to-date untested moderators (age, social support, alcohol use, and masculine norms of self-reliance and emotional control), and demographic covariates. Binomial logistic regression models using generalised estimating equations modelled the association between relationship breakdown and suicidal ideation at both proximal (i.e., within-wave), and future (i.e., at the next wave) timepoints, with iterative adjustments for wave, demographics, other covariates, and prior-wave suicidal ideation. Interaction terms in sequential models examined moderation. In multi-wave cross-sectional analyses, after full adjustment, relationship breakdown was associated with 82 % greater odds of suicidal ideation (OR = 1.82, 95 % CI 1.56-2.12). Moderation analyses indicated that this association was specific to men without prior-wave suicidal ideation (OR = 2.18, 95 % CI 1.85-2.56), in comparison to men who had reported prior-wave suicidal ideation (OR = 1.19, 95 % CI 0.94-1.51). The association between relationship breakdown and proximal ideation did not differ by men's age, levels of social support, harmful alcohol use, or endorsement of self-reliance or emotional control. Finally, longitudinal models highlighted relationship breakdown was not associated with men's suicidal ideation at a subsequent wave, after adjustment for covariates and proximal suicidal ideation. Our findings suggest that suicidal ideation should be monitored in men known to have experienced relationship breakdown in the past year, especially those without a recent history of suicidal ideation.

Tailored language and communication strategies underpin men's engagement with public health initiatives. The aim of this study was to explore men's preferences for language and communication in mental health promotion and provide recommendations for current and future programs. A sequential mixed-methods design was used including five focus groups and 21 individual interviews with 64 men. Interpretive description was used to inductively derive three themes: (1) Using coded language to confer mental health, which highlighted the tacit meaning and implications of language as well as men's covert strategies to communicate their challenges and emotions; (2) Summoning masculine capital with association and metaphors, wherein men's strategies for conveying mental health in acceptable and relatable ways are chronicled; and (3) Dynamism language to signal action and growth, illustrating participants' preference for strength-based approaches and gain-framed messaging that positions men as drivers of self-management and personal development. Important implications for men's mental health promotion are discussed.

Peer support has a long history of helping people navigate mental health challenges and is increasingly utilized within men's mental health promotion initiatives. Despite considerable research conceptualizing and evaluating peer support in various contexts, little is known about the gendered dimensions of men's peer support and mutual help for mental health. This article provides an empirically informed commentary on men's peer support and informal help-seeking preferences to make recommendations for future directions for research and practice. Research examining men's peer support is emergent and the available evidence suggests that there is potential to conceptually align with many men's values and preferences for mental health help-seeking. Peer support offers a non-clinical, strength-based adjunct to professional support that may aid men in navigating a range of mental health challenges. Consideration must be given to the influence of gender socialization and men's diverse experiences with developing and maintaining peer relationships. It should not be assumed that authentic and supportive relationships will naturally form when men congregate together. As a growing number of interventions and programs emerge targeted at boys and men, there are important opportunities to leverage these health promotion efforts to encourage and coach men to engage in mutual help. Opportunities for research and practice are discussed to better understand and harness the health-promoting potential of peer support for men's mental health.

Objectives: The quality of intimate partner relationships strongly influences men’s mental health, yet little research attention has been given to these relationships from a strengths-based critical masculinities perspective. Addressing this knowledge gap, this photovoice study provides insights into young men’s experiences of, and perspectives about, building intimate partner relationships. Design: Photovoice methodology. Setting: This study was conducted virtually over Zoom. Method: Working with 120 participant-produced photographs from 64 men who resided in 13 countries, who and ranged in age from 19 to 43 years ( M = 29.5), the current photovoice study provides a thematic analysis. Results: Three themes were derived. The first of these, Balancing autonomy and coupledom, stressed men’s openness to making and communicating ongoing partnership adjustments. Predominately sharing identity and social connection examples, men spoke to the need to retain a degree of individual agency while meeting joint expectations within a relationship. The second theme, Building compatibility and mutuality, highlighted men’s congruence with their partner as the foundation for actively being together. Flowing from this, mutuality was idealised as jointly bringing about gender equality and gender equity to sustain a relationship through inevitable ups and downs. The third theme, Communicating intimacy, was best accomplished by men having regular discussions with partners to express their affections, and to understand and meet each other’s sexual and emotional needs. Central to nourishing intimacy was a closeness, often garnered by men’s intentional efforts to secure secluded couple-orientated experiences. Conclusion: The findings question stereotypes depicting men as inept in, or ambivalent about, their partnerships. Instead they offer insight into wide-ranging strength-based relational masculinities that enable young men to build intimate partner relationships.

Although the social determinants of health have guided equity work with the tailoring of men's health promotion programs, the role of, and potential for, the commercial determinants of health in those interventions is rarely addressed and poorly understood. While four commercial products, tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed food, and fossil fuels, account for more than a third of global deaths, there is a need to recognize that consumer goods industries can make both positive and negative contributions to health. This article begins much-needed discussions about what we might learn from, and strategically tap in the commercial sector to seed, scale, and sustain men's health promotion programs. Three case studies, online sports betting, beer and the rise of the nonny, and athleisurewear, are discussed. Connections between online sports betting and masculinities explain young men's disproportionate involvement and gambling addictions with recommendations to legislate an end to gambling advertisements and de-incentivize industry profiteering through penalties and higher taxes. Regarding beer and the rise of the nonny, brewers have innovated with non-alcoholic beer based on shifting consumption patterns and masculinities in their core market-men. The nonny reminds health promoters to know their end-user's values and behaviors to bolster program acceptability. Detailing Under Armour and Lululemon, two highly gendered but diversifying athleisurewear brands, the complexities of, and potential for, leveraging public health and industry collaborations are underscored. Taken together, the article findings suggest men's health promoters should rigorously explore tapping key commercial entities and tax revenues to advance the health of men and their communities.

Cereal products provide 50 % of iron and 30 % of zinc in the UK diet. However, despite having high content, the bioavailability of minerals from cereals is low. This review discusses strategies to increase mineral bioavailability from cereal-based foods. Iron and zinc are localised to specific tissue structures within cereals; however, the cell walls of these structures are resistant to digestion in the human gastrointestinal tract and therefore the bioaccessibility of these essential minerals from foods for absorption in the intestine is limited. In addition, minerals are stored in cereals bound to phytate, which is the main dietary inhibitor of mineral absorption. Recent research has focused on ways to enhance mineral bioavailability from cereals. Current strategies include disruption of plant cell walls to increase mineral release (bioaccessibility) during digestion; increasing the mineral:phytate ratio either by increasing the mineral content through conventional breeding and/or agronomic biofortification, or by reducing phytate levels; and genetic biofortification to increase the mineral content in the starchy endosperm, which is used to produce white wheat flour. While much of this work is at an early stage, there is potential for these strategies to lead to the development of cereal-based foods with enhanced nutritional qualities that could address the low mineral status in the UK and globally.

Men's intimate partner relationship services have focused on correcting the behaviors of male perpetrators of intimate partner (IPV) and/or domestic violence (DV). There is a need to advance IPV and DV prevention efforts by better equipping men with relationship skills. This study explores service providers' and stakeholders' perspectives about the challenges and strategies for assisting men to build better intimate partner relationships. Interviews were conducted with participants (n = 30) from Canada and Australia who worked in the men's intimate partner relationships sector. Three themes were inductively derived: (a) crisis management (barriers to engagement), (b) owning deficits and leveraging strengths (engaging though accountability and action), and (c) me then we (self-work as requisite for relationship success). Using a gender relations lens, we examined the influence of masculinities on men's intimate partner relationships and engagement with services. Participants described crisis management challenges for men accessing services including shame, threats to masculine identity, and mental health challenges. Owning deficits and leveraging strengths hinged on men's accountability and action, rather than assigning blame for problematic behaviors in accessing services. Related to this, the me then we theme highlighted men's strength-based approaches in focussing on self-work to develop tangible skills and awareness needed to build healthy relationships. Overall, the findings indicate men's healthy relationships hinged on working with masculine identities to inform their perspectives and behaviors. Men's intimate partner relationship work likely requires labor at multiple levels (e.g., individual, partners, and systems) to secure the strong potential for reframing masculine identities as asset-building for men's relationships.

Objective: To describe key considerations for working with men experiencing distressed and disrupted intimate partner relationships.Methods: Individual Zoom interviews were conducted with help-seeking men (n = 25) who had experienced an intimate partnership break-up, and health service providers (n = 30) working with men in the relationships space. Interpretive Description methodology was used to generate considerations for working with men in distressed and disrupted relationships.Results: Three thematic findings were inductively derived; 1) A whole life approach for deconstructing relationships, wherein men engaged in discussions about their broader experiences and circumstances within the context of intimate partnerships; 2) Affirming men's relationship emotions and vulnerabilities as normative and changeable, comprising coaching for embodying transformative masculinities; and 3) Tangible 'to do's' in and after a relationship, outlining men's present and prospective self-work with action-oriented strategies.Conclusion: Strategies tailored to men's receptivity and needs can increase connection with professional services and providers to bolster the mental health of men in and after disrupted intimate partner relationships.Practice implications: With men increasingly accessing professional mental health services, the present study offers key considerations and recommendations regarding assessment, communication, and treatment for health service providers working with men in the relationships space.

Abstract Yams (Dioscorea species) are an important food resource in Madagascar, where both cultivated winged yam (D. alata) and wild edible yams are consumed. However, there is limited knowledge on the nutrient composition of wild edible yams in Madagascar, and on how they compare with the cultivated winged yam. Therefore, in this study, nine wild edible yam species, one with two subspecies from Madagascar (D. bako, D. buckleyana, D. irodensis, D. maciba, D. orangeana, D. pteropoda, D. sambiranensis subsp. bardotiae and subsp. sambiranensis, D. seriflora, and Dioscorea species Ovy valiha), were analyzed for their nutrient composition, compared with cultivated D. alata. They include 6/6 of the most favored wild edible yam species in Madagascar. New nutrient composition data (protein, carbohydrate/starch, energy, lipid, β‐carotene, and minerals) are presented for these nine wild edible yam species. The results show that they contain comparable levels of lipids and starch to D. alata, but none are better sources of protein than D. alata. The results show that D. irodensis contains a significantly higher β‐carotene content when compared to all other edible yams analyzed, and that D. buckleyana, D. irodensis, and D. sambiranensis subsp. bardotiae have a higher calcium content than cultivated D. alata, while all nine wild edible yam species analyzed contain a higher iron content, compared to cultivated D. alata. The nutrient composition data presented could provide new incentives to conserve wild edible yams and inform on strategies to select Dioscorea species for sustainable cultivation and use, providing opportunities to enhance future food security in Madagascar.