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Extending Methods in Dietary Patterns Research.

Jill Reedy¹, Amy F Subar², Stephanie M George³

¹Rick Factor Assessment Branch, Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program, National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. reedyj@mail.nih.gov.

|May 9, 2018

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Improving dietary pattern research requires new methods to capture diet's complexity and changes over time. This advances understanding of diet's impact on cancer risk and other health outcomes.

Keywords:

diet assessment dietary patterns dynamism life course multidimensionality nutritional epidemiology

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Area of Science:

Epidemiology
Nutritional Science
Public Health

Background:

Dietary patterns research aims to understand diet-health relationships.
Existing methods may not fully capture diet's complexity and dynamic nature.
The National Cancer Institute and NIH Office of Disease Prevention convened a workshop on this topic.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify and prioritize methodological needs in dietary patterns research.
To advance the science of assessing diet-health associations, particularly for cancer risk.
To integrate the multidimensional and dynamic aspects of dietary intake into research.

Main Methods:

Workshop involving experts in dietary patterns and epidemiology.
Discussion and articulation of methodological challenges and advancements.
Focus on improving measurement and modeling of dietary patterns.

Main Results:

Identified key needs for extending dietary patterns research methods.
Highlighted the importance of considering multidimensionality and dynamism in dietary intake.
Emphasized the relevance of these advancements for various health outcomes.

Conclusions:

Methodological improvements are crucial for accurate dietary pattern assessment.
Integrating complexity and life-course variations in diet is essential.
Enhanced methods will improve understanding of diet's role in disease prevention.