TY - JOUR
T1 - DIET@NET
T2 - Best Practice Guidelines for dietary assessment in health research
AU - on behalf of the DIET@NET consortium
AU - Cade, Janet E.
AU - Warthon-Medina, Marisol
AU - Albar, Salwa
AU - Alwan, Nisreen A.
AU - Ness, Andrew
AU - Roe, Mark
AU - Wark, Petra A.
AU - Greathead, Katharine
AU - Burley, Victoria J.
AU - Finglas, Paul
AU - Johnson, Laura
AU - Page, Polly
AU - Roberts, Katharine
AU - Steer, Toni
AU - Hooson, Jozef
AU - Greenwood, Darren C.
AU - Robinson, Sian
AU - Allman-Farinelli, Margaret
AU - Ambrosini, Gina
AU - Andersen, Lene Frost
AU - Anderson, Annie
AU - Bandera, Elisa
AU - Baranowski, Thomas
AU - Bryant, Maria
AU - Burrows, Tracy
AU - Church, Ms Susan
AU - Collins, Clare
AU - Craig, Leone
AU - de Looy, Anne
AU - Drewnowski, Adam
AU - Edwards, Kim
AU - Emmett, Pauline
AU - Foster, Emma
AU - Gibson, Rosalind
AU - Gurinovic, Mirjana
AU - Holdsworth, Michelle
AU - Holmes, Bridget
AU - Kesse-Guyot, Emmanuelle
AU - Kirkpatrick, Sharron
AU - Kolahdooz, Fariba
AU - Lachat, Carl
AU - Lanigan, Julie
AU - Lawrence, Mark
AU - Lennox, Alison
AU - Levy, Renata
AU - Louzada, Maria Laura
AU - Mendez, Michelle
AU - Micha, Renata
AU - Naska, Androniki
AU - Swan, Gillian
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the UK Medical Research Council (Grant number MR/L02019X/1).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Author(s).
PY - 2017/11/15
Y1 - 2017/11/15
N2 - Background: Dietary assessment is complex, and strategies to select the most appropriate dietary assessment tool (DAT) in epidemiological research are needed. The DIETary Assessment Tool NETwork (DIET@NET) aimed to establish expert consensus on Best Practice Guidelines (BPGs) for dietary assessment using self-report. Methods: The BPGs were developed using the Delphi technique. Two Delphi rounds were conducted. A total of 131 experts were invited, and of these 65 accepted, with 48 completing Delphi round I and 51 completing Delphi round II. In all, a total of 57 experts from North America, Europe, Asia and Australia commented on the 47 suggested guidelines. Results: Forty-three guidelines were generated, grouped into the following four stages: Stage I. Define what is to be measured in terms of dietary intake (what? who? and when?); Stage II. Investigate different types of DATs; Stage III. Evaluate existing tools to select the most appropriate DAT by evaluating published validation studies; Stage IV. Think through the implementation of the chosen DAT and consider sources of potential biases. Conclusions: The Delphi technique consolidated expert views on best practice in assessing dietary intake. The BPGs provide a valuable guide for health researchers to choose the most appropriate dietary assessment method for their studies. These guidelines will be accessible through the Nutritools website, www.nutritools.org.
AB - Background: Dietary assessment is complex, and strategies to select the most appropriate dietary assessment tool (DAT) in epidemiological research are needed. The DIETary Assessment Tool NETwork (DIET@NET) aimed to establish expert consensus on Best Practice Guidelines (BPGs) for dietary assessment using self-report. Methods: The BPGs were developed using the Delphi technique. Two Delphi rounds were conducted. A total of 131 experts were invited, and of these 65 accepted, with 48 completing Delphi round I and 51 completing Delphi round II. In all, a total of 57 experts from North America, Europe, Asia and Australia commented on the 47 suggested guidelines. Results: Forty-three guidelines were generated, grouped into the following four stages: Stage I. Define what is to be measured in terms of dietary intake (what? who? and when?); Stage II. Investigate different types of DATs; Stage III. Evaluate existing tools to select the most appropriate DAT by evaluating published validation studies; Stage IV. Think through the implementation of the chosen DAT and consider sources of potential biases. Conclusions: The Delphi technique consolidated expert views on best practice in assessing dietary intake. The BPGs provide a valuable guide for health researchers to choose the most appropriate dietary assessment method for their studies. These guidelines will be accessible through the Nutritools website, www.nutritools.org.
KW - Dietary assessment methods
KW - Guidelines
KW - Nutrition
KW - Nutritional epidemiology
KW - Public health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85033771432&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1186/s12916-017-0962-x
DO - 10.1186/s12916-017-0962-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 29137630
AN - SCOPUS:85033771432
SN - 1741-7015
VL - 15
JO - BMC Medicine
JF - BMC Medicine
IS - 1
M1 - 202
ER -