A New Evidence-Based Diet Score to Capture Associations of Food Consumption and Chronic Disease Risk

Previously, the attempt to compile German dietary guidelines into a diet score was predominantly not successful with regards to preventing chronic diseases in the EPIC-Potsdam study. Current guidelines were supplemented by the latest evidence from systematic reviews and expert papers published betwe...

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Main Authors: Franziska Jannasch, Daniela V. Nickel, Manuela M. Bergmann, Matthias B. Schulze
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/11/2359
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author Franziska Jannasch
Daniela V. Nickel
Manuela M. Bergmann
Matthias B. Schulze
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description Previously, the attempt to compile German dietary guidelines into a diet score was predominantly not successful with regards to preventing chronic diseases in the EPIC-Potsdam study. Current guidelines were supplemented by the latest evidence from systematic reviews and expert papers published between 2010 and 2020 on the prevention potential of food groups on chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. A diet score was developed by scoring the food groups according to a recommended low, moderate or high intake. The relative validity and reliability of the diet score, assessed by a food frequency questionnaire, was investigated. The consideration of current evidence resulted in 10 key food groups being preventive of the chronic diseases of interest. They served as components in the diet score and were scored from 0 to 1 point, depending on their recommended intake, resulting in a maximum of 10 points. Both the reliability (r = 0.53) and relative validity (r = 0.43) were deemed sufficient to consider the diet score as a stable construct in future investigations. This new diet score can be a promising tool to investigate dietary intake in etiological research by concentrating on 10 key dietary determinants with evidence-based prevention potential for chronic diseases.
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spelling doaj.art-836aa51da8ab4be38264564d5d7b2c512023-11-23T14:37:47ZengMDPI AGNutrients2072-66432022-06-011411235910.3390/nu14112359A New Evidence-Based Diet Score to Capture Associations of Food Consumption and Chronic Disease RiskFranziska Jannasch0Daniela V. Nickel1Manuela M. Bergmann2Matthias B. Schulze3Department of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, 14558 Nuthetal, GermanyDepartment of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, 14558 Nuthetal, GermanyGerman Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, 14558 Nuthetal, GermanyDepartment of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, 14558 Nuthetal, GermanyPreviously, the attempt to compile German dietary guidelines into a diet score was predominantly not successful with regards to preventing chronic diseases in the EPIC-Potsdam study. Current guidelines were supplemented by the latest evidence from systematic reviews and expert papers published between 2010 and 2020 on the prevention potential of food groups on chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. A diet score was developed by scoring the food groups according to a recommended low, moderate or high intake. The relative validity and reliability of the diet score, assessed by a food frequency questionnaire, was investigated. The consideration of current evidence resulted in 10 key food groups being preventive of the chronic diseases of interest. They served as components in the diet score and were scored from 0 to 1 point, depending on their recommended intake, resulting in a maximum of 10 points. Both the reliability (r = 0.53) and relative validity (r = 0.43) were deemed sufficient to consider the diet score as a stable construct in future investigations. This new diet score can be a promising tool to investigate dietary intake in etiological research by concentrating on 10 key dietary determinants with evidence-based prevention potential for chronic diseases.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/11/2359diet scoredietary guidelinesfood groupschronic diseasetype 2 diabetescardiovascular disease
spellingShingle Franziska Jannasch
Daniela V. Nickel
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Matthias B. Schulze
A New Evidence-Based Diet Score to Capture Associations of Food Consumption and Chronic Disease Risk
Nutrients
diet score
dietary guidelines
food groups
chronic disease
type 2 diabetes
cardiovascular disease
title A New Evidence-Based Diet Score to Capture Associations of Food Consumption and Chronic Disease Risk
title_full A New Evidence-Based Diet Score to Capture Associations of Food Consumption and Chronic Disease Risk
title_fullStr A New Evidence-Based Diet Score to Capture Associations of Food Consumption and Chronic Disease Risk
title_full_unstemmed A New Evidence-Based Diet Score to Capture Associations of Food Consumption and Chronic Disease Risk
title_short A New Evidence-Based Diet Score to Capture Associations of Food Consumption and Chronic Disease Risk
title_sort new evidence based diet score to capture associations of food consumption and chronic disease risk
topic diet score
dietary guidelines
food groups
chronic disease
type 2 diabetes
cardiovascular disease
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/11/2359
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