Full course description
Description
This training explores the role of dietary patterns in optimal nutrition, focusing on understanding the total diet rather than isolated nutrients or foods. It discusses the historical shift toward dietary pattern research, highlights statistical methods like factor analysis, and examines investigator-defined and data-driven approaches to studying nutrition.
Target Audience
This training is designed for nutritionists, dietitians, healthcare providers, public health professionals, and researchers interested in advanced nutritional science and dietary analysis.
Learning Outcomes
After completing this training, you will be able to:
- Understand the focus of dietary pattern approaches in capturing the total diet for nutritional analysis.
- Explore the historical shift in nutrition research during the 1990s toward dietary patterns.
- Identify statistical methods, such as factor analysis, used in dietary pattern research.
- Recognize the importance of food component interactions and the food matrix in dietary patterns.
- Differentiate between investigator-defined and data-driven approaches to studying dietary patterns.