Nutrition Research Methodologies (eBook)

Professor Julie A Lovegrove, Hugh Sinclair Unit of Human Nutrition and Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, UK. Associate Professor Leanne Hodson, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK. Professor Sangita Sharma, Centennial Professor, Endowed Chair in Aboriginal Health, Professor of Aboriginal & Global Health Research, Aboriginal and Global Health Research Group, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Canada. Professor Susan A Lanham-New, Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Biosciences and Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, UK.

Contributors vii

Series Foreword ix

Preface x

About the Companion Website xii

1 Nature, Purpose and Implications of Research in Nutrition 1

Alan A Jackson, Stephen A Wootton and Martin Wiseman

2 Study Design: Population-Based Studies 13

Janet Cade and Jayne Hutchinson

3 Study Design: Intervention Studies 28

Jayne V Woodside, Robert W Welch, Chris C Patterson and Michelle
C McKinley

4 Methods to Determine Dietary Intake 48

Nadia Slimani, Heinz Freisling, Anne-Kathrin Illner and Inge
Huybrechts

5 Food Composition 71

Barbara Burlingame and U Ruth Charrondiere

6 Biomarkers of Intake 90

Gunter G C Kuhnle

7 Methods of Data Analysis 108

Graham Horgan

8 Considerations for Including Different Population Groups in
Nutrition Research 123

Maria J Maynard

9 Use of Biobanks in Nutrition Research 141

Kurt Zatloukal, Pieter van't Veer, Christian Viertler,
Marc-Jeroen Bogaardt and Peter Hollman

10 Methods Investigating Food-Related Behaviour 151

Moira Dean, Monique M Raats and Liisa
Lähteenmäki

11 Methods for Assessing Nutritional Status and Body Composition
169

Peter Murgatroyd, Les Bluck and Laura Watson

12 Energy Expenditure and Intake Methods 186

Klaas R Westerterp

13 Application of 'Omics' Technologies 198

Helen M Roche, Baukje de Roos and Lorraine Brennan

14 Epigenetics 212

John C Mathers

15 Nutrient-Gene Interactions 225

Anne Marie Minihane

16 Data Analytical Methods for the Application of Systems
Biology in Nutrition 235

Corrado Priami and Melissa J Morine

17 Stable Isotopes in Nutrition Research 250

Margot Umpleby and Barbara A Fielding

18 Animal Models in Nutrition Research 265

Andrew M Salter

19 Cellular Models in Nutrition Research 278

Kathleen M Botham

20 Translation of Nutrition Research 307

Judith Buttriss

Glossary 326

Index 335