Diet-disease relationships: Recent advances in nutritional epidemiology

Authors

  • Raul Zamora-Ros Catalan Institute of Oncology, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona (Spain).
  • Carlos Alberto González Catalan Institute of Oncology, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona (Spain).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.11.16205

Keywords:

nutritional epidemiology, fruits and vegetables, red and processed meat, sugar-sweetened beverages, Mediterranean diet

Abstract

Nutritional epidemiology currently studies the diet-disease relationships. In order to evaluate these associations, an accurate estimation of nutritional exposure is essential. Traditional dietary questionnaires are being complemented with the measurement of nutritional biomarkers. New methodologies, including the use of new dietary assessments, metabolomics for increasing the quantity and quality of biomarkers, and statistical approaches to combine both techniques, are required to move forward in this field. In this review, we have selected five of the more relevant accomplishments in this field as examples of the importance of dietary factors in the prevention of non-communicable diseases. This theoretical knowledge needs to be finally translated by public health experts into dietary recommendations to the general population.

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Author Biographies

Raul Zamora-Ros, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona (Spain).

Miguel Servet Researcher in the Unit of Nutrition and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona (Spain). His research focuses on investigating whether dietary factors, particularly polyphenols and polyphenol-rich foods, are causally associated with the development of chronic diseases.

Carlos Alberto González, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona (Spain).

He is an emeritus researcher and former Head of the Unit of Nutrition and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona (Spain). His research focuses on the field of nutritional epidemiology, particularly in diet-cancer relationships.  

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2021-01-21

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Zamora-Ros, R., & González, C. A. (2021). Diet-disease relationships: Recent advances in nutritional epidemiology. Metode Science Studies Journal, (11), 115–121. https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.11.16205
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