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Identifying Future Study Designs for Mental Health and Social Wellbeing Associated with Diets of a Cohort Living in Eco-Regions: Findings from the INSUM Expert Workshop
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posted on 2023-02-16, 01:40 authored by F Elsner, LE Matthiessen, D Średnicka-Tober, Wolf MarxWolf Marx, A O’Neil, AA Welch, RP Hayhoe, S Higgs, M van Vliet, E Morphew-Lu, R Kazimierczak, R Góralska-Walczak, K Kopczyńska, T Steenbuch Krabbe Bruun, BP Rosane, S Gjedsted Bügel, C StrassnerDiets influence our mental health and social wellbeing (MHSW) in multiple ways. A rising community concept, Eco-Regions, has gained interest. The research project “Indicators for assessment of health effects of consumption of sustainable, organic school meals in Ecoregions” (INSUM) aims to develop future-oriented research approaches to measure the potential health effects of more sustainable and healthy diets. This first part of the project focuses on MHSW with the goal to identify suitable study designs and indicators. The methodology is based on a 2-day workshop with an interdisciplinary group of experts. This paper describes commonly applied research methods on the nexus between diet and MHSW as presented by the experts and summarises key points from the discussions. The results show that the dominating tool to investigate MSHW is questionnaires. Questionnaires vary largely depending on the research design, such as participants or distribution channels. Cohort studies addressing families and including in-depth interventional and/or experimental studies may be suitable for an Eco-Region investigation. Those MHSW studies can be conducted and combined with measurements of somatic health effects. We conclude that indicators should be seen as complementary rather than independent. Explorative research designs are required to investigate complex Eco-Regions.
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthVolume
20Article number
ARTN 669Location
SwitzerlandPublisher DOI
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1661-7827eISSN
1660-4601Language
EnglishPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalIssue
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Science & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineEnvironmental SciencesPublic, Environmental & Occupational HealthEnvironmental Sciences & Ecologymental and social healthwellbeingsustainable and healthy dietEco-Regionssustainable food systemsCHILDRENS EATING BEHAVIORORGANIC FOODPEER INFLUENCESBODY-IMAGELIFE-STYLEQUALITYCHOICEADOLESCENTMICROBIOMEQUESTIONNAIREHumansMental HealthDietDiet, HealthyCohort StudiesGeneric health relevance3 Good Health and Well Being
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