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Nutritional biomarkers for objective dietary assessment

Kuhnle, G. G. C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8081-8931 (2012) Nutritional biomarkers for objective dietary assessment. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 92 (6). pp. 1145-1149. ISSN 0022-5142

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.5631

Abstract/Summary

The accurate assessment of dietary exposure is important in investigating associations between diet and disease. Research in nutritional epidemiology, which has resulted in a large amount of information on associations between diet and chronic diseases in the last decade, relies on accurate assessment methods to identify these associations. However, most dietary assessment instruments rely to some extent on self-reporting, which is prone to systematic bias affected by factors such as age, gender, social desirability and approval. Nutritional biomarkers are not affected by these and therefore provide an additional, alternative method to estimate intake. However, there are also some limitations in their application: they are affected by inter-individual variations in metabolism and other physiological factors, and they are often limited to estimating intake of specific compounds and not entire foods. It is therefore important to validate nutritional biomarkers to determine specific strengths and limitations. In this perspective paper, criteria for the validation of nutritional markers and future developments are discussed.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences > Human Nutrition Research Group
ID Code:27021
Publisher:Wiley

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