What is the DID-METAB Statement?
The DID-METAB Statement includes recommendations in the form of a 29-item checklist that encompasses a core set of items relating to dietary information for reporting in human studies examining the metabolome.
The development of the DID-METAB Statement reporting guideline has been registered on the Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research (EQUATOR Network) HERE
The core outcome set that forms part of the DID-METAB Statement has been registered in the Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials (COMET Initiative) Database HERE
Aim and scope of the DID-METAB Statement
The unsatisfactory quality of reporting of dietary interventions is not unique to the field of nutritional metabolomics and has been demonstrated as unsatisfactory more broadly in human clinical research. However, given the emergence of metabolomics and the intricate nuances of utilising this technology for dietary assessment applications, there is dire need for improved comparability and reproducibility of findings for the field to continue to excel. Recommendations on the reporting of such studies that are endorsed by leading journals in the field will be crucial for the uptake of the DID-METAB Statement and ultimately, the quality of reporting.
We aimed to identify core items relating to dietary interventions implemented in human feeding studies examining the metabolome and establish a checklist that encompassed these items and recommendations for their reporting in such research articles. An iterative Delphi process was conducted among an international pool of experts (DID-METAB Delphi Working Group) to obtain consensus on core diet item details (DIDs) and associated reporting recommendations, in the form of a checklist. This work is presented as the DID-METAB Statement, which aims to strengthen the reporting of diet item details in feeding studies measuring the dietary metabolome.
Contributors
Members of the Precision and Personalised Nutrition Team:
Laureate Professor Clare Collins, Director
Laureate Professor in Nutrition & Dietetics, NHMRC Leadership Research Fellow. College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia. Director, Food and Nutrition Research Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute.
Dr Jessica Ferguson
Postdoctoral Researcher and Accredited Practising Dietitian. College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia. Food and Nutrition Research Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute.
Dr Erin Clarke
Postdoctoral Researcher and Accredited Practising Dietitian. College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia. Food and Nutrition Research Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute.
Dr Jordan Stanford
Postdoctoral Researcher and Accredited Practising Dietitian. College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia. Food and Nutrition Research Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute.
Dr María Gómez Martín
Postdoctoral Researcher. College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia. Food and Nutrition Research Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute.
Ms Tammie Jakstas
PhD Candidate and Accredited Practising Dietitian. College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia. Food and Nutrition Research Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute.
Members of the DID-METAB Delphi Working Group:
Associate Professor Dorit Samocha-Bonet
Conjoint Associate Professor, School of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, St Vincent's Healthcare Clinical Campus, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Australia.
Associate Professor Catalina Cuparencu
Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Laureate Professor Clare Collins
Laureate Professor in Nutrition & Dietetics, NHMRC Leadership Research Fellow. College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia. Director, Food and Nutrition Research Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute.
Professor James O’Hill
James O. Hill, Ph.D. Professor, Dept of Nutrition Sciences Director, Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC), University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
Dr Lihi Godny
Research Dietitian, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel.
Professor Francine Marques
Professor of Genetics, Head of the Hypertension Research Laboratory, Senior Medical Research Fellow, Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation, National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leader (EL2), National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow.
Dr Mar Garcia-Aloy
Researcher, Metabolomics Unit, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Italy.
Dr Matthew Snelson
National Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Hypertension Research Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne VIC Australia.
Dr Kerith Duncanson
Research Dietitian, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle, Immune Health Research Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW, Australia.
Dr Rachel Kimble
Lecturer in Sports Nutrition, Sport and Physical Activity Research Institute, University of the West of Scotland, Glasgow, UK.
Dr Charlotte Mills
Hugh Sinclair Lecturer in Human Nutrition, University of Reading, UK.
Dr Heidi Staudacher
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University.
Dr Caroline Tuck
Senior Lecturer, Department of Allied Health, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia.
Dr Kay Nguo
Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Professor George Moschonis
Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, Department of Food, Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC Australia.
Dr Maria Traka
Head of Food & Nutrition National Bioscience Research Infrastructure (FN-NBRI), Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UQ, UK.
Professor Kathryn Beck
Kathryn L. Beck, Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Sport, Exercise and Nutrition, College of Health, Massey University, Auckland, NZ.
Professor Megan McCrory
Research Associate Professor of Nutrition, Department of Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Mr David De Souza
Platform Head, Metabolomics Australia - University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Professor Elaine Holmes
Head, Centre for Computational and Systems Medicine, Murdoch University, WA, Australia. Professor of Chemical Biology, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Professor Deborah Kerr
Discipline Lead, Nutrition and Dietetics, Curtin School of Population Health, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Holly Nicastro
Holly L. Nicastro; Position/Affiliation: Senior Nutrition Scientist, Office of Nutrition Research, National Institutes of Health, United States.
Contact
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