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Elsner, Friederike, Matthiessen, Lea Ellen, Średnicka-Tober, Dominika, Marx, Wolfgang, O’Neil, Adrienne, Welch, Ailsa A., Hayhoe, Richard Peter 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-2715, Higgs, Suzanne, van Vliet, Marja, Morphew-Lu, Ephimia, Kazimierczak, Renata, Góralska-Walczak, Rita, Kopczyńska, Klaudia, Steenbuch Krabbe Bruun, Thea, Rosane, Beatriz Philippi, Gjedsted Bügel, Susanne and Strassner, Carola
(2022)
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.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20 (1).
ISSN 1661-7827
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Abstract
Diets 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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| Additional Information: | Funding Information: This study was carried out within the project “Indicators for assessment of health effect of consumption of sustainable, organic school meals in Ecoregions” (INSUM) (project number 2020-81) funded by Ekhagastiftelsen. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | eco-regions,mental and social health,sustainable and healthy diet,sustainable food systems,wellbeing,pollution,public health, environmental and occupational health,health, toxicology and mutagenesis,sdg 3 - good health and well-being,sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2310 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Norwich Institute for Healthy Aging Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2023 09:30 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2023 03:35 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/91721 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph20010669 |
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