ICDAM 2023 WORKSHOPS & SYMPOSIA
ICDAM 2023 looks forward to presenting a forum for the exchange of advances in methods used to assess dietary and physical activity exposures which may be applied in research and clinical applications that benefit human health. The following workshops and symposia have been selected to encourage the discussion of current high-quality and novel research in this field.
ICDAM 2023 WORKSHOPS: Monday, June 26th, 2023
9:30-5:30PM
Workshop 1: FOOD DATABASES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL DIETARY SURVEYS: EXPERIENCES, CHALLENGES, AND PERSPECTIVES
National dietary surveys provide population-based data critical for policies, programs, and evaluations. Food databases used in surveys are key to assuring that data collected accurately portray food consumption and nutrient intakes. Development, technology advancements, and content of food databases from the United States, Denmark, Japan, Brazil, United Kingdom, and Germany will be presented.
• Alanna Moshfegh, US Department of Agriculture
• Suzanne Morton, US Department of Agriculture
• Anja Biltoti-Jensen, Technical University of Denmark
• Tue Christensen, Technical University of Denmark
• Hidemi Takimoto, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
• Eduardo De Carli, University of São Paulo
• Polly Page, University of Cambridge
• Birdem Amoutzop, University of Cambridge
• Carolin Krems, Max Rubner-Institut
Workshop 2: THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ENVIRONMENT POLICY INDEX (PA-EPI): WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO USE IT
The PA-EPI is a novel tool for assessing and benchmarking physical activity policy implementation as part of a multilevel approach. The process of studying public policy implementation using the PA-EPI
facilitates engagement with the policy process by researchers and the wider physical activity community. This workshop will explore this process, equipping attendees with knowledge of the tool.
• Kevin Volf, University of Limerick
• Catherine Woods, University of Limerick
9:30-1:00PM
Workshop 3: ADDRESSING MEASUREMENT ERROR IN DIET AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT
This workshop is designed for public health professionals and epidemiologists who focus on diet and/or physical activity. It will address sources of measurement error, aspects of study design that permit the use of statistical methods to correct for measurement error, and provide an overview of these methods for both surveillance and epidemiologic studies. The emphasis will be on the need for and the concepts behind statistical methods rather than specific details of implementation.
• Janet Tooze, Wake Forest School of Medicine
• Kevin Dodd, National Cancer Institute
Workshop 4: CARBON FOOTPRINT SCORING FOR FOOD AND FOOD INDUSTRY
University Limerick and Nutritics are holding this session as a part of the GoGreenroutes program. Foodprint developed by Nutritics is a brand-new, cung-edge software which generates a live carbon score for our food highlighted by colourful displays. This workshop will use live demonstrations to show the advantages of using carbon scoring soware.
• Alan Scarry, University of Limerick
• Laura Kirwan, Nutritics
• Karen O’Brien, Nutritics
2:00-5:30PM
Workshop 5: ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITION SECURITY: A WORKSHOP FOR SELECTION, DEVELOPMENT, TAILORING, IMPLEMENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND TRANSLATION OF MIXED METHODS AND MEASURES
Nutrition security is an important emerging topic, yet measures are scarce. Workshop participants will review knowledge on nutrition security using mixed methods to interactively learn how to select, develop, tailor, implement, analyze, and translate nutrition security research. Challenges and solutions for methods and measures surrounding nutrition security will be explored.
• Amy Yaroch, Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition
• Carmen Shanks, Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition
• Eric Calloway, Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition
• Ken Resnicow, University of Michigan, School of Public Health
Workshop 6: INTAKE24: PERSPECTIVES FROM MEASURING DIET AROUND THE WORLD
Intake24 is an open-source self-completed online dietary recall system based on multiple-pass 24-hour recall. We will describe the toolkit for creating localised versions drawing on examples from Australia and Malaysia, and its adaptation for use in national nutrition surveys involving diverse populations in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
• Tracy McCaffrey, Monash University
• Emma Foster, Monash University
• Toni Steer, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
• Polly Page, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
• Renee Sobolewski, Food Standards Australia New Zealand
• Cliona Ni Mhurchu, The University of Auckland
ICDAM 2023 SYMPOSIA: Tuesday, June 27th, 2023
10:15AM-12:15PM
Symposium 1: FOOD CONSUMPTION AWAY FROM HOME: CHALLENGES AND METHODS DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE ITS MEASUREMENT
Away-from-home food consumption, usually associated with poorer quality diet and consequently with health impairment, represents an important part of people's diet worldwide. This particular behaviour is quite challenging to assess and thus, this symposium will discuss some of the associated challenges and will present initiatives to better consider and measure away-from-home food consumption.
• Edwige Landais, French National Institute of Research for sustainable Development (IRD)
• Adeeba Ishaq, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Eric Verger, French National Institute of Research for sustainable Development (IRD)
• Mike Sharp, Pacific Community
• Sandra Crispim, Federal University of Paraná
Symposium 2: ASSESSING ADHERENCE TO THE 2018 WORLD CANCER RESEARCH FUND (WCRF)/ AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH (AICR) CANCER PREVENTION RECOMMENDATIONS: THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF SCORING SYSTEMS IN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL RESEARCH
This symposium will describe the development of the 2018 WCRF/AICR Score to assess adherence to WCRF/AICR Cancer Prevention Recommendations. Operationalization of the Score in UK and US cohort studies and its association with cancer risk will be presented, as well as methodological adaptations. The development and validation of a new screener for use in clinical setings will also be introduced.
• Marissa Shams-White, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
• Giota Mitrou, World Cancer Research Fund International
• Fiona Malcomson, Newcastle University
• Alice Chaplin, Balearic Islands Health Research Institute, CIBEROBN
Symposium 3: INTEGRATING TIMING OF DIET, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND SLEEP OVER TIME TO DETERMINE LINKS TO HEALTH
All daily activities take place in a sequence of time, forming a daily lifestyle pattern. Yet, consideration of time in patterns of dietary and movement behaviours (physical activity, sleeping) is new with litle joint examination of time-based or chrono patterns. This symposium will explore novel approaches to dietary and movement behavior patterning in relation to health.
• Heather Eicher-Miller, Purdue University
• Rebecca Leech, Purdue University
• Gerda Pot, Nutrition and Healthcare Alliance
• Sarah McNaughton, Deakin University
3:30-5:30PM
Symposium 4: ACCOUNTING FOR MEASUREMENT ERROR AND MISCLASSIFICATION - DIFFERENT METHODS FOR DIFFERENT RESEARCH STUDY DESIGNS
Self-reported dietary intakes, physical activity and related measures are subject to considerable error, which challenges the reliable interpretation of results over a wide range of study designs. We focus on methods of adjusting for such error in three designs: cohort studies with (i) a baseline or (ii) time-varying exposure or (iii) studies linking latent exposure groups to a health outcome.
• Laurence Freedman, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology
• Pamela Shaw, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
• Anne Thiébaut, Research Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, INSERM
• Cécile Proust-Lima, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, INSERM
Symposium 5: HARMONIZED FOOD CONSUMPTION DATA COLLECTION IN EUROPE: TIME TO REFLECT AND PLAN AHEAD
Reliable and harmonized food consumption data in Europe are important for EFSA. In 2014, a guidance on harmonization of national dietary surveys was published. This symposium aims to present lessons learnt from the EU Menu framework project and data, share the findings of a review on new methods, and discuss options for an update of the guidance for harmonized food consumption surveys in Europe.
• Marga Ocke, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
• Androniki Naska, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Sofia Ioannidou, European Food Safety Autority (EFSA)
• Carla Lopes, University of Porto
• Caroline Van Rossum, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Symposium 6: RECENT INNOVATIONS AND CHALLENGES IN WEB-BASED DIETARY ASSESSMENT TOOLS: CATALYSTS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
This symposium will spotlight recent enhancements from myfood24, Foodbook24, FoodFlip, Intake24, and ASA24. Each speaker will describe a recent innovation to their tool and describe motivations and considerations during its development. A panel discussion will follow with interactive audience polls using Mentimeter to solicit feedback and shape future innovations in dietary assessment.
• Kirsten Herrick, National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute
• Janet Cade, University of Leeds
• Eileen Gibney, University College Dublin
• Mary L’Abbe, University of Toronto
• Toni Steer, University of Cambridge
ICDAM 2023 SYMPOSIA: Wednesday, June 28th, 2023
10:00-12:00PM
Symposium 7: METHODOLOGICAL AND IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEVELOPING NEW MOBILE ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY DIETARY ASSESSMENT TECHNOLOGY: A CASE FOR MEMDA
We are developing a new mobile ecological momentary dietary assessment (mEMDA) app that modernizes how we collect dietary surveillance data. Unlike traditional methods, mEMDA is a brief survey that assesses dietary intake in near real time from free-living individuals. Presentations in this symposium will discuss considerations for developing and using this next generation dietary assessment tool.
• Susan Schembre, Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Christopher Taylor, Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Rick Weiss, Viocare, Inc.
• Margaret Allman-Farinelli, The Sydney University
Symposium 8: MEASUREMENT ERROR IN DIET AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT: INSIGHTS FROM VALIDATION STUDIES
Self-reported dietary assessments measure usual dietary intake with considerable error. Both self-reported and accelerometry-based activity data are likely plagued by similar issues. Measurement error can distort observed associations and mask the effects of interventions. Validation studies help us understand the structure of measurement error, informing strategies to mitigate its effects.
• Kevin Dodd, National Cancer Institute
• Sharon Kirkpatrick, University of Waterloo
• Victor Kipnis, National Cancer Institute
Symposium 9: INTEGRATING DIET SCREENING INTO ROUTINE CLINICAL CARE AND COMMUNITY-BASED SETTINGS: THE TIME IS NOW
This symposium focuses on advances in dietary assessment screening in clinical settings among diverse groups. Responsive to the American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics call to action to simplify clinician-led dietary counseling, speakers will discuss best practices for implementing new tools clinically and working with children and those following ethnic dietary patterns.
• Maya Vadiveloo, University of Rhode Island/Kingston
• Niyati Parekh, New York University
• Mercedes Sotos Prieto, University Autonomos of Madrid
ICDAM 2023 WORKSHOPS: Monday, June 26th, 2023
9:30-5:30PM
Workshop 1: FOOD DATABASES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL DIETARY SURVEYS: EXPERIENCES, CHALLENGES, AND PERSPECTIVES
National dietary surveys provide population-based data critical for policies, programs, and evaluations. Food databases used in surveys are key to assuring that data collected accurately portray food consumption and nutrient intakes. Development, technology advancements, and content of food databases from the United States, Denmark, Japan, Brazil, United Kingdom, and Germany will be presented.
• Alanna Moshfegh, US Department of Agriculture
• Suzanne Morton, US Department of Agriculture
• Anja Biltoti-Jensen, Technical University of Denmark
• Tue Christensen, Technical University of Denmark
• Hidemi Takimoto, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
• Eduardo De Carli, University of São Paulo
• Polly Page, University of Cambridge
• Birdem Amoutzop, University of Cambridge
• Carolin Krems, Max Rubner-Institut
Workshop 2: THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ENVIRONMENT POLICY INDEX (PA-EPI): WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO USE IT
The PA-EPI is a novel tool for assessing and benchmarking physical activity policy implementation as part of a multilevel approach. The process of studying public policy implementation using the PA-EPI
facilitates engagement with the policy process by researchers and the wider physical activity community. This workshop will explore this process, equipping attendees with knowledge of the tool.
• Kevin Volf, University of Limerick
• Catherine Woods, University of Limerick
9:30-1:00PM
Workshop 3: ADDRESSING MEASUREMENT ERROR IN DIET AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT
This workshop is designed for public health professionals and epidemiologists who focus on diet and/or physical activity. It will address sources of measurement error, aspects of study design that permit the use of statistical methods to correct for measurement error, and provide an overview of these methods for both surveillance and epidemiologic studies. The emphasis will be on the need for and the concepts behind statistical methods rather than specific details of implementation.
• Janet Tooze, Wake Forest School of Medicine
• Kevin Dodd, National Cancer Institute
Workshop 4: CARBON FOOTPRINT SCORING FOR FOOD AND FOOD INDUSTRY
University Limerick and Nutritics are holding this session as a part of the GoGreenroutes program. Foodprint developed by Nutritics is a brand-new, cung-edge software which generates a live carbon score for our food highlighted by colourful displays. This workshop will use live demonstrations to show the advantages of using carbon scoring soware.
• Alan Scarry, University of Limerick
• Laura Kirwan, Nutritics
• Karen O’Brien, Nutritics
2:00-5:30PM
Workshop 5: ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITION SECURITY: A WORKSHOP FOR SELECTION, DEVELOPMENT, TAILORING, IMPLEMENTATION, ANALYSIS, AND TRANSLATION OF MIXED METHODS AND MEASURES
Nutrition security is an important emerging topic, yet measures are scarce. Workshop participants will review knowledge on nutrition security using mixed methods to interactively learn how to select, develop, tailor, implement, analyze, and translate nutrition security research. Challenges and solutions for methods and measures surrounding nutrition security will be explored.
• Amy Yaroch, Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition
• Carmen Shanks, Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition
• Eric Calloway, Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition
• Ken Resnicow, University of Michigan, School of Public Health
Workshop 6: INTAKE24: PERSPECTIVES FROM MEASURING DIET AROUND THE WORLD
Intake24 is an open-source self-completed online dietary recall system based on multiple-pass 24-hour recall. We will describe the toolkit for creating localised versions drawing on examples from Australia and Malaysia, and its adaptation for use in national nutrition surveys involving diverse populations in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
• Tracy McCaffrey, Monash University
• Emma Foster, Monash University
• Toni Steer, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
• Polly Page, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
• Renee Sobolewski, Food Standards Australia New Zealand
• Cliona Ni Mhurchu, The University of Auckland
ICDAM 2023 SYMPOSIA: Tuesday, June 27th, 2023
10:15AM-12:15PM
Symposium 1: FOOD CONSUMPTION AWAY FROM HOME: CHALLENGES AND METHODS DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE ITS MEASUREMENT
Away-from-home food consumption, usually associated with poorer quality diet and consequently with health impairment, represents an important part of people's diet worldwide. This particular behaviour is quite challenging to assess and thus, this symposium will discuss some of the associated challenges and will present initiatives to better consider and measure away-from-home food consumption.
• Edwige Landais, French National Institute of Research for sustainable Development (IRD)
• Adeeba Ishaq, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Eric Verger, French National Institute of Research for sustainable Development (IRD)
• Mike Sharp, Pacific Community
• Sandra Crispim, Federal University of Paraná
Symposium 2: ASSESSING ADHERENCE TO THE 2018 WORLD CANCER RESEARCH FUND (WCRF)/ AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH (AICR) CANCER PREVENTION RECOMMENDATIONS: THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF SCORING SYSTEMS IN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL RESEARCH
This symposium will describe the development of the 2018 WCRF/AICR Score to assess adherence to WCRF/AICR Cancer Prevention Recommendations. Operationalization of the Score in UK and US cohort studies and its association with cancer risk will be presented, as well as methodological adaptations. The development and validation of a new screener for use in clinical setings will also be introduced.
• Marissa Shams-White, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
• Giota Mitrou, World Cancer Research Fund International
• Fiona Malcomson, Newcastle University
• Alice Chaplin, Balearic Islands Health Research Institute, CIBEROBN
Symposium 3: INTEGRATING TIMING OF DIET, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND SLEEP OVER TIME TO DETERMINE LINKS TO HEALTH
All daily activities take place in a sequence of time, forming a daily lifestyle pattern. Yet, consideration of time in patterns of dietary and movement behaviours (physical activity, sleeping) is new with litle joint examination of time-based or chrono patterns. This symposium will explore novel approaches to dietary and movement behavior patterning in relation to health.
• Heather Eicher-Miller, Purdue University
• Rebecca Leech, Purdue University
• Gerda Pot, Nutrition and Healthcare Alliance
• Sarah McNaughton, Deakin University
3:30-5:30PM
Symposium 4: ACCOUNTING FOR MEASUREMENT ERROR AND MISCLASSIFICATION - DIFFERENT METHODS FOR DIFFERENT RESEARCH STUDY DESIGNS
Self-reported dietary intakes, physical activity and related measures are subject to considerable error, which challenges the reliable interpretation of results over a wide range of study designs. We focus on methods of adjusting for such error in three designs: cohort studies with (i) a baseline or (ii) time-varying exposure or (iii) studies linking latent exposure groups to a health outcome.
• Laurence Freedman, Gertner Institute for Epidemiology
• Pamela Shaw, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
• Anne Thiébaut, Research Center for Epidemiology and Population Health, INSERM
• Cécile Proust-Lima, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, INSERM
Symposium 5: HARMONIZED FOOD CONSUMPTION DATA COLLECTION IN EUROPE: TIME TO REFLECT AND PLAN AHEAD
Reliable and harmonized food consumption data in Europe are important for EFSA. In 2014, a guidance on harmonization of national dietary surveys was published. This symposium aims to present lessons learnt from the EU Menu framework project and data, share the findings of a review on new methods, and discuss options for an update of the guidance for harmonized food consumption surveys in Europe.
• Marga Ocke, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
• Androniki Naska, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Sofia Ioannidou, European Food Safety Autority (EFSA)
• Carla Lopes, University of Porto
• Caroline Van Rossum, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Symposium 6: RECENT INNOVATIONS AND CHALLENGES IN WEB-BASED DIETARY ASSESSMENT TOOLS: CATALYSTS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
This symposium will spotlight recent enhancements from myfood24, Foodbook24, FoodFlip, Intake24, and ASA24. Each speaker will describe a recent innovation to their tool and describe motivations and considerations during its development. A panel discussion will follow with interactive audience polls using Mentimeter to solicit feedback and shape future innovations in dietary assessment.
• Kirsten Herrick, National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute
• Janet Cade, University of Leeds
• Eileen Gibney, University College Dublin
• Mary L’Abbe, University of Toronto
• Toni Steer, University of Cambridge
ICDAM 2023 SYMPOSIA: Wednesday, June 28th, 2023
10:00-12:00PM
Symposium 7: METHODOLOGICAL AND IMPLEMENTATION CONSIDERATIONS FOR DEVELOPING NEW MOBILE ECOLOGICAL MOMENTARY DIETARY ASSESSMENT TECHNOLOGY: A CASE FOR MEMDA
We are developing a new mobile ecological momentary dietary assessment (mEMDA) app that modernizes how we collect dietary surveillance data. Unlike traditional methods, mEMDA is a brief survey that assesses dietary intake in near real time from free-living individuals. Presentations in this symposium will discuss considerations for developing and using this next generation dietary assessment tool.
• Susan Schembre, Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Christopher Taylor, Georgetown's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Rick Weiss, Viocare, Inc.
• Margaret Allman-Farinelli, The Sydney University
Symposium 8: MEASUREMENT ERROR IN DIET AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT: INSIGHTS FROM VALIDATION STUDIES
Self-reported dietary assessments measure usual dietary intake with considerable error. Both self-reported and accelerometry-based activity data are likely plagued by similar issues. Measurement error can distort observed associations and mask the effects of interventions. Validation studies help us understand the structure of measurement error, informing strategies to mitigate its effects.
• Kevin Dodd, National Cancer Institute
• Sharon Kirkpatrick, University of Waterloo
• Victor Kipnis, National Cancer Institute
Symposium 9: INTEGRATING DIET SCREENING INTO ROUTINE CLINICAL CARE AND COMMUNITY-BASED SETTINGS: THE TIME IS NOW
This symposium focuses on advances in dietary assessment screening in clinical settings among diverse groups. Responsive to the American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics call to action to simplify clinician-led dietary counseling, speakers will discuss best practices for implementing new tools clinically and working with children and those following ethnic dietary patterns.
• Maya Vadiveloo, University of Rhode Island/Kingston
• Niyati Parekh, New York University
• Mercedes Sotos Prieto, University Autonomos of Madrid
