Nutritional counselling and therapy by qualified nutritionists make a significant contribution to the prevention and therapy of nutrition-related diseases such as diabetes mellitus, obesity or cardiovascular diseases. At the beginning of nutritional counselling or therapy, data is collected on the client's personal eating habits. This requires research-based, standardised survey instruments.
The aim of the study is to study a newly developed academic instrument for nutritional counselling and therapy. The instrument, the so-called Diet Quality Screener (DQScreen), is to be used at the beginning of an advisory service or therapy. The DQScreen is designed to assess how health-promoting a person's nutrition is. Based on this, the nutritionist can then give personalised nutritional recommendations. If it is accurate enough, the DQScreen could replace the currently quite time-consuming methods, such as a dietary protocol, at the start of an advisory service or therapy.
Do you have any questions about the study?
Then please get in touch with Laura Hoffmann (dqscreen@hs-fulda.de)
The study starts with the completion of the DQScreen in consultation with a qualified nutritionist. The test subjects then manage a 3-day weighing nutrition protocol, collect a 24-hour urine sample and hand in a fasting blood sample. The DQScreen is repeated immediately afterwards and after 14 days. In addition, body weight, height and body composition are determined and physical activity is recorded.
Publications:
Hoffmann, L.; Egert, S.; Allgaier, J.; Kohlenberg-Müller, K. (2023): Review of Validated Methods to Evaluate Diet History in Diet Therapy and Counselling: An Overview and Analysis of Screeners Based on Food-Based Dietary Guidelines. Nutrients 15: 4654. doi.org/10.3390/nu15214654.
Activities and reports:
Contribution to the VDOE blog: Screener for recording nutritional quality - a new tool for evidence-based dietary counselling and therapy (deposit link: www.vdoe.de/screener-zur-erfassung-der-ernaehrungsqualitaet-ein-neues-instrument-fuer-die-evidenzbasierte-ernaehrungsberatung-und-therapie/)