The DONE framework: Creation, evaluation, and updating of an interdisciplinary, dynamic framework 2.0 of determinants of nutrition and eating.

F Marijn Stok, Stefan Hoffmann, Dorothee Volkert, Heiner Boeing, Regina Ensenauer, Marta Stelmach-Mardas, Eva Kiesswetter, Alisa Weber, Harald Rohm, Nanna Lien, Johannes Brug, Michelle Holdsworth, Britta Renner

Journal: PloS one 2017;12(2):e0171077

PMID: 28152005

Abstract

The question of which factors drive human eating and nutrition is a key issue in many branches of science. We describe the creation, evaluation, and updating of an interdisciplinary, interactive, and evolving "framework 2.0" of Determinants Of Nutrition and Eating (DONE). The DONE framework was created by an interdisciplinary workgroup in a multiphase, multimethod process. Modifiability, relationship strength, and population-level effect of the determinants were rated to identify areas of priority for research and interventions. External experts positively evaluated the usefulness, comprehensiveness, and quality of the DONE framework. An approach to continue updating the framework with the help of experts was piloted. The DONE framework can be freely accessed (http://uni-konstanz.de/DONE) and used in a highly flexible manner: determinants can be sorted, filtered and visualized for both very specific research questions as well as more general queries. The dynamic nature of the framework allows it to evolve as experts can continually add new determinants and ratings. We anticipate this framework will be useful for research prioritization and intervention development.

Address: Department of Psychological Assessment & Health Psychology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.; Institute of Business Administration, esp. Marketing, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany.; Institute for Biomedicine of Aging, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.; Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Germany.; Experimental Pediatrics and Metabolism, University Children's Hospital, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.; Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Germany.; Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Metabolic Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.; Institute of Social Pediatrics and Youth Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany.; Chair of Food Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany.; Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.; EMGO Institute for Health & Care Research and the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.; School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
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