With the increasing prevalence of longitudinal nutritional data applications in medical
science, there is a need for complex statistical models for the identification of dietary patterns …

Background Dietary pattern analysis is a promising approach to understanding the complex
relationship between diet and health. While many statistical methods exist, the literature …

Abstract Background and Purpose It used to be a common practice in the field of nutritional
epidemiology to analyze separate nutrients, foods, or food groups. However, in reality …

Dietary patterns (DPs) have long been recognized as a useful tool for describing overall diet,
as they synthesize multiple related dietary components in one or more combined variables …

Dietary pattern analysis is a method of dietary analysis that considers the cumulative and
interactive effects among dietary components to reflect the complexity of the human diet. It is …

In nutritional epidemiologic research, the use of dietary pattern methods has increased
substantially over the past several years|| 1-4]. Patterning methods consider multiple foods …

Dietary patterns examine the combinations, types, and amounts of foods consumed in the
diet. There is now global consensus that food and nutrition policies should be informed by …

Dietary patterns are a set of habits regarding consumption of foods and beverages. They are
often influenced by environmental or cultural particularities, and by religion. Examples of …

The role of diet in promoting health and preventing disease is difficult to elucidate due to its
complex network of foods and nutrients. Besides total energy intake, dietary composition is …

Analysis in Nutrition Research: Principles of Statistical Methodology and Interpretation of the
Results describes, in a comprehensive manner, the methodologies of quantitative analysis …