Advancing Methodological Rigor in Nutritional Epidemiology
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition Methodology & Assessment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2026 | Viewed by 3
Special Issue Editor
2. Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Western University, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada
3. Department of Paediatrics, Western University, London, ON N6A 5C2, Canada
Interests: socioeconomic status; social determinants of health; child health; youth substance use; adolescent mental health; nutritional epidemiology; perinatal epidemiology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The field of nutritional epidemiology plays a crucial role in informing evidence-based dietary guidelines and public health policies. However, the literature is often marked by inconsistent findings, methodological limitations, and challenges in dietary assessment, which can undermine public trust and hinder policy implementation. As the demand for clear and reliable nutrition guidance grows, there is an urgent need to improve the methodological rigor of research in this field.
This Special Issue, titled “Advancing Methodological Rigor in Nutritional Epidemiology”, invites contributions that strengthen the quality and credibility of observational and interventional nutrition research. We welcome original studies, methodological papers, and critical reviews on issues such as confounding, measurement error, causal inference, statistical modeling, and innovative approaches to dietary assessment.
By fostering a dialogue around high-quality methods, this Special Issue will promote transparency, reproducibility, and trust in nutritional science. This is especially important in areas where contradictory evidence has historically challenged consensus.
We encourage submissions from scholars working at the intersection of nutrition, epidemiology, public health, and data science to help shape the future direction of rigorous and reliable research in this essential field.
Prof. Dr. Jamie Seabrook
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- nutritional epidemiology
- methodological rigor
- dietary assessment
- measurement error
- confounding
- causal inference
- observational studies
- public health nutrition
- epidemiologic methods
- nutrition methods
- statistical modeling
- research reproducibility
- evidence-based nutrition
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