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Alignment of Consumers’ Expected Brain Benefits from Food and Supplements with Measurable Cognitive Performance Tests
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Alecia Cousins ,
Carol Byrd-Bredbenner ,
David Benton,
Richard C. Gershon,
Alyssa Ghirardelli ,
Marie E. Latulippe ,
Andrew Scholey ,
Laura Wagstaff
Nutrients, Volume: 16, Issue: 12, Start page: 1950
Swansea University Authors:
Hayley Young , Alecia Cousins , David Benton
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DOI (Published version): 10.3390/nu16121950
Abstract
Consumers often cite cognitive improvements as reasons for making dietary changes or using dietary supplements, a motivation that if leveraged could greatly enhance public health. However, rarely is it considered whether standardized cognitive tests that are used in nutrition research are aligned to...
| Published in: | Nutrients |
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| ISSN: | 2072-6643 |
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MDPI AG
2024
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68070 |
| Abstract: |
Consumers often cite cognitive improvements as reasons for making dietary changes or using dietary supplements, a motivation that if leveraged could greatly enhance public health. However, rarely is it considered whether standardized cognitive tests that are used in nutrition research are aligned to outcomes of interest to the consumer. This knowledge gap presents a challenge to the scientific substantiation of nutrition-based cognitive health benefits. Here we combined focus group transcript review using reflexive thematic analysis and a multidisciplinary expert panel exercise to evaluate the applicability of cognitive performance tools/tasks for substantiating the specific cognitive benefits articulated by consumers with the objectives to (1) understand how consumers comprehend the potential benefits of nutrition for brain health, and (2) determine the alignment between consumers desired brain benefits and validated tests and tools. We derived a ‘Consumer Taxonomy of Cognitive and Affective Health in Nutrition Research’ which describes the cognitive and affective structure from the consumers perspective. Experts agreed that validated tests exist for some consumer benefits including focused attention, sustained attention, episodic memory, energy levels, and anxiety. Prospective memory, flow, and presence represented novel benefits that require the development and validation of new tests and tools. Closing the gap between science and consumers and fostering co-creative approaches to nutrition research are critical to the development of products and dietary recommendations that support realizable cognitive benefits that benefit public health. |
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| Keywords: |
consumer terminology; mood; cognitive health; brain health; nutrition; diet; supplements; validated tests |
| College: |
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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NORC received support for this work via grant IAFNS-NORC-20220719 and Alecia L Cousins and Hayley A Young received support for this work via grant IAFNS-COUSINSALECIA-20231020 from the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS). Other authors received no funding. IAFNS is a nonprofit science organization that pools funding from industry and advances science through the in-kind and financial contributions from private and public sector members. |
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12 |
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1950 |