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DID-METAB Checklist
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The DID-METAB Checklist can be used for reporting metabolomic data obtained from biospecimens (e.g., saliva, urine, blood, stool) collected within human feeding studies in which the dietary intervention involves any of the following: 1. Provision of a single food; 2. Partial diet provision—only some food/beverages are provided; 3. Whole diet provision—all foods/beverages are provided; 4. Dietary prescription *—nutrition counselling and/or educational material provided to support self- implementation of a dietary intervention. |
| Full bibliographic reference | Ferguson JJA, Clarke ED, Stanford J, Gómez-Martín M, Jakstas T, Collins CE; DID‐METAB Delphi Working Group Authors. Strengthening the reporting of diet item details in feeding studies measuring the dietary metabolome: The DID-METAB core outcome set statement. Eur J Clin Invest. 2025l; 55:e70030. |
| Date of publication / Ahead of print date | 2025 |
| Language | English |
| DOI | 10.1111/eci.70030 |
| PubMed ID | 40189732 |
| Relevant URLs (full-text if available) |
Read the full text of DID-METAB. The checklist is in Table 1 of the paper. Read the full text of the Explanation and Elaboration paper. |
| Explanation and elaboration papers | Ferguson JJ, Clarke ED, Stanford J, Gómez-Martín M, Jakstas T, Collins CE; DID-METAB Delphi Working Group. Diet Item Details: Reporting Checklist for Feeding Studies Measuring the Dietary Metabolome (DID-METAB Checklist) - Explanation and Elaboration Report on the Development of the Checklist by the DID-METAB Delphi Working Group. Adv Nutr. 2025; 16:100420. doi: 10.1016/j.advnut.2025.100420. |
| Reporting guideline acronym | DID-METAB |
| Study design | Observational studies |
| Clinical area | Nutrition and dietetics |
| Applies to the whole report or to individual sections of the report? | Whole report |
| Record last updated on | June 20, 2025 |