Complex Systems Approaches to Diet: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Complex systems approaches can help to elucidate mechanisms that shape population-level patterns in diet and inform policy approaches. This study reports results of a structured review of key design elements and methods used by existing complex systems models of diet.

Evidence acquisition

The authors conducted systematic searches of the PubMed, Web of Science, and LILACS databases between May and September 2018 to identify peer-reviewed manuscripts that used agent-based models or system dynamics models to explore diet. Searches occurred between November 2017 and May 2018. The authors extracted relevant data regarding each study's diet and nutrition outcomes; use of data for parameterization, calibration, and validation; results; and generated insights. The literature

SUBMITTER: Langellier BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6650152 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature