DietBB Seminar Series: Summarizing meta-evidence of associations between diet and neurodegenerative disorders

January 27, 2020

It has been suggested that diet could play an important role in the prevention of neurodegenerative disorders including cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are available that summarize findings from several primary studies on diet and neurodegenerative diseases.

 

Dr. Janett Barbaresko, Junior Research Group Systematic Reviews, Institute for Biometrics and Epidemiology, German Diabetes Center Düsseldorf, talks about the meta-evidence of associations between diet and neurodegenerative disorders.

5.00 - 5.45 pm - Seminarroom U1.024

Endenicher Allee 19b Bonn-Poppelsdorf

The talk will be followed by an informal Get-together.

 

Abstract: It has been suggested that diet could play an important role in the prevention of neurodegenerative disorders including cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are available that summarize findings from several primary studies on diet and neurodegenerative diseases. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are important research designs and are the fundament of evidence-based medicine. However, for the decision-making processes regarding the prevention of diseases, the quality of evidence of associations needs to be evaluated. More recently, umbrella reviews summarizing evidence from multiple meta-analyses on a specific topic became of interest. Thus, the talk will provide an overview on the conduct and results of an umbrella review summarizing all systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the associations between dietary factors and neurodegenerative disorders.

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