Objetives
Description
The IdiPAZ Food, Nutrition and Health Platform (NUTRinvest) is a structure created to provide scientific-technical service and support in Human Research and Specialized Advice in Nutrition and Food issues.
The Platform provide service of Specialized Advice in Nutrition and Food at 3 levels:
• Industries agro-food or pharmaceutical sector) interesting in the new products development with an improved nutritional profile.
• Companies interested in creating new technological tools to facilitate the acquisition of guidelines and healthy habits (web, app, etc.).
• Individual interested in knowing their nutritional status through a precision and individualized nutritional assessment.
Objetives
To implement clinical trials or epidemiological studies well designed in the area of human nutrition, in order to validate the activity and efficacy of bioactive compounds, nutrients, foods, dietary patterns or artificial nutrition, on different parameters related to the health promotion, the disease prevention or its therapeutic activity.
Composition
Scientific-technical Coordinator
Bricia López Plaza, PhD, MSc
Clinical Research Associate
Cristina Santurino Fontecha (PhD)
cristina.santurino@idipaz.es
Edwin Fernández Cruz (PhD)
edwin.fernandez.cruz@idipaz.es
Natalia García Vázquez (Farmacéutica)
ngarcia.hulp@salud.madrid.org
Resources
• Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)
• Bioelectric Impedance System (BIA)
• Holtain Skinfold Calipers
• Tanita digital healthcare scales
• Executive Diameter Tape
• Indirect calorimetry
• Accelerometers
Portfolio of services /Prices
Main Sectors
• Agri-food / pharmaceutical industries interested in designing or validating the effectiveness of new products.
• Institutions / government agencies with an interest in expanding knowledge in the area of nutrition for the generation/implementation of political measures in Public Health.
• Public or private institutions that want to develop computer applications, or information or communication programs in the field of Nutrition of interest to health professionals, consumers or patients.
• Researchers with interest in the inclusion of nutritional variables in their research projects.
• Individuals interested in obtain information about their nutritional health and who wish to receive precision and individualized nutrition through detailed analysis.
Portfolio of Services
• Scientific advice to improve nutritional profiles of foods or nutritional formulas.
• Scientific-technical support in the area of Human Nutrition research:
- Create well designed Project Plan for Clinical Trials and other human studies.
- Management and Submission of applications to the Ethics Committee: The platform prepares and management all the documents required by obtain the approval of the Ethics Committee (Informed consent form, Letters from ethics committees. Study questionnaire (copies of any questionnaires or draft questionnaires), Case Record Forms (CRFs), Budget details, etc.)
- Field work execution (all activities are carried out by members of the platform team with consolidated qualifications in the area):
• Dietary studies: through the use of validated tools (Food records (24h, 3-7 days), Food Frequency Questionnaires, Weighted food records, DIAL software, calorimetry ...)
• Diagnostic and screening nutritional studies: using validated methodology (Subjective Global Assessment (SGA), Nutritional Status Assessment (NSA), Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST), Mini Nutrition Assessment (MNA))
• Anthropometric studies: Weight, Height, Circumferences, Folds, Bioelectrical Impedance, DXA…
• Biochemical studies (blood, urine, feces): measurements of health markers related to the area of nutrition (glucose metabolism parameters, curves for calculating the glycemic index, lipid metabolism, inflammation, oxidationa and hormonal biomarkers...)
• Physical activity studies: through the use of validated questionnaires (IPAQ, MINNESOTA...)
• Functional capacity studies: through dynamometry and validated questionnaires
• Sensory perception studies: through the use of validated questionnaires
• Satiety control studies: using biochemical markers and handling of validated questionnaires
• Quality of life studies: through the use of validated questionnaires
• Gastrointestinal Tolerance Studies: through the use of validated questionnaires
• Nutrigenetics and Metabolic Studies with our collaborating centers.
- Production of scientific and technical report
• Development of computer applications for websites or mobile apps in the nutrition/food area.
• Individual nutritional status evaluations and proposals for individualized nutrition intervention programs.
• To contribute and design components for nutrition education strategies and programs
Prices
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