OBJECTIVE Investigation of relative bias in diet history measurement during dietary intervention trials. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of human dietary data from two randomised controlled trials examining modified fat diets in the prevention and treatment of type II diabetes mellitus. SETTING Wollongong, Australia. SUBJECTS Thirty-five overweight, otherwise healthy subjects in trial 1 and...

This chapter is a revision of the similarly named chapter in the earlier editions [1 3] of this book, which itself was based on the “Dietary Assessment Resource Manual” [4] by Frances E. Thompson and Tim Byers, adapted with permission from the Journal of Nutrition. Dietary assessment encompasses food supply and production at the national level, food purchases at the household level, and food co...

The aim of the study was to analyse a designed brief iron dietary intake questionnaire based on a food frequency assessment (IRONIC-FFQ-IRON Intake Calculation-Food Frequency Questionnaire), including the assessment of validity and reproducibility in a group of 75 Polish women aged 20-30 years. Participants conducted 3-day dietary records and filled in the IRONIC-FFQ twice (FFQ1-directly after ...

Proper dietary management is essential to pet health, yet changing pet owners' feeding practices is often difficult. Taking a diet history provides an opportunity to open a dialogue about animals' dietary needs as well as invaluable information that will aid in tailoring specific dietary interventions to the needs and preferences of patients and their caregivers.

In India, data from the National Family Health Survey 1998/1999 (International Institute of Population Sciences and ORC Macro 2000) on anemia women reproductive age describe that more than one third Indian have a body mass index (BMI) <18.5 kg/m2, reflecting chronic energy micronutrient deficit. The prevalence among all in sample was 52%. Of these, 15% these are classified as moderately anemic ...

Low dietary fibre intake has been associated with poorer health outcomes, therefore having the ability to be able to quickly assess an individual's dietary fibre intake would prove useful in clinical practice and for research purposes. Current dietary assessment methods such as food records and food frequency questionnaires are time-consuming and burdensome, and there are presently no published...

UK Biobank is an open access prospective cohort of 500 000 men and women. Information on the frequency of consumption of main foods was collected at recruitment with a touchscreen questionnaire; prior to examining the associations between diet and disease, it is essential to evaluate the performance of the dietary touchscreen questionnaire. The objectives of the present paper are to: describe t...

background: dietary diversity score (dds) measurement was used to assessment of diet quality in different disease like cardiovascular disease. one way to improve the cardiovascular patient's ability is cardiac rehabilitation program that include exercise training, nutrition consultation and psychological treatment. no study was designed to compare the dds before and after dietary consultation a...