background: earlier forms of food frequency questionnaire (ffq) used in iran have extensive lists of foods, traditional categories and food-based design, mostly with the interviewer-administered approach. the aim of the current paper is to describe the development of a dish-based, machine-readable, semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (dfq). methods: within the framework of the study ...

background: carotid ultrasound appears to be useful in the assessment of cardiovascular risk. in this study, we have assessed the carotid intima-media thickness (cimt) in a group of individuals without a history of cardiovascular events. methods: a sample of 431subjects (189 [43.9%] males and 242 [56.1%] females) was obtained from an urban population using a stratifi ed-cluster method in mashha...

that on average 16% of protein is nitrogen). A major Assessment of status and nitrogen balance problem associated with this is that most patients are not in balance at any one time. To overcome this one The nutritional assessment of patients with chronic needs to undertake nitrogen balance whereby patients renal failure includes an assessment of body fat, fat are admitted to a metabolic ward an...

Dietary intake was assessed in 50 patients in hospital by using a dietary history method and computer based system for data collection and standard food tables to calculate the composition of nutrients. The results were compared with those from a weighed assessment that was calculated by using both food tables and manufacturers' food analyses. The use of the food tables overestimated mean (SEM)...

An increasing number of studies have estimated monetary diet cost using various dietary assessment methods, based on databases on retail food prices, for investigating its association with dietary intake and health outcomes. However, information regarding the comparability of monetary diet cost across dietary assessment methods is absolutely lacking. This study compared monetary cost of dietary...

KEY POINTS • Different protocols are available for collecting data on the eating practices of athletes according to the goals and available resources of the activity. • Retrospective methods (e.g., food frequency questionnaires and diet history) are limited by the athlete’s insights and memory, while prospective methods (e.g., food diaries) are limited by the tendency for the act of recording t...

Presently used dietary-assessment methods often present difficulties for researchers and respondents, and misreporting errors are common. Methods using information and communication technologies (ICT) may improve quality and accuracy. The present paper presents a systematic literature review describing studies applying ICT to dietary assessment. Eligible papers published between January 1995 an...