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This technical report describes the process of developing food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs). One of the steps in this process is to gather information on individual food consumption patterns…

This paper describes the use of digital photographs as an aid to improve 24HDR quality in rural Bolivia.

This paper reviews potential sources of both random and systematic errors during the process of data collection using self-reported 24HDR in LIC settings.

This paper describes the steps that need to be considered to validate food photographs when estimating the amount of food consumed.

This paper describes a two-part statistical model that uses information from two 24-hour recalls to estimate the usual intake distribution of episodically consumed foods; the method allows for…

This article, published in the Journal of Nutrition, compares four different methods to assess the prevalence of use and estimate nutrient intakes from dietary supplements among US adults.

This Intake technical report provides a framework for the development of metrics of diet quality for women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries.

This paper provide an overview of the state of large-scale food fortification in the world, with an emphasis on the gaps and challenges to the scaling-up of the fortification of staple foods…

This report describes the importance of food consumption surveys as analytical tools in food and nutrition policy and programme design, and in the targeting and monitoring of…

LanguaL is a faceted food description language that was originally developed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for food safety purposes.  It has been further developed in Europe…