Resources

This Intake survey guidance document provides an overview of key planning and design considerations for quantitative 24-hour recall dietary surveys in low- and middle-income countries.

This Intake publication provides an overview of the various methodologic issues that are relevant to the collection and analysis of dietary data when a key objective of the survey includes…

This Intake survey guidance document provides an overview of the main pre-survey tasks that should be considered as part of the planning, design, and budgeting process for large-scale quantitative…

This document provides the set of food composition data compiled, along with the conversion factors for portion size estimation methods used for the foods and recipes reported as consumed in a…

This document, published in 1975, provides data for “Yield after preparation” as a % (with a % range also provided) for an extensive list of foods described in various forms, and prepared in…

This document provides data for the changes in meat and poultry weight during cooking, as a result of moisture and fat loss.

This database is in Excel and includes an extensive listing (>16,000 items) of foods commonly consumed in the Australian Health Survey 2011-2013.  Density data are provided for a…

The FOODfiles available at this link provide density data for a list of foods commonly consumed in New Zealand.  

This 26-page scanned document, published in 1977, provides the average weight (in grams) per volume (1 measured cup) for a list of food items, allowing for calculation of density data…

This is a web-based platform that provides access to the USDA Food Composition Databases (standard reference and brand food products).  For some foods, weights per household measure are…