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Does Exclusion of Extreme Reporters of Energy Intake (the "Goldberg Cutoffs") Reliably Reduce or Eliminate Bias in Nutrition Studies? Analysis with Illustrative Associations of Energy Intake with Health Outcomes

This paper explores whether application of the Goldberg method for identifying outliers of self-reported energy intake lessens or removes bias when assessing the relationship of energy intake with…

2019
Ejima K, Brown AW, Schoeller DA, Heymsfield SB, Nelson EJ, Allison DB

Planning Dietary Improvements Without Additional Costs for Low-Income Individuals in Brazil: Linear Programming Optimization as a Tool for Public Policy in Nutrition and Health

This paper describes the use of diet optimization on national dietary data collected in Brazil, to inform how best to improve the nutrient content of the diet of lower-income households, without…

2019
Verly-Jr E, Sichieri R, Darmon N, Maillot M, Sarti FM

Methodology for Developing and Evaluating Food-Based Dietary Guidelines and a Healthy Eating Index for Ethiopia: A Study Protocol

This paper describes the methodology used to develop food-based dietary guidelines and a Healthy Eating Index for use in Ethiopia, and a score to evaluate adherence to the Ethiopia food-based…

2019
Bekele TH, de Vries JJHM, Trijsburg L, Feskens E, Covic N, Kennedy G, Brouwer ID

Utilizing Dietary Nutrient Ratios in Nutritional Research: Expanding the Concept of Nutrient Ratios to Macronutrients

This paper shows how the concept of nutrient ratios can be expanded to macronutrients to reflect that dietary constituents such as proteins, carbohydrates, and saturated fats are not consumed in…

2019
Kelly OJ, Gilman JC, Ilich JZ

Mathematical Optimization to Explore Tomorrow's Sustainable Diets: A Narrative Review

This paper reviews the use of diet optimization for defining a nutritionally adequate, culturally acceptable, economically affordable, and environmentally sustainable diet.

2018
Gazan R, Brouzes CMC, Vieux F, Maillot M, Lluch A, Darmon N

Assessing Dietary Outcomes in Intervention Studies: Pitfalls, Strategies, and Research Needs

This paper highlights methodological and statistical considerations relevant to measuring dietary outcomes within intervention studies using dietary recall data.

2018
Kirkpatrick SI, Collins CE, Keogh RH, Krebs-Smith SM, Neuhouser ML, Wallace A

Selecting Desirable Micronutrient Fortificants for Plant-Based Complementary Foods for Infants and Young Children in Low-Income Countries

This paper summarizes the steps recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to identify micronutrient shortfalls in the…

2015
Gibson RS , Carriquiry AL, Gibbs MM

Fortification: New Findings and Implications

This article describes the current status of food fortification in the United States and provides a discussion of the value of fortification; the success of current fortification efforts; and the…

2014
Dwyer JT, Woteki C, Bailey R, Britten P, Carriquiry AL, Gaine PC, Miller D, Moshfegh AJ, Murphy MM, Edge MS

A New Multivariate Measurement Error Model with Zero-Inflated Dietary Data, and Its Application to Dietary Assessment

This paper describes a statistical approach to model dietary pattern data when multiple dietary constituents are analyzed simultaneously, using a multivariate error model with zero-inflated…

2011
Zhang S, Midthune D, Guenther PM, Krebs-Smith SM, Kipnis V, Dodd KW, Buckman DW, Tooze JA, Freedman LS, Carroll RJ

A Mixed-Effects Model Approach for Estimating the Distribution of Usual Intake of Nutrients: The NCI Method

This paper describes the National Cancer Institute (NCI) method for estimating the usual intake distribution for nutrients.

2010
Tooze JA, Kipnis V, Buckman DW, Carroll RJ, Freedman LS, Guenther PM, Krebs-Smith SM, Subar AF, Dodd KW