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Recommended Specifications for Dietary Scales for Use in Quantitative 24-Hour Dietary Recall Surveys in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

This Intake survey guidance document provides recommended specifications for dietary scales for use in quantitative 24-hour dietary recall surveys in low- and middle-income countries. …
2020
Vossenaar M, Hotz C, Lubowa A, Ferguson E, Deitchler M

Routines and Procedures to Test the Accuracy and Precision of Digital Dietary Scales Used in Quantitative 24-Hour Dietary Recall Surveys

This Intake survey guidance describes recommended routines and procedures to test the accuracy and precision of digital dietary scales during all phases of survey work - before first use, during…
2020
Vossenaar M, Deitchler M, Hotz C, Lubowa A, Ferguson E

Establishing Desirable Fortificant Levels for Calcium, Iron, and Zinc in Foods for Infant and Young Child Feeding: Examples from Three Asian Countries

This paper reports on the application of the World Health Organization's recommended procedures for establishing desirable fortificant levels for three problem micronutrients (calcium, iron, and zinc…
2014
Gibbs MM, Carriquiry AL, Capanzana MV, Gibson RS

The Population Distribution of Ratios of Usual Intakes of Dietary Components That Are Consumed Every Day Can Be Estimated from Repeated 24-Hour Recalls

This paper describes a statistical method to estimate the ratio of usual intakes and derives its distribution from 24-hour dietary recall data. The coding required for applying this statistical…
2010
Freedman LS, Guenther PM, Dodd KW, Krebs-Smith SM, Midthune D

Early Experience Analyzing Dietary Intake Data from the Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition Using the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Method

This article details the use of the NCI method for the analysis of two Canadian dietary data sets, describing steps in model selection and the use of covariates and stratification in the model,…
2019
Davis KA, Gonzalez A, Loukine L, Qiao C, Sadeghpour A, Vigneault M, Wang KC, Ibanez D

Perspective: Proposed Harmonized Nutrient Reference Values for Populations

This review proposes an approach for harmonizing nutrient reference values of nutrient adequacy requirements and upper tolerable nutrient intake limits, across countries for use in dietary data…
2020
Allen LH, Carriquiry AL, Murphy SP

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 dietary…
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