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• Method 1- uses a free natural language approach.

  After choosing the object of the search – by ticking title, abstract, aims and objective, or author - enter a term, word or name in the ‘Search’ box to return references answering your research question.

• Method 2 - utilises key words.

  Those key words assigned from thesauruses of controlled vocabulary by the trained coders of international bibliographic databases.
  The controlled vocabularies key word are listed alphanumerically under 'Bibliographic database keywords' .
  Use the drop down menu to identity which 'key words' you are interested in to return references to answer your research question.

• Method 3 - is based on the indexing system

  developed by the researchers who compiled this database.
  It adopts a thematic approach to mapping Irish child health research. The themed areas represent outcomes mapped to the International Classification of Disease version 10 (ICD-10) or one of 23 other health-related themed outcomes. Themes are defined in Tables 5 to 7 (of the study report).
  Use the alphabetic drop down menu under ‘ICD-10 or themed health-related outcomes’ to identity which themed areas you are interested in to select references to answer your research question.

• Method 4 – allows papers to be searched by Study type.

  Indexing by study type offers a valuable insight into understanding the population impact of the topic of interest. More than 20 study types were identified across the 2,152 study papers. These are defined in Table 3 (of the study report). Within 'Study type' papers are further stratification by geographical region (Table 49), topic area of interest and study aims and objectives.
  Click on 'Study type' to select the type of study of interest, progressively select sub-categories by topic area or other sub-classification of interest to answer your research question.

The complete background, methods and findings from this mapping exercise are detailed in the study report.

Diet Surveys

Your search returns 14 documents

• 1.   An evaluation of the sensitivity and specificity of energy expenditure measured by heart rate and the Goldberg cut-off for energy intake: basal metabolic rate for identifying mis-reporting of energy intake by adults and children: a retrospective analysis

  This study sought to identify adults and children as under- (UR), acceptable (AR), or over-reporters (OR) of energy intake (EI) using energy expenditure measured by doubly labelled water

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To identify adults and children as under- (UR), acceptable (AR), or over-reporters (OR) of energy intake (EI) using energy expenditure measured by doubly labelled water (DLW) (EE(DLW)), and to use this as a reference to determine the sensitivity and specificity of (i) EE measured by heart rate (EE(HR)), and (ii) the Goldberg cut-off technique for classifying subjects into the more...

  International Classification:

  Diagnostic tool laboratory (doubly labelled water) - energy intake and expenditure

  Categories:

  energy intake; using energy expenditure; doubly labelled water

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Eur J Clin Nutr, Vol: 57 Page: 455-63 March 2003
  M. B. Livingstone; P. J. Robson; A. E. Black; W. A. Coward; J. M. Wallace; M. C. McKinley; J. J. Strain; P. G. McKenna

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• 2.   Calculations of dietary exposure to acrylamide

  The aim of this study was to examine usual and acute exposure to acrylamidein the Dutch population and young children

  

  Abstract:

  In this paper we calculated the usual and acute exposure to acrylamide (AA) in the Dutch population and young children (1-6 years). For this AA levels of different food groups were used as collected by the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) of the European Commission's Directorate General Joint Research Centre (JRC) from April 2003 up to May 2004. This database more...

  International Classification:

  Other - acrylamide

  Categories:

  acrylamide

  Geography:

  International

  Mutat Res, Vol: 580 Page: 143-55 February 2005
  P. E. Boon; A. de Mul; H. van der Voet; G. van Donkersgoed; M. Brette; J. D. van Klaveren

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• 3.   Energy under-reporting in Swedish and Irish dietary surveys: implications for food-based dietary guidelines

  The aim of this study was to examine dietary survey data from Sweden and Ireland, revealing a declining ratio of energy intake to estimated basal metabolic rate, %energy from fat, saturated fat and carbohydrate fell while that of protein increased

  

  Abstract:

  An analysis of dietary survey data from Sweden and Ireland revealed that with a declining ratio of energy intake to estimated basal metabolic rate (EI:BMR), %energy from fat, saturated fat and carbohydrate fell while that of protein increased. However, where the definition of under-reporting is less strict, as in the Irish database (EI:BMR) < 1.27), the quantitative effect on more...

  International Classification:

  Diet and life style

  Categories:

  diet; basal metabolic rate

  Geography:

  International

  Br J Nutr, Vol: 81 Suppl 2 Page: S127-31 April 1999
  W. Becker; S. Foley; E. Shelley; M. Gibney

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• 4.   Estimation of exposure to food packaging materials. 1: Development of a food-packaging database

  This study reports on the development of a food-packaging database to provide qualitative information on the types of packaging materials used for foods

  

  Abstract:

  A food-packaging database was developed to provide qualitative information on the types of packaging materials used for foods. Packaging information was collected from a sample of 594 children aged 5-12 years as part of a national children's food survey carried out in Ireland during 2003-04. All the food packaging collected during the survey was forwarded to the coordinating centre for more...

  International Classification:

  Other - packaging materials used for foods

  Categories:

  types of packaging materials used for foods

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Food Addit Contam, Vol: 23 Page: 623-33 June 2006
  E. Duffy; A. P. Hearty; M. B. Gilsenan; M. J. Gibney

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• 5.   Estimation of exposure to food packaging materials. 3: Development of consumption factors and food-type distribution factors from data collected on Irish children

  The aim of this study was to examine developed food-consumption factors and food-type distribution factors for Irish children aged 5-12 years

  

  Abstract:

  There are many initiatives in Europe trying to refine the exposure assessment for food packaging migrants. In the USA, the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) uses food consumption and food-type distribution factors to aid the exposure assessment process and generate more realistic estimates of exposure. The present study developed food-consumption factors and food-type more...

  International Classification:

  Diet and lifestyle

  Categories:

  food-consumption factors; food-type distribution factors

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Food Addit Contam, Vol: 24 Page: 63-74 January 2007
  E. Duffy; A. P. Hearty; S. McCarthy; M. J. Gibney

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• 6.   Estimation of exposure to food-packaging materials. 2: patterns of intakes of packaged foods in Irish children aged 5-12 years

  The aim of this study was to examine intakes of packaged food in children aged 5-12 years to provide information on the types of food that are packaged and the type of packaging used

  

  Abstract:

  In the European Union (EU), many assumptions are employed to calculate the intake of migrating chemicals from food packaging. However, very little is known about the actual intake of packaged food, the type of this food and the type of packaging used for this food. The objective of the current study was to examine intakes of packaged food in children aged 5-12 years to provide more...

  International Classification:

  Diet and lifestyle

  Categories:

  packaged food;

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Food Addit Contam, Vol: 23 Page: 715-25 July 2006
  E. Duffy; A. P. Hearty; A. Flynn; S. McCarthy; M. J. Gibney

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• 7.   Food poverty and health among schoolchildren in Ireland: findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study

  The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between food poverty and food consumption, health and life satisfaction among school children

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationships between food poverty and food consumption, health and life satisfaction among schoolchildren. DESIGN: Analysis of the 2002 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, a cross-sectional survey that employs a self-completion questionnaire in a nationally representative random sample of school classrooms in the Republic of Ireland. more...

  International Classification:

  Diet and lifestyle

  Categories:

  food poverty; food consumption; health; life satisfaction

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Public Health Nutr, Vol: 10 Page: 364-70 April 2007
  M. Molcho; S. N. Gabhainn; C. Kelly; S. Friel; C. Kelleher

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• 8.   Isoflavone intake in four different European countries: the VENUS approach

  The aim of this study was to examine levels of isoflavone intake (total isoflavones, daidzein and genistein) in four European countries

  

  Abstract:

  The aim of this study was to identify the level of isoflavone intake (total isoflavones, daidzein and genistein) in four European countries: Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands and the UK. For this purpose national food composition databases of isoflavone content were created in a comparable way, using the Vegetal Estrogens in Nutrition and the Skeleton (VENUS) analytical database as a more...

  International Classification:

  Other - isoflavone intake

  Categories:

  isoflavone intake

  Geography:

  International

  Br J Nutr, Vol: 89 Suppl 1 Page: S25-30 June 2003
  M. A. van Erp-Baart; H. A. Brants; M. Kiely; A. Mulligan; A. Turrini; C. Sermoneta; A. Kilkkinen; L. M. Valsta

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• 9.   Issues in dietary intake assessment of children and adolescents

  This article discusses issues related to the collection of dietary data and urge caution when evaluating all such data.

  

  Abstract:

  Studies of food habits and dietary intakes face a number of unique respondent and observer considerations at different stages from early childhood to late adolescence. Despite this, intakes have often been reported as if valid, and the interpretation of links between intake and health has been based, often erroneously, on the assumption of validity. However, validation studies of energy more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Br J Nutr, Vol: 92 Suppl 2 Page: S213-22 October 2004
  M. B. Livingstone; P. J. Robson; J. M. Wallace

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• 10.   Measurement of dietary intake in children

  This article discusses the cognitive abilities required to self-report food intake include an adequately developed concept of time, a good memory and attention span, a knowledge the names of foods

  

  Abstract:

  When children and adolescents are the target population in dietary surveys many different respondent and observer considerations surface. The cognitive abilities required to self-report food intake include an adequately developed concept of time, a good memory and attention span, and a knowledge of the names of foods. From the age of 8 years there is a rapid increase in the ability of more...

  Geography:

  Northern Ireland

  Proc Nutr Soc, Vol: 59 Page: 279-93 May 2000
  M. B. Livingstone; P. J. Robson

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• 11.   Predicting percentage of individuals consuming foods from percentage of households purchasing foods to improve the use of household budget surveys in estimating food chemical intakes

  The aim of this study was to examine agreement between percentage of households purchasing selected foods using household budget surveys and percentage of individuals consuming these foods to estimate food chemical intakes

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To examine the hypothesis that there is sufficient agreement between percentage of households purchasing selected foods using household budget surveys and percentage of individuals consuming these foods as determined in individual-based surveys to allow the former to act as a surrogate for the latter when estimating food chemical intakes using household budget data. DESIGN: more...

  International Classification:

  Diet and life style

  Categories:

  diet; costs;

  Geography:

  International

  Public Health Nutr, Vol: 1 Page: 239-47 December 1998
  J. Lambe; J. Kearney; W. Becker; K. Hulshof; A. Dunne; M. J. Gibney

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• 12.   The influence of survey duration on estimates of food intakes and its relevance for public health nutrition and food safety issues

  The aim of this study was to examine the influence of food consumption survey duration on estimates of percentage consumers, mean total population, and consumers only intakes and consider its relevance for public health nutrition and food safety issues

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To examine the influence of food consumption survey duration on estimates of percentage consumers, mean total population intakes and intakes among consumers only and to consider its relevance for public health nutrition and food safety issues. DESIGN: Prospective food consumption survey. SETTING: A multicentre study in five centres in the European Union-Dublin, Ghent, more...

  International Classification:

  Diet and life style

  Categories:

  public health nutrition and food safety issues

  Geography:

  International

  Eur J Clin Nutr, Vol: 54 Page: 166-73 February 2000
  J. Lambe; J. Kearney; C. Leclercq; H. F. Zunft; S. De Henauw; C. J. Lamberg-Allardt; A. Dunne; M. J. Gibney

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• 13.   Use of a food-consumption database with packaging information to estimate exposure to food-packaging migrants: expoxidized soybean oil and styrene monomer

  The aim of this study was to examine estimate exposure to two food-packaging migrants (expoxidized soybean oil (ESBO) and styrene monomer) using a food-consumption database that collected packaging information

  

  Abstract:

  There is no set protocol for completing refined exposure assessments of food-packaging migrants in the European Union. One novel method that could be used to provide more realistic exposure assessments and also reduce uncertainty in the exposure estimation could be the use of food consumption surveys that also have packaging information. The aim of the current study was to estimate more...

  International Classification:

  Other - exposure to food-packaging migrants

  Categories:

  exposure to food-packaging migrants

  Geography:

  Republic of Ireland

  Food Addit Contam, Vol: 24 Page: 216-25 February 2007
  E. Duffy; M. J. Gibney

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• 14.   Vitamin and mineral intakes in European children. Is food fortification needed?

  The aim of this study was to provide an overview of vitamin and mineral intake among children and adolescents in European countries and to present results from studies showing the impact of food fortification

  

  Abstract:

  OBJECTIVE: To provide an overview of vitamin and mineral intakes among children and adolescents in European countries and to present results from studies showing the impact of food fortification. DESIGN: Comparative analysis of a number of nutritional studies among children and adolescents performed during the last decade in certain European countries. SETTING: Spain, France, UK, North more...

  International Classification:

  Diet and lifestyle

  Categories:

  vitamin intake; mineral intake;

  Geography:

  International

  Public Health Nutr, Vol: 4 Page: 101-7 February 2001
  L. Serra-Majem

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