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The influence of survey duration on estimates of food intakes and its relevance for public health nutrition and food safety issues
Published in:
Eur J Clin Nutr, Vol: 54, Page: 166-73
Publication Date:
February 2000
Aims & Objectives:
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, Helsinki, Potsdam and Rome. SUBJECTS: Teenage subjects were recruited through schools; 948 (80%) out of 1180 subjects completed the survey. INTERVENTIONS: 14-day food diaries were used to collect the food consumption data. RESULTS: For mean total population intakes, 53% of the foods had slopes significantly different to 0 (P<0.05). In practical terms (g/day), these differences were small, with 41% of foods having differences of
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Study Type:
Study Papers » Case Study » Descriptive Studies - Without a comparision
Categories:
public health nutrition and food safety issues
International Classification:
Diet and life style
Keywords:
- Adolescent
- Body Mass Index
- Child
- Diet Records
- Diet Surveys
- Energy Intake
- Europe
- Female
- Food
- Humans
- Male
- Nutrition Physiology
- Prospective Studies
- Public Health
- Safety
- Time Factors
Geography:
International (Republic of Ireland Ghent, Helsinki, Potsdam and Rome)