Dietary Assessment

Question 1

What are the limitations of dietary records?(6)

Answer 1

Questionable accuracy under 4 days
Burdensome over 7 days 
Requires motivation
Requires literacy 
Time consuming 
Potential to interfere with dietary behaviour

Question 2

Explain the 24-HR dietary recall (2)

Answer 2

Interview participants to recall all food and beverages

Consumed the preceding day

Question 3

What are the advantages of the 24-HR dietary recall?(3)

Answer 3

Less potential to interfere in dietary behaviour
Less completion time
Does not involve weighing food

Question 4

What are the disadvantages of the 24 HR dietary recall?(3)

Answer 4

Underreporting
Portion size difficult to estimate
Potential memory issues

Question 5

Explain the FFQ (2)

Answer 5

Standardised list of food

Participants report their usual consumption of frequent foods

Question 6

What are the advantages of FFQ (2)

Answer 6

Easy to use in large populations

Can identify nutrient deficiencies

Question 7

What are the disadvantages of the FFQ (4)

Answer 7

Relies on memory
Little detail of food characteristics
Unusual foods not detected
Difficult to report portion sizes

Question 8

Explain the dietary records (2)

Answer 8

Reporting records consumed over a certain period of time

Amount estimated by household measures

Question 9

Advantages of dietary records (4)

Answer 9

By recording food as they are consumed there is less likely to be omission of food
Food may be better described
More accurate measurements of portion size