Obtaining nutritional information for dietary assessment

Accurate dietary assessment is the foundation for determining nutritional status in individuals for clinical practice and in the population for public health. Proper dietary assessment depends on the type of assessment tool used (e.g. food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), food record, etc.) as well as accurate food composition data. The latter factor is less studied and often overlooked in dietary assessment studies, thus potentially leading to serious errors in dietary analysis. The purpose of this study was to determine the adequacy of food composition data for sweetened beverages and snack foods, and improve the nutrient database for a previously validated FFQ (the Beverage and Snack Questionnaire, BSQ).

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Project Type(s): Master's Thesis

Author(s): Marc Zimmerman

Program(s): Master of Science, RDN Training

Year: 2013

Adviser(s):

• Marian L. Neuhouser