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Dietary intake measurements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

Ingrid HE Rutishauser
Ingrid HE Rutishauser*
Affiliation:
School of Health Sciences, Deakin University Geelong 3216, Victoria, Australia
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*Corresponding author: Email [email protected]
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Abstract

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Objective

To provide a concise summary of field and laboratory methods for the measurement of dietary intake with particular reference to the assessment of energy and protein intake and to the pitfalls and difficulties that may be encountered in practice when implementing the methods both in the field and under laboratory conditions.

Keywords

Dietary intake methodsMeasurement errorBiomarkersEnergyProteinHabitual
Type
Research Article
Information
Public Health Nutrition , Volume 8 , Issue 7a , October 2005 , pp. 1100 - 1107
Copyright
Copyright © The Author 2005

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