Validity of an online 24-h recall tool (myfood24) for dietary assessment in population studies: Comparison with biomarkers and standard interviews

BMC Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Wark, Petra A ^a,b   Hardie, Laura J ^c   Frost, Gary S ^b   Alwan, Nisreen A ^d,h   Carter, Michelle ^e   Elliott, Paul ^f   Ford, Heather E ^b   Hancock, Neil ^e   Morris, Michelle A ^e   Mulla, Umme Z ^a   Noorwali, Essra A ^e,g   Petropoulou, K ^b   Murphy, David ^c   Potter, Gregory D M ^c   Riboli, Elio ^f   Greenwood, Darren C ^c,e   Cade, Janet E ^e  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^f Faculty of Medicine and MRC Health Protection Agency   (United Kingdom)

^g UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Biomarkers; Diet; Food; Nutrient intake; Nutrition assessment; Nutritional epidemiology; Online; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; SODIUM; SUGAR;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SELF REPORT; SODIUM INTAKE; SUGAR INTAKE; URINE LEVEL; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIET; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMARKERS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; DIET; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85052560149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-018-1113-8     Document Type: Article

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