SynthesisAmerican journal of preventive medicine2014
Dietary assessment in food environment research: a systematic review.
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82 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Global positioning system-based food environment exposures, diet-related, and cardiometabolic health outcomes: a systematic review and research agenda.International journal of health geographics · 2024Pooled it
- Influences of the community and consumer nutrition environment on the food purchases and dietary behaviors of adolescents: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2023Pooled it
- Measurement Methods Used to Assess the School Food Environment: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Impact of neighbourhood food environment on diet and obesity in China: a systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Effect of Retail Food Environment Interventions on Diet and Health with a Focus on the Enabling Role of Public Policies.Current nutrition reports · 2019Pooled it
- Neighbourhood retail food outlet access, diet and body mass index in Canada: a systematic review.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2019Pooled it
- Measuring beverage consumption in US children and adolescents: a systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2018Pooled it
- Environmental and behavioural modifications for improving food and fluid intake in people with dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Food environments and dietary intakes among adults: does the type of spatial exposure measurement matter? A systematic review.International journal of health geographics · 2018Pooled it
- Health-related outcomes of new grocery store interventions: a systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2017Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Methods to Assess Children's Diets in the School Context.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2017Pooled it
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- The community and consumer food environment and children's diet: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2014Pooled it
- The connecting health and technology study: a 6-month randomized controlled trial to improve nutrition behaviours using a mobile food record and text messaging support in young adults.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2016Trial
- A Novel Dietary Assessment Method to Measure a Healthy and Sustainable Diet Using the Mobile Food Record: Protocol and Methodology.Nutrients · 2015Trial
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- Brief Diet Screener for Assessing Adherence to the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet: Development and Validation.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Beverages and sugar-sweetened beverages consumption pattern and amount among adolescents using beverage frequency questionnaire: cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Changes in food and drink purchasing behaviour in England during the first 3 months of the COVID-19 pandemic: an interrupted time series analysis.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
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Abstract
contextThe existing evidence on food environments and diet is inconsistent, potentially because of heterogeneity in measures used to assess diet. The objective of this review, conducted in 2012-2013, was to examine measures of dietary intake utilized in food environment research. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: Included studies were published from January 2007 through June 2012 and assessed relationships between at least one food environment exposure and at least one dietary outcome. Fifty-one articles were identified using PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Knowledge, and PsycINFO; references listed in the papers reviewed and relevant review articles; and the National Cancer Institute's Measures of the Food Environment website. The frequency of the use of dietary intake measures and assessment of specific dietary outcomes were examined, as were patterns of results among studies using different dietary measures. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS: The majority of studies used brief instruments, such as screeners or one or two questions, to assess intake. Food frequency questionnaires were used in about a quarter of studies, one in ten used 24-hour recalls, and fewer than one in 20 used diaries. Little consideration of dietary measurement error was evident. Associations between the food environment and diet were more consistently in the expected direction in studies using less error-prone measures.
conclusionsThere is a tendency toward the use of brief dietary assessment instruments with low cost and burden rather than more detailed instruments that capture intake with less bias. Use of error-prone dietary measures may lead to spurious findings and reduced power to detect associations.
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