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ReviewF1000Research2017

Dietary assessment methods in epidemiological research: current state of the art and future prospects.

Androniki Naska, Areti Lagiou, Pagona Lagiou

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Review in F1000Research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 278 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

278 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Empirically derived dietary patterns and prostate cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohorts.European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer Prevention Organisation (ECP) · 2026
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  3. Shifts in food consumption patterns in the Levant: a systematic review of the last six decades.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025
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  10. Protein intake and muscle mass maintenance in patients with cancer types with high prevalence of sarcopenia: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Androniki NaskaDepartment of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 M. Asias Street, Goudi, GR-115 27, Athens, Greece.
Areti LagiouDepartment of Public Health and Community Health,, School of Health Professions, Athens Technological Educational Institute (TEI Athens), Ag. Spyridonos, Aigaleo GR-122 43, Athens, Greece.
Pagona LagiouDepartment of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 75 M. Asias Street, Goudi, GR-115 27, Athens, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-reported dietary intake is assessed by methods of real-time recording (food diaries and the duplicate portion method) and methods of recall (dietary histories, food frequency questionnaires, and 24-hour dietary recalls). Being less labor intensive, recall methods are more frequently employed in nutritional epidemiological investigations. However, sources of error, which include the participants' inability to fully and accurately recall their intakes as well as limitations inherent in the food composition databases applied to convert the reported food consumption to energy and nutrient intakes, may limit the validity of the generated information. The use of dietary biomarkers is often recommended to overcome such errors and better capture intra-individual variability in intake; nevertheless, it has its own challenges. To address measurement error associated with dietary questionnaires, large epidemiological investigations often integrate sub-studies for the validation and calibration of the questionnaires and/or administer a combination of different assessment methods (e.g. administration of different questionnaires and assessment of biomarker levels). Recent advances in the omics field could enrich the list of reliable nutrition biomarkers, whereas new approaches employing web-based and smart phone applications could reduce respondent burden and, possibly, reporting bias. Novel technologies are increasingly integrated with traditional methods, but some sources of error still remain. In the analyses, food and nutrient intakes always need to be adjusted for total daily energy intake to account for errors related to reporting.

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dietary intake assessmentdietary questionnairenutritional epidemiological investigation

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PMID28690835
PMCPMC5482335

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