Resources
Dietary Assessment Primers, Toolkits, and Tutorials
National Cancer Institute. Measurement Error Webinar Series.
National Cancer Institute. Usual Dietary Intakes.
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). NHANES Dietary Web Tutorial.
UK Medical Research Council, Nutritools toolkit
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Dietary Assessment Instruments
24-hour Dietary Recalls
US Department of Agriculture. USDA Automated Multiple-Pass Method.
National Cancer Institute. Automated Self-Administered 24-Hour Dietary Assessment Tool (ASA24).
Food Frequency Questionnaires
National Cancer Institute. Diet History Questionnaire II.
Screeners
National Cancer Institute. Dietary Screener Questionnaire in the NHANES 2009-2010.
National Cancer Institute. Short Dietary Assessment Instruments.
Calibration and Validation Registers
National Cancer Institute. Dietary Assessment Calibration/Validation Register.
National Cancer Institute. Register of Validated Short Dietary Assessment Instruments.
Scoring Algorithms for Screeners
National Cancer Institute. Dietary screener questionnaire in the NHIS Cancer Control Supplement (CCS) 2010: Data Processing and Scoring Procedures.
Food Composition Databases
Directories of nutrient composition databases:
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. International Network of Food Data Systems (INFOODS).
- Steering Committee of the National Nutrient Databank Conference. International Nutrient Databank Directory.
- US Department of Agriculture. Nutrient Data Laboratory.
Principal food composition databases in the United States:
- US Department of Agriculture. National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 26.
- US Department of Agriculture. Food Patterns Equivalents Database.
Useful links to food composition and nutrition sites:
- US Department of Agriculture. Food Composition and Nutrition Links.
Dietary Analysis Software
Department of Epidemiology of the German Institute of Human Nutrition Postdam-Rehbrücke. The Multiple Source Method (MSM).
Iowa State University. Software for Intake Distribution (SIDE).
RIVM, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands; Biometris, Wageningen University and Research centre. MCRA: Monte Carlo Risk Assessment.
Steering Committee of the National Nutrient Databank Conference. International Nutrient Databank Directory.
Diet Quality Indexes
National Cancer Institute. Healthy Eating Index.