Dietary Exposure	Reporting Method	Timeframe info	Collection Method	Available in Food Questionnaire Creator	Action
Energy	Prospective	1 day	Food Diary Estimated	No	Detailed Information	Web Link

Summary

This tool is a semiquantitive, self-administered 4 day food diary containing 270 food items with given portion sizes, split into 27 food groups. This tool was developed to obtain acurate results while having lower participant and researcher burden. This tool was validated in 2005.

Contact Information info

koebnick@mail.dife.de

Tool Website

www.dife.de

Special Considerations

The food diary, data entry and nutrient calculation software and food coding documents are available to download from the website: www.dife.de by following the links ‘Press’, ‘Downloads’ and ‘Epidemiological assessment tools’. To obtain additional data, please contact the tool owner.

Last Updated info

16/01/2018

Software Required

Please see website for software download.

Training Required

Not reported

Instructions on use

Detailed instructions were given to participants regarding how to complete the booklet

Administration Method

Self-administration

Data Analysis

Instructions on how to use the dietary assessment tool can be found in the publication

Author	Year	Comparator	Lifestage	Sex	Number of Nutrients Validated	Mean Difference	Variance Measured info	Correlation Coefficients	Percentage Agreement	Limits of Agreement	Special Considerations	Action
Koebnick	2005	Doubly Labelled Water	Adults	Male Only	0	✓	✓				Subjects were healthy with a BMI < 30kg/m2, all subjects had no prior experience of dietary assessments tools.	Detailed Information	Web Link
		Doubly Labelled Water	Adults	Female Only	0	✓	✓
		Doubly Labelled Water	Adults	Both	0	✓	✓	✓