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Tool Information: Estimated Food Diary

Action
Energy, Macronutrient Prospective 1 Day Food Diary Estimated No

Summary

This tool is a paper based estimated food diary in which portion sizes were estimated using standard household measures. The tool was developed to measure the average dietary intake across 5 days in infants and children aged 6-24 months. This tool has been validated once in 2001.

Contact Information info

j.lanigan@ucl.ac.uk

Tool Website

Special Considerations

Additional support via phone calls or home visits were made to aid participants with completion of dietary information. An update to the food composition table is required.

Last Updated info

02/11/2017

Software Required

Yes

Training Required

Yes (refer to publications)

Instructions on use

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

Administration Method

by-proxy: parents

Data Analysis

Instructions on how the dietary data was analysed can be found in the publications.

Author Year Comparator Lifestage Sex Number of Nutrients Validated Mean Difference Variance Measured info Correlation Coefficients Percentage Agreement Limits of Agreement Special Considerations Action
Lanigan 2001 Doubly Labelled Water Infants and toddlers Both 1 Inclusion criteria included mothers with singleton births and the child was in good health and ate a western-type diet.
Lanigan 2001 Weighed Food Diary Infants and toddlers Both 4 Inclusion criteria included mothers with singleton births and the child was in good health and ate a western-type diet.
  • T029 - Food Intake Record_Age 12-24 Months FileType: pdf, Download Number of downloads: 0
  • T029 - Food Intake Record_Age 6-12 Months FileType: pdf, Download Number of downloads: 0

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