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

Summary

This tool is a paper based weighed food diary. Using weighed portion sizes, the weighed food diary was intended to measure the average weekly dietary intake of children and adolescents. This tool has been validated once in 1992.

Contact Information info

mbe.livingstone@ulster.ac.uk

Tool Website

Special Considerations

McCance and Widdowson ‘s The Composition of Foods (4th Edition), including supplementary food composition data was used in the validation study. An updated version of the nutrient database is required.

Last Updated info

23/08/2017

Software Required

Not reported

Training Required

Yes

Instructions on use

Not reported

Administration Method

Self-administered (12, 15 & 18 years old). by-proxy: parents (7 & 9 year old). Kitchen supervisory staff at playgroups and schools recorded cooked school lunches and cafeteria-type meals and snacks.

Data Analysis

Not reported

Author	Year	Comparator	Lifestage	Sex	Number of Nutrients Validated	Mean Difference	Variance Measured info	Correlation Coefficients	Percentage Agreement	Limits of Agreement	Special Considerations	Action
Livingstone	1992	Doubly Labelled Water	Children (7 years)	Both	1	✓	✓				Population represented a range of Socio-economic areas of Belfast	Detailed Information	Web Link
		Doubly Labelled Water	Children (9 years)	Both	1	✓	✓
		Doubly Labelled Water	Adolescents (12 years)	Both	1	✓	✓
		Doubly Labelled Water	Adolescents (15 years)	Both	1	✓	✓
		Doubly Labelled Water	Adolescents (18 years)	Both	1	✓	✓
		Doubly Labelled Water	Children, Adolescents (7-18 years)	Both	1	✓	✓			✓