OBJECTIVES To describe the development of the Oxford WebQ, a web-based 24 h dietary assessment tool developed for repeated administration in large prospective studies; and to report the preliminary assessment of its performance for estimating nutrient intakes. DESIGN We developed the Oxford WebQ by repeated testing until it was sufficiently comprehensive and easy to use. For the latest versio...

Hmong are one of the immigrant Asian subgroups with increasing rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes and CVD. Despite their population growth in the USA and declining health status, no research has investigated the appropriateness of dietary assessment measures, including FFQ and 24 h dietary recalls among Hmong. The present study compared the nutrient information obtained through a 24 h dietary re...

Assessment of diet bedside and in the community is crucial for management prevention various ailments. Recommended dietary allowances nutritional requirements humans a growing science that keeps changing, hence medical fraternity needs to be updated. ICMR-NIN are nodal agencies India refining reformulating as per transition occurring globally. They have published Nutrient Requirements Indians: ...

Memory consolidation underpins adaptive behavior and dopaminergic networks may be critical for prolonged, selective information storage. To understand the time course of the dopaminergic contribution to memory consolidation in humans, here we investigate the effect of dopaminergic medication on recall and recognition in the short and longer term in Parkinson disease (PD). Fifteen people with PD...

For policy goal setting, efficacy evaluations, and the development of related programs for reducing sodium intake, it is essential to accurately identify the amount of sodium intake in South Korea and constantly monitor its trends. The present study aimed to identify the status of sodium intake in South Korea and to review the methods and their validity for estimating sodium intake in each coun...

A 28-item simplified food frequency questionnaire (SFFQ) combined with 9 open questions about basic commodities was designed for the Elderly Nutrient and Health Survey in Taiwan (NAHSIT) to collect participants' usual intake of the previous month. We have examined the validity this SFFQ as assessed by multiple 24-hour dietary recall (n=81) and biomarkers (n=1473). All questionnaires were comple...

In the above paper, the authors name Koppmair was misspelt. The sentences: We read with great interest the recently published article 'Farm production, market access and dietary diversity in Malawi' by Koopmair and colleagues. In their study, Koopmair and colleagues collected 24 h dietary recall data of household 12 members combined, as well as of individual children below the age of 5 years an...

BACKGROUND Due to the distinct cultural and language differences that exist in Switzerland, there is little information on the dietary intake among the general Swiss population. Adequately assessing dietary intake is thus paramount if nutritional epidemiological studies are to be conducted. OBJECTIVE To assess the reproducibility and validity of a food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) developed ...