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July 22, 2014SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

Dietary assessment methods in epidemiologic studies

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JSJee‐Seon ShimYonsei UniversityKOKyungwon OhKorea Disease Control and Prevention AgencyHKHyeon Chang KimPreventive Cardiology

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Implication

Narrative review reveals dietary assessment trade-offs across large populations, highlighting how methodological accuracy balances with feasibility in chronic disease research.

Key Points

  • To evaluate common subjective and objective dietary assessment methods and describe their practical feasibility in epidemiological research.
  • Reviewed subjective open-ended tools, such as 24-hour dietary recalls and multi-day dietary records.
  • Examined subjective closed-ended instruments, specifically food frequency questionnaires, alongside objective observational methods.
  • Identified distinct methodological trade-offs, showing that open-ended recalls provide high quantitative detail while closed-ended questionnaires maximize scalability in large cohorts.
  • Highlighted that ongoing refinements to assessment protocols are essential to balance dietary measurement precision with epidemiological study feasibility.

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Shim et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d898e3183921ebcaae2bd7https://doi.org/10.4178/epih/e2014009
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