Harmonising dietary datasets for global surveillance: methods and findings from the Global Dietary Database.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Global Dietary Database (GDD) expanded its previous methods to harmonise and publicly disseminate individual-level dietary data from nutrition surveys worldwide.

Design

Analysis of cross-sectional data.

Setting

Global.

Participants

General population.

Methods

Comprehensive methods to streamline the harmonisation of primary, individual-level 24-h recall and food record data worldwide were developed. To standardise the varying food descriptions, FoodEx2 was used, a highly detailed food classification and description system developed and adapted for international use by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Standardised processes were developed to: identify eligible surveys; contact data owners; screen surveys for inclusion; harmonise data st

SUBMITTER: Karageorgou D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10882534 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature