Dietary assessment in food environment research: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Context

The existing evidence on food environments and diet is inconsistent, potentially because of heterogeneity in measures used to assess diet. The objective of this review, conducted in 2012-2013, was to examine measures of dietary intake utilized in food environment research.

Evidence acquisition

Included studies were published from January 2007 through June 2012 and assessed relationships between at least one food environment exposure and at least one dietary outcome. Fifty-one articles were identified using PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Knowledge, and PsycINFO; references listed in the papers reviewed and relevant review articles; and the National Cancer Institute's Measures of the Food Environment website. The frequency of the use of dietary intake measures and assessment o

SUBMITTER: Kirkpatrick SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4558887 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature