Food Questionnaires and Dietary Recalls: The Challenges of Assessing Food Consumption to Identify Poor Nutrition in a Changing World

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  • Marianella Herrera Cuenca

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Abstract

Assessing food consumption is challenging. Often, researchers speculate as to what is the best way to gather information about people’s food intake. There are many factors in-tertwined regarding food consumption some of which include: low or high income, nutrition knowledge, food availability and access to food.

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2015-05-07

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Marianella Herrera Cuenca. (2015). Food Questionnaires and Dietary Recalls: The Challenges of Assessing Food Consumption to Identify Poor Nutrition in a Changing World. Advances in Food Technology and Nutrition Sciences, 1(2), 58–61. https://doi.org/10.17140/aftnsoj-1-109

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