Exam 3: Measuring Diet

Which of the approaches to measuring diet has the advantage of being both self-administered and machine readable?

Which of the following approaches to measuring diet is used by Willett and coworkers at Harvard University in such studies as the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study?

Which of the following bypasses use of food composition data to arrive at an estimate of nutrient consumption?

Which one of the following is the preferred method of measuring sodium consumption?

The ability of an instrument to actually measure what it is intended to measure is known as __________.

Research has shown that administering a 24-hour recall using a telephone interview is not a recommended approach for collecting dietary intake data.

The Diet History Questionnaire is an example of a

A potential limitation of the food record or food diary is that subjects may simplify their diet in order to make the process or recording their diet easier.

The ability of an instrument of actually measure what it is intended to measure is known as

One of the limitations of the food record is that it relies on the memory of food eaten in the past.

Which of the following approaches to measuring dietary intake would be best suited for evaluating past food and beverage intake?

In a case-control study investigating how past exposure to some dietary factor of interest relates to current disease risk, a dietary measurement method that is __________ in nature would need to be used.

The amount of linoleic acid in a subject's adipose tissue is a useful __________ for determining dietary intake of linoleic acid in the diet.

Studies comparing reported energy intake with more objective measures of energy intake indicate that

Which of the following best describes the MEDFICTS questionnaire?

Which of the following best explains why a single 24-hour recall is unsuitable for characterizing usual dietary intake?

Day-to-day change in what an individual eats or drinks is referred to as __________ variability.

A food frequency questionnaire that does not ask the respondent to provide any information about the portion sizes of foods and beverages consumed is referred to as a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire.

The advantage of using doubly labeled water to measure energy expenditure is that it is ideally suited for use in free-living subjects.

If a subject's reported usual energy intake is < 1.2 times his or her calculated resting energy expenditure, it is likely that the subject has