Recent advances in the development of methods to assess dietary intake and diet quality

Suboptimal diet is an important preventable risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Despite the relevance of diets for improving nutrition and health, countries and regions face important dietary data gaps that limit progress for designing appropriate programs and policies. Collecting dietary data is challenging as it requires significant resources and particular skills. Furthermore, across country comparison of dietary data is sometimes restricted due to use of unstandardized methods. There is a need for low-burden methods and standard indicators to assess diet and diet quality. This symposium will discuss recent advances in the development of methods to assess dietary intake and diet quality.

Presentations:

• Introduction-Recent advances in the development of methods to assess dietary intake and diet quality
  Mourad Moursi, PhD – Intake - Center for Dietary Assessment, FHISolutions
• Preparing for semi-quantitative dietary intake surveys: simple methods to derive a food listing and standard portion sizes when prior survey data are not available
  Christine Hotz, BSc Hons, MSc, PhD – Independent Consultant
• Development and Testing of a Feasible Food Listing Tool for Processed Foods for Use in Urban Areas
  Zipporah N. Bukania, BSc, MSc, PhD – Kenya Medical Research Institute
• The Global Diet Quality Project: An initiative to collect current, comparable diet quality data across countries for the first time
  Anna W. Herforth, MS, PhD – Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
• The Global Diet Quality Project: Cognitive testing of the Diet Quality Questionnaire revealed insights for consistent, accurate MDD-W data collection
  Isabela Fleury Sattamini, PhD – FAO