009 Lecture Notes - Concurrent List, Food Records, Cardiovascular Disease
Document Summary
The methods used to evaluate a person"s food intake, dietary assessment and evaluation. The methods purpose, advantages, disadvantages and format has been described in this document. (nutrition therapy) Diet is a major lifestyle-related risk factor of a wide range of chronic diseases. The changes in dietary habits have been found to reduce cancer incidence by one-third dietary information has been useful in cardiovascular disease risk prediction and consuming a nutrient-dense diet was associated with a low risk of all-cause mortality. inaccurate dietary assessment may be a serious obstacle of understanding the impact of dietary factors on disease. It is a comprehensive evaluation of person"s food intake. It is one of the most established methods of nutritional assessment. Dietary assessment techniques range from food records to questionnaire and biological markers. To improve the diet of people at household level particularly to improve diets and feeding of young children, pregnant and lactating women.
