[HLTH 355] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (25 pages long!)

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH355
• Professor: Sharon Kirkpatrick

Document Summary

Week 3- reading 1 nutrition in the prevention and treatment of disease. Dietary assessment encompasses food supply and production at the national level, food purchases at the household level, and food consumption at the individual level. Dietary record approach:the respondent records the foods and beverages and the amounts of each consumed over one or more days. May be measured, using a scale or house-hold measures (e. g. , cups or tablespoons), or estimated, using models, pictures, or no aid. At the end of the recording period, a trained interviewer should review the records with the respondent to clarify entries and to probe for forgotten foods. Subject to bias both in the selection of the sample and in the sa(cid:373)ple"s (cid:272)o(cid:373)pletio(cid:374) of the number of days recorded. The requirements for cooperation in keeping records can limit who will respond, compromising the generalizability of the findings from the dietary records to the broader.