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Nutritional Epidemiology - Coggle Diagram
Nutritional Epidemiology
Intro
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Reliability
Degree to which a specific research method or tool is capable of producing consistent results from one test to the next.
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Test-retest reliability
refers to the consistency of a test over time, when completed by the same individual(s).
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Internal consistency
is similar to parallel-forms reliability in that it evaluates the degree to which two measures assess the same construct. It is different, however, because it refers to individual items within a survey or questionnaire.
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Error in dietary data
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Random bias
Under-over report bias
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Under reportig greater among obese, women and for certein food such as snacks and sweets
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Nutritional biomarkers
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Measure of internal dose, nutrient availability to the tissues after absorption and metabolism
The measure of dietary change in studies of dietary intervention, a marker of compliance with new dietary regimen
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Biomarkers are more objective measures, independent of memory, capacity to describe food, capacity to estimate average intake over a period of time and etc.