Section: Module 5: Lesson 2: Methods of Nutritional Assessment | Public Health Nutrition | NextGenU.org

  • Student Learning Outcomes:
    Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
    • Understand the purpose of dietary assessment.
    • Identify available methods for dietary assessment and pattern analysis.
    • Discuss the strengths and limitations of dietary assessment and methods.
    • Describe the general principles of standard assessment methods for nutritional status, including clinical, anthropometric, dietary, biochemical, physiological, and functional methods.
    • Articulate the implications of accuracy, validity, calibration, precision, and replicability of dietary data.
    • Conduct a dietary assessment for an individual taking into account nutritional assessment tools like ASA24.
    Approximate time required to complete the readings (at 144 words/minute) and assignments for this module: 5 hours and 48 minutes.

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    • Required Learning Resources and Activities
    • Read the entire web page. (20 minutes)

      CFAR - 2014

    • Read the entire article and analyze Table 1 and Table 2. (27 minutes)

      Epidemiology and Health - 2014

    • Read the following sections: "Introduction," "The case for toolkits to guide dietary assessment choice," "Overview of dietary assessment toolkits," and "Discussion." (42 minutes)

      Europe PMC Funder's Group - 2010

    • Read the entire article. (24 minutes)

      Cambridge University Press - 2016

    • Read the section "What are the different types of nutrition assessment? (pgs. 3-12). (26 minutes)

      USAID'S Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance - 2016

    • Explore the demo to learn more about the use of the ASA24 tool. (15 minutes)

      National Institute of Health - 2020

    • This page allows you to create a Researcher Account which is needed to register to use ASA24 in a study, clinical setting, or classroom. (5 minutes)

      National Institute of Health - 2020

    • Use this page to log in and use the tool. (15 minutes)

      National Institute of Health - 2020