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Estimating energy and nutrient intakes in studies of human fertility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Stanley J. Ulijaszek
Stanley J. Ulijaszek
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Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge
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Summary

Two methods of dietary recording, the 24-hr recall and the weighed dietary intake methods, are considered appropriate for estimating energy and nutrient intakes in studies of human fertility. The former method gives lower estimates than the latter, although weighed intakes may underestimate true intakes. Examination of food intakes of pregnant, lactating, and non-pregnant, non-lactating New Guinean women shows their diet to be less homogeneous than is generally assumed for groups in developing countries. As a result direct observations of food intake for a limited number of days are not sufficiently accurate for the estimation of intake of most of the nutrients examined. Rather the study design should reflect the variability of intakes of the nutrients and groups under consideration.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 24 , Special Issue 3: Workshop on Methodology and Protocol of Human Fertility Studies under Field Conditions , July 1992 , pp. 335 - 345
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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