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Listen to this siteDetails of Agency-funded projects under the Dietary Surveys and Nutrients in Food research programme (N08).
Details of research projects that have undertaken further analysis of the National Diet and Nutrition Surveys of people aged 65 years and over (4 projects) and children aged 1½ to 4½ years (2 projects).
This research project aims to increase our understanding of the problem of misreporting of food intake when taking part in dietary surveys.
This research project aims to develop a reliable test to determine the amount of different types of folate in foods.
Results available.
This research project aims to compare the effectiveness and acceptability of three different methods for assessing diets in low income households.
Results available.
This research project will undertake further analysis of National Diet and Nutrition Surveys of young people aged 4 to 18 years to examine intakes, status and other determinants of vitamin A, iron, zinc and copper.
Results available.
This research project aims to review the existing methods for estimating non-milk extrinsic sugars, in order to recommend one method for future use.
Results available.
This research project identifies main factors associated with low and adequate iron status in young girls, and dietary messages to help improve their iron status.
Results available.
This research project aims to produce lists of typical food portion weights for children of different ages, using information from dietary surveys and other sources.
Results available.
This research project aims to measure the ability of children to perceive, conceptualise and report food portion sizes from memory using specially designed tools.
This research project aims to investigate prevalence and extent of low-energy reporting in the published literature and implications for the relationships between diet and health.
This research project will look at the dietary characteristics of high-salt consumers using data from the National Diet and Nutrition Surveys.
This research project will provide up-to-date information on typical food portion weights for adults, using information from dietary surveys and other sources.
Results available.
This research project aims to produce validated tools for use with dietary surveys enabling children to accurately estimate the portion size of foods consumed.
This research project (including codes N08006/08/21/22/25) covers the purchasing and preparation of food samples representative of the UK diet, enabling estimates of exposure to contaminants to be made.
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