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Dr Marijka Batterham

2015

Nutrition assessment

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Video Recorded Participant Behaviours: The Association Between Food Choices And Observed Behaviours From A Web-Based Diet History Interview, Yasmine C. Probst, K. Deagnoli, M. Batterham, Linda C. Tapsell Nov 2015

Video Recorded Participant Behaviours: The Association Between Food Choices And Observed Behaviours From A Web-Based Diet History Interview, Yasmine C. Probst, K. Deagnoli, M. Batterham, Linda C. Tapsell

Dr Marijka Batterham

Automation of dietary assessments allow participant behaviour to be captured by video observation. They also allow clinicians to identify areas which effect reporting accuracy. This observational study describes the differences in behaviour according to the type of foods selected by participants using a dietary assessment website encompassing diet history methodology.


Development And Validation Of A Food Choices Score For Use In Weight-Loss Interventions, Sara Jane Grafenauer, Linda Tapsell, Eleanor Beck, Marijka Batterham Nov 2015

Development And Validation Of A Food Choices Score For Use In Weight-Loss Interventions, Sara Jane Grafenauer, Linda Tapsell, Eleanor Beck, Marijka Batterham

Dr Marijka Batterham

Weight loss results from an energy deficit, although the quality of food choices making up the diet may also be important. The aim of the present study was to develop and validate a diet quality tool based on food categories to monitor dietary change in clinical weight-loss settings. The Food Choices Score (FCS) was based on seventeen food categories, each scoring up to five points, totalling 85. In addition to content validity, the tool was validated using (1) two energy-deficit diet models (6500 and 7400 kJ) assuring nutrient and food-group targets and (2) dietary data from two weight-loss trials (n …