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Table 1 Structure of an interview by GloboDiet

From: Evaluation of the international standardized 24-h dietary recall methodology (GloboDiet) for potential application in research and surveillance within African settings

Section

Description

Featuresa

General information

Non-dietary information for the identification of the participant and information on the recalled day

Name, code, birth date, sex, anthropometric data, date of interview and wakeup time

Special diets and special daysb(e.g. gluten free, veganism, energy restricted) and (e.g. feast day, travel, illness, holidays)

Quick list

Open list to collect foods and beverages consumed at each occasion (cognitive approach, qualitative information)

Consumption occasionsb (e.g. before breakfast, breakfast, during the morning, lunch, dinner, after dinner, during the evening)

Consumption time (hour with/without minutes)

Places of consumptionb: (e.g. home, work place, catering, fast food, bar, café, pub, street)

Description of foods and recipes

Search and detailed description of the foods and recipes consumed using facets and descriptors

e.g. Facets (and descriptors)b

Food preparation and purchase (prepared at home, commercial, restaurant, vending machine, fast food)

Cooking method (raw, fried, battered and fried, baked, sautéed, stewed, boiled, barbecued, steamed)

Physical state (liquid, powdered, reconstitution from powdered)

Fat content (whole, fat reduced, light)

Quantification of foods and recipes

Quantification of the described foods and recipes using photos, shapes, HHMs, SU, reported weight or volume, standard portions

Quantification methods with possibility to select a fraction or a multipleb

Photos (e.g photos of a salad)

Shape (e.g portion of a pie)

HHMs (e.g. photos of graduated spoons, bowls, plates, glasses)

SU (an apple, a can)

Mass or volume method (in g, ml)

Standard portions (e.g. melted cheese on a dish)

Unkwownc (fats, sauces and sweeteners)

Probing questions

Checklist during the quick list step and after quantification of items to recall the interviewer of easily forgettable foods in link with other consumed foods

e.g. Food (and probing)b

Tea (sugar)

Bread (topping)

 

Recall on non-filled quick list items and daily energy and macronutrients aberrant values

e.g. Daily calories intake (too low or too high)

Warning maximum exceed

e.g. Volume of milk > 600 ml

Note enteringd

e.g. Volume of 1000 ml of milk have been confirmed by the subject

Dietary supplements

Recall on dietary supplements taken: search, description and information on quantification

Vitamins, minerals or oligoelements capsules

  1. HHM household measure, SU standard unit
  2. anon exhaustive list
  3. bad hoc, to be adapted for each local situation/project
  4. cStandard percentages of fats, sauces, sweeteners
  5. dAutomatic or manual