Describe the food frequency method of nutrition data collection, and list its advantages and disadvantages.

What will be an ideal response?


The food frequency data collection method is a self-administered retrospective review of specific food intake. Advantages of this methodology are that it is inexpensive and requires minimal time to administer. Disadvantages include a tendency toward lower response rates because the instrument is self-administered.

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Edema appears when there is a severe lack of dietary protein because

A. sodium is retained in the body. B. the kidneys are unable to concentrate urine. C. blood protein levels fall and fluid shifts into extracellular spaces. D. the blood vessels become more permeable to ions.

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The symptoms of copper deficiency in humans include all of the following EXCEPT

A. thyroid disorders. B. bone loss (osteopenia). C. decreased white blood cell counts. D. anemia.

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The process of hydrogenation has been found to have which of the following drawbacks?

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