Exposure Assessment in Nutrition and Health Research

HNH32806

About this course

This course will address methodological aspects of exposure assessment in nutrition research. Focus is on:

  • dietary assessment methods and in particular food frequency questionnaires;
  • study design and analysis of evaluation studies to assess measurement error in nutritional surveillance and epidemiology.

Learning outcomes

  • Design and develop food frequency questionnaires

  • Design an evaluation study to compare the performance of a food frequency questionnaire against one or more reference methods

  • Explain the aims and principles of evaluation studies in the context of nutritional research

  • Understand how errors in dietary assessment affect the interpretation of results from nutrition surveillance and nutritional epidemiology and how evaluation studies can be used to obtain estimates of potential errors

  • Understand the analysis of evaluation studies on dietary assessment, including the use of biomarkers in nutritional epidemiologic research

Assessment method

  • Assignment other (40%) Protocol evaluation study. Groups of 4-5 students. In case of late submission, the assignment has to be re-done during the course in the following academic year. In case of failed submission, possibilities for a re-sit are discussed in consultation between the students and the course coordinator
  • Written test with open and closed questions (60%)

Prior knowledge

HNE293030 Measuring dietary intake. HNH25806 Research Methodology for Nutrition and Health I and HNH26306 Research Methodology for Nutrition and Health II or HNH24306 Methodology Nutrition Research; HNH24806 Introduction to Epidemiology and Public Health; MAT20306 Advanced Statistics or MAT24306 Advanced Statistics for Nutritionists.

Resources

  • Book: Willett, W. (2012). Nutritional Epidemiology. Monographs in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 3rd revised ed. ISBN 13: 9780199754038.

Additional information

course
6 ECTS
  • Level
    master
  • Mode of instruction
    on campus
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Starting dates

  • 9 Mar 2026

    ends 3 May 2026

    LanguageEnglish
    Term *P5
    Period 5 morning