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
- Contact a coordinator
- Levelmaster
- Mode of instructionon campus
Starting dates
9 Mar 2026
ends 3 May 2026