European Food Consumption Survey Method (EFCOSUM)

Summary–European Food Consumption Survey Method

• The EFCOSUM Group

Rationale and methods of the EFCOSUM project

• JH Brussaard
• L Johansson
• for the EFCOSUM Group

Selection of relevant dietary indicators for health

• L Steingrímsdóttir
• L Ovesen
• for the EFCOSUM Group

The use of biomarkers in multicentric studies with particular consideration of iodine, sodium, iron, folate and vitamin D

• L Ovesen
• H Boeing
• for the EFCOSUM Group

Improvement of comparability of dietary intake assessment using currently available individual food consumption surveys

• Ph Verger
• J Ireland
• for the EFCOSUM Group

Selection of methodology to assess food intake

• G Biró
• KFAM Hulshof
• for the EFCOSUM Group

Selection of a food classification system and a food composition database for future food consumption surveys

• J Ireland
• AMJ van Erp-Baart
• for the EFCOSUM Group

Some statistical aspects of food intake assessment

• JL Volatier
• A Turrini
• for the EFCOSUM Group

Estimating the distribution of usual dietary intake by short-term measurements

• K Hoffmann
• H Boeing
• for the EFCOSUM Group

Perspectives of using the EPIC-SOFT programme in the context of pan-European nutritional monitoring surveys: methodological and practical implications

• N Slimani
• L Valsta
• for the EFCOSUM Group

Operationalization of food consumption surveys in Europe: recommendations from the European Food Consumption Survey Methods (EFCOSUM) Project

• S De Henauw
• HAM Brants
• for the EFCOSUM Group

A European food consumption survey method–conclusions and recommendations

• JH Brussaard
• MRH Löwik
• for the EFCOSUM Group

List of Abbreviations

Participants in EFCOSUM