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Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria applied to the reviews and DATs

From: Measuring energy, macro and micronutrient intake in UK children and adolescents: a comparison of validated dietary assessment tools

Reviews

DATs

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

• Reviews that validated a DAT against a biomarker or another self-reported tool against energy, macro or micro nutrients or food groups

• Reviews published since 1st January 2000

• Reviews that exclusively evaluated tools assessing inadequacy of diets in terms of malnutrition

• Commentaries, editorials or other opinion articles

• Tools measured in a UK population

• Be able to measure dietary intake

• Validation results can be entered on thenutritools website

• DATs measuring eating disorders, food preferences, feeding practices or inadequacy of diets

• Lifestyle based tools (e.g. diet plus physical activity)

• DATS measuring the purchasing of foods / drinks

• Tools that assessed specific dietary interventions (e.g. Atkins, Mediterranean diet)

• Non-UK tools