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

Table 2 summary of the number of dietary assessment tools, validation study publications and validation studies from the systematic review of reviews

	Number of dietary assessment tools (DATs)	Number of validation study publications^a	Number of validation studies^b
Total from systematic review of reviews	63	66	89
Results for adults	49c, d	49	71
Results for infants, children and adolescents (IC&A)	19c, e	19	22
Total for IC&A validating nutrients	14	14	17
Total for IC&A with limits of agreement (LOA) plotted	11	11^f	14

^aMore than one DAT may have been validated in a published validation study, and some DATs may have more than one validation study publication
^bThis takes into account more than one DAT validated in a publication i.e. each DAT validation is counted as a validation study
^c5 tools were assessed on both adults and Infants, children or adolescents
^d5 tools assessed on adults focused on foods only
^e5 tools assessed on IC&A focused on foods only
^fdata was extracted from these 11 publications to produce the energy summary plot showing 24 validations by gender and age/lifestage

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