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Why does the Engel method work? Food demand, economies of size and household survey methods [PDF]

, 2002
Estimates of household size economies are needed for the analysis of poverty and inequality. This paper shows that Engel estimates of size economies are large when household expenditures are obtained by respondent recall but small when expenditures are ...
Anand S., Branch E. R., Coulter F. A. E., Deaton A., Dreze J., Kemsley W., Lancaster G., Lanjouw P., Lanjouw P., McWhinney I., Republic of China, Rodgers W., Scott C., Sudman S.   +13 more
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Everyday challenges following hospital discharge. A multi‐method study identifying and describing areas of concern for patients during the first month after colorectal cancer surgery

Nursing Open, 2023
Aim Identify and describe areas of concern focusing on day‐to‐day variations during the first month after surgery for patients recovering from colorectal cancer surgery. Design A multi‐method design was applied using diaries and interviews.
Jenny Jakobsson, Christine Kumlien
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Measuring diet in primary school children aged 8-11 years: validation of the Child and Diet Evaluation Tool (CADET) with an emphasis on fruit and vegetable intake. [PDF]

, 2015
Background/Objectives:The Child And Diet Evaluation Tool (CADET) is a 24-h food diary that measures the nutrition intake of children aged 3-7 years, with a focus on fruit and vegetable consumption.
A Hackett, B Johnson, C E L Evans, C Frobisher, C Nykjaer, CE Evans, DM Murray, J Bland, J Cade, J E Cade, JE Cade, KJ Van Stralen, L Serra-Majem, M Hunsberger, M Livingstone, M Maynard, M S Christian, ML Molag, MS Christian, N Hancock, T Baranowski, T Burrows   +21 more
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Testing self-report time-use diaries against objective instruments in real time [PDF]

, 2019
This study provides a new test of time-use diary methodology, comparing diaries with a pair of objective criterion measures: wearable cameras and accelerometers.
Aiden Doherty, Ainsworth Barbara, Alwin Duane, Barker Roger, Barker Roger, Bechtel Robert, Charlie Foster, Emma Thomas, Eurostat, Fisher Kimberly, Hill M., I-Min Lee, Jonathan Gershuny, Juster Thomas, Juster Thomas, Karen Milton, Paul Kelly, Pedišić Željko, Robinson John, Robinson John, Robinson John, Teresa Harms   +21 more
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Insights from Machine-Learned Diet Success Prediction [PDF]

, 2015
To support people trying to lose weight and stay healthy, more and more fitness apps have sprung up including the ability to track both calories intake and expenditure.
Achananuparp, Palakorn, Weber, Ingmar
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GPS or travel diary: Comparing spatial and temporal characteristics of visits to fast food restaurants and supermarkets. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
To assess differences between GPS and self-reported measures of location, we examined visits to fast food restaurants and supermarkets using a spatiotemporal framework.
Jason Y Scully, Anne Vernez Moudon, Philip M Hurvitz, Anju Aggarwal, Adam Drewnowski   +4 more
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Asking the experts : developing and validating parental diaries to assess children's minor injuries [PDF]

, 2008
The methodological issues involved in parental reporting of events in children's everyday lives are discussed with reference to the development and validation of an incident diary, collecting concurrent data on minor injuries in a community study of ...
Boaz A., Croyle R. T., Janet Boddy, Marjorie Smith, Pearson R. W., Rogers A., Smith M.   +6 more
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Changes in vitamin biomarkers during a 2-year intervention trial involving increased fruit and vegetable consumption by free-living volunteers [PDF]

, 2009
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Antonia C. Hardcastle, David M. Reid, Fenton, Garry G. Duthie, Helen M. Macdonald, Henderson, Lorna Aucott, Martin J. Shearer, Nelson, Rena Sandison, Ross, Susan J. Duthie   +11 more
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Growing local:

Canadian Food Studies, 2023
Home food gardening has seen a resurgence since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article presents the preliminary findings from the first 6 months of a 22-month home food gardening study in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Janet Music, Lisa Mullins, Sylvain Charlebois, Charlotte Large   +3 more
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Narrating changes, recalling memory: accumulation by dispossession in food systems of Indigenous communities at the extremes of Latin America

Ecology and Society, 2023
Food feeds knowledge and practices through generations, sustaining biocultural memories. However, prevailing economic models and state policies have driven processes of accumulation by dispossession, defined as incremental social-ecological processes by ...
Constanza Monterrubio-Solís, Antonia Barreau, José Tomás Ibarra   +2 more
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