Table 1.
Structure of an interview by GloboDiet
| Section | Description | Featuresa |
|---|---|---|
| General information | Non-dietary information for the identification of the participant and information on the recalled day | Name, code, birth date, sex, anthropometric data, date of interview and wakeup time |
| Special diets and special daysb(e.g. gluten free, veganism, energy restricted) and (e.g. feast day, travel, illness, holidays) | ||
| Quick list | Open list to collect foods and beverages consumed at each occasion (cognitive approach, qualitative information) | Consumption occasionsb (e.g. before breakfast, breakfast, during the morning, lunch, dinner, after dinner, during the evening) |
| Consumption time (hour with/without minutes) | ||
| Places of consumptionb: (e.g. home, work place, catering, fast food, bar, café, pub, street) | ||
| Description of foods and recipes | Search and detailed description of the foods and recipes consumed using facets and descriptors | e.g. Facets (and descriptors)b |
| Food preparation and purchase (prepared at home, commercial, restaurant, vending machine, fast food) | ||
| Cooking method (raw, fried, battered and fried, baked, sautéed, stewed, boiled, barbecued, steamed) | ||
| Physical state (liquid, powdered, reconstitution from powdered) | ||
| Fat content (whole, fat reduced, light) | ||
| Quantification of foods and recipes | Quantification of the described foods and recipes using photos, shapes, HHMs, SU, reported weight or volume, standard portions | Quantification methods with possibility to select a fraction or a multipleb |
| Photos (e.g photos of a salad) | ||
| Shape (e.g portion of a pie) | ||
| HHMs (e.g. photos of graduated spoons, bowls, plates, glasses) | ||
| SU (an apple, a can) | ||
| Mass or volume method (in g, ml) | ||
| Standard portions (e.g. melted cheese on a dish) | ||
| Unkwownc (fats, sauces and sweeteners) | ||
| Probing questions | Checklist during the quick list step and after quantification of items to recall the interviewer of easily forgettable foods in link with other consumed foods | e.g. Food (and probing)b |
| Tea (sugar) | ||
| Bread (topping) | ||
| Recall on non-filled quick list items and daily energy and macronutrients aberrant values | e.g. Daily calories intake (too low or too high) | |
| Warning maximum exceed | e.g. Volume of milk > 600 ml | |
| Note enteringd | ||
| e.g. Volume of 1000 ml of milk have been confirmed by the subject | ||
| Dietary supplements | Recall on dietary supplements taken: search, description and information on quantification | Vitamins, minerals or oligoelements capsules |
HHM household measure, SU standard unit
anon exhaustive list
bad hoc, to be adapted for each local situation/project
cStandard percentages of fats, sauces, sweeteners
dAutomatic or manual