What are the advantages and disadvantages of the 24hour reca

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24 Hours recall:

Assessment of individual intakes, recall all the food and beverages consumed the previous day or 24 hours prior to interview.

Advantages:

Low responding burden

Easy in administration

Minimization of biases associated with altering food intake because of knowledge one is being observed.

Disadvantages:

Forgetting food items what we taken.

Deliberated misreporting

Need for trained observer to administrate.

Cost associated with computerized analysis of records.

Literature evidence:

1. Dietary assessment methods in epidemiologic studies by Jee-seon shim, Kvungwon Oh and Hyeon Chang Kim.

This review of this article is mainly states commonly dietary assessment methods and their feasibility in epidemiologic studies. They used 24-hour recall method.

2. Validity and reliability of foods and beverages intake obtained by telephone survey in Belo Horizonte, Brazil by Larissa Loures Mendes^I; Suellen Fabiane Campos etal..

I will prefer this 24-hour recall technique to my clients for dietary assessment, Because..

Dietary assessment:

It is a comprehensive evaluation of a person’s food intake.

It is one of the established methods of nutritional assessment.

By using this 24-hour recall technique we can improve the diet of the people at household levels particularly to improve feeding and diets of young children, pregnant and lactating women’s.

In his method the information on total cooked amount of each preparation is noted in terms of standardized cups.