Nutrition and Dietetic Resources: Dietary Assessment Tools

An overview of resources on nutrition, dietetics, and food science for students, clinicians, and researchers

Nutritional Assessment Tools

A list of freely available nutritional assessment tools including the 24-Hour Dietary Recall Tool, the Food Frequency Questionnaire and more.

24-Hour Dietary Assessment Tool (National Cancer Institute)
The Automated Self-Administered 24-hour Dietary Assessment Tool or ASA24, is a free tool that records all foods and beverages consumed by the participant within the last 24 hours.
Diet Food Checklist (National Cancer Institute)
The Daily Food Checklist is a type of food record that allows respondents to place a check beside each food or beverage they consumed. This tool does not rely on memory and can be used as a stand-alone instrument or alongside another dietary assessment tool
Diet History Questionnaire (National Cancer Institute)
The Diet History Questionnaire or DHQ is a food frequency questionnaire developed for adults 19 years and older. It looks at the frequency of food and beverage consumption over time including portion size.
NHANES Food Frequency Questionnaire (National Cancer Institute)
Developed by the National Cancer Institute, the NHANES Food Frequency Questionnaire collects frequency of food and beverage consumption over a period of time. Unlike the food frequency questionnaire, this tool excludes portion size.

Dietary Toolkits

A short list of freely available selected toolkits with various nutrition and dietetic related resources including assessment tools and guidelines, and research studies.

Register of Validated Short Dietary Assessment Instruments (National Cancer Institute)
This register provides descriptive information about validated short instruments along with any associated validation studies, publications, and copies of the instruments when available.
Nutritools
Developed by the UK Medical Research Council, Nutritools provides access to validated dietary assessment tools, dietary guidelines, a food questionnaire creator and comparator tools.
Diet, Anthropometry and Physical Activity (DAPA) Measurement Toolkit
The DAPA Measurement Toolkit is a free resource aimed at assisting researchers, public health professionals, and others in identifying and using methods for the assessment of diet, anthropometry, and physical activity.

Levy Library Measurements Guide

While there are several dietary assessment tools that are freely available to clinicians, some may not be. The library has access to several resources that can help you locate assessments that may not be open access. For more information, please visit our Measurement Instruments for Research, Education, and Clinical Practice library guide.

Measurement Instruments for Research, Education, and Clinical Practice (Levy Library Guide)
This library guide provides resources for locating assessments including databases, books, and instructions for how to search for literature that include assessments.

Additional Resources

Dietary Assessment Primer (National Cancer Institute)
The dietary assessment primer provides researchers with guidance on the best ways to assess diet for any study in which estimates of group intakes are required.
Measurement Error Webinar Series (National Cancer Institute)
A 12 part webinar series on measurement errors in dietary intake data.