Nutrition Support Shared Resource

Director: Boushey, Carol

Summary:

Nutrition Support Staff at CRCH provides dietary assessment information that will support diet-related cancer research studies.

The staff of the resource perform several services:

- Maintain a food composition table with information on up to 174 nutrients and food components for over 2300 foods.
- Maintain a supplement composition table for up to 217 nutrients and food components in over 3300 dietary supplements.
- Develop quantitative scannable food frequency questionnaires for use in epidemiologic studies and provide the nutrient composition data needed for the analysis of questionnaire responses.
- Review the accuracy of food records, dietary recalls, and dietary supplement questionnaires, and assist with data entry procedures.
- Provide training for project staff in appropriate dietary data collection methods.
- Assist with the design, analysis, and interpretation of dietary data for studies of diet and cancer.

Affiliations:

• University of Hawai'i Cancer Center

People:

• Director: Boushey, Carol
  

Member: Au, Donna
Role: Research Dietitian Supervisor

Resources:

Services

• Dietitian coding and review service ( Data analysis service )
  

  Daily nutrient totals for 54 nutrients from food.

• Questionnaire nutrient analysis service ( Data analysis service )
  

  Daily nutrient total for 54 nutrients from food and22 nutrients from supplements.

• Questionnaire nutrient and food group analysis service ( Data analysis service )
  

  Daily nutrient totals for 54 nutrients from food and 22 nutrients from supplements. Food group analysis: 30 food groups from the Food Guide Pyramid

• Re-analysis of questionnaires service ( Data analysis service )
  

Web Links:

• http://www.uhcancercenter.org/index.php/research/shared-resources/nutrition