European Food Consumption Validation

EFCOVAL aims at the further development and validation of a trans-European food consumption method to be used for estimation of the intake of foods, nutrients and potentially hazardous chemicals within the European population including children. As recommended by the EFCOSUM consortium, the computerized repeated 24-hour dietary recall method using EPIC-SOFT will be applied as the method for pan-European nutritional surveys to assess intake at an individual level.

Within the project 5 main objectives can be distinguished:

- Further development of the method to enable dietary assessment in children and further development of the method for assessing intake of food-chemicals.
- Adaptation and improvement of the software (EPIC-SOFT). To facilitate the use of the software in all European countries, adaptation of the current version of EPIC-SOFT software to modern IT standards is necessary. For five selected countries, participating in the validation study (see 3), new (n=1) or revised (n=4) versions of EPIC-SOFT will be developed. For other countries best practice for the development of an own national version will be assessed.
- Validation of the computerized 2x24-hour recall in five selected countries using biomarkers and already existing dietary information. Specific attention will be given to sources of uncertainty and methods will be developed to try quantifying these uncertainties.
- Development of a method to enable linking of household budget surveys (DAFNE) to data on individual intake.
- Improvement of the methodologies to translate the collected food consumption data into the information needed by food policymakers.

Project type
  • FP6
Country of the coordinating institution
Netherlands
Contact details
Address: Coordinator Department: CENTRE FOR NUTRITION AND HEALTH Organisation: RIJKSINSTITUUT VOOR VOLKSGEZONDHEID EN MILIEU NETHERLANDS Contact Person: Name: OCKE, Marga C. (Dr) Tel: +31-30-2743814 Fax: +31-30-2744466 Email: Contact Participants Department: FOOD AND CHEMICAL RISK ANALYSIS Organisation: NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (TNO) N/A NETHERLANDS Contact Person: DE BOER, Evelien (Dr) Department: NTIONAL FOOED INSTITUTE, DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION Organisation: TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK Anker Engelunds Vej, 1 DENMARK Contact Person: TROLLE, Ellen (Dr) Organisation: PRIMA INFORMATICS LTD 2 Champion Court Cottages, Newnham UNITED KINGDOM Contact Person: PURSE, Elaine (Dr) Department: DEPARMENT FOR PUBLIV HEALTH Organisation: AKADEMILA MEDICINSKIH ZNANOSTL HRVATSKE Subiceva 29 CROATIA Contact Person: KAIC-RAK, Antoinette (Professor) Department: DIRECTION DES RISQUES NUTRITIONNELS ET SANITAIRES (DERNS) Organisation: AGENCE FRANÇAISE DE SÉCURITÉ SANITAIRE DES ALIMENTS 27-31 av Général Leclerc FRANCE Contact Person: VOLATIER, Jean-Luc Department: CENTRE FOR THE HYGIENE OF FOOD CHAINS Organisation: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH Srobarova 48 CZECH REPUBLIC Contact Person: RUPRICH, Jiri (Dr) Department: DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION Organisation: UNIVERSITETET I OSLO Problemveien 7 NORWAY Contact Person: FROST ANDERSEN, Lene (Dr) Department: HUMAN NUTRITION Organisation: WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF AGROTECHNOLOGY AND FOOD SCIENCES Bomenweg 2 6703 HD NETHERLANDS Contact Person: VAN 'T VEER, Pieter (Professor) Department: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH / FACULTY OF MEDICINE Organisation: GHENT UNIVERSITY Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25 BELGIUM Contact Person: DE HENAUW, Stefaan Wj (Professor) Department: BASQUE GOVERNMET, HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN GIPUZKOA Organisation: FUNDACION VASCA DE INNOVACION E INVESTIGACION SANITARIAS PLAZA ASUA, 1 SPAIN Contact Person: AMIANO, Pilar (Ms.) Department: DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION POTSDAM-REHBRUECKE Organisation: GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION POTSDAM-REHBRUECKE Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114-116 GERMANY Contact Person: HOFFMANN, Kurt (Dr) Department: MET@RISK Organisation: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE 147 rue de l'Université FRANCE Contact Person: FEINBERG, Max (Dr) Organisation Type: Research Department: NUTRITION AND HORMONES GROUP Organisation: INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER 150 cours Albert-Thomas FRANCE Contact Person: SLIMANI, Nadia (Dr) Organisation Type: Research Department: HUMAN NUTRITION UNIT Organisation: ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA PER GLI ALIMENTIE LA NUTRIZIONE Via Ardeatina, 546 ITALY Contact Person: LECLERCQ, Catherine (Dr)
Country:Netherlands
Acronym
EFCOVAL
Geographical focus
  • Croatia
  • International; Other
Scientifc field / Thematic focus
  • Medical and Health Sciences
  • Social Sciences
Runtime
October 2006 - September 2009

Entry created by Elke Dall on July 21, 2009
Modified on April 2, 2012