MDC Diet Method

The dietary method used in the Malmö Diet Cancer is specially developed for the study. The choice of method was guided by the need to estimate the total diet in a middle-aged to elderly population, where eating habits largely consisted of regular, home cooked meals with meals eaten less often outside the home. The method consists of three parts:

• a Menu book, that is, a 7-day food diary
• a Dietary history, that is, a 168-question semi-quantitative dietary questionnaire
• a 45–60-minute dietary interview

For more information see linked documents (open in new tab):

MDC diet history (PDF 1,6 MB)

Instructions MDC dietary database (PDF 36,1 kB)

Menu book 7 days in Swedish (Menybok) (PDF, 1,7 MB)

Diet history registration in Swedish (Kosthistoria) (PDF, 2,6 MB)

Diet measurement in pictures (Bilderbok) (PDF, 36 MB)

MDC Foods and nutrients (PDF, 216 kB)