Desiree A. Lucassen

Wageningen University & Research | WUR · Division of Human Nutrition and Health

Background: Conventional dietary assessment methods are affected by measurement error. We developed a smartphone-based 2-hour recall (2hR) methodology to reduce participant burden and memory-related bias. Objective: Assessing the validity of the 2hR method against traditional 24-hour recalls (24hRs) and objective biomarkers. Methods: Dietary i...

Objective To examine individual outcomes after tailored lifestyle (PROfeel) or generic dietary advice as self‐management intervention for persistent fatigue in adolescents and young adults with a chronic condition, to compare participants who did and did not benefit and to explore changes to factors in the biopsychosocial model of fatigue after PRO...

Objectives To evaluate the use of two self‐management intervention strategies for persistent fatigue in adolescents and young adults with a fatigue syndrome or rheumatic condition. Design A randomized crossover trial administering tailored lifestyle advice and generic dietary advice, each 12 weeks, with a four‐week washout period between. Methods...

The relationship among the various causal factors of obesity is not well understood, and there remains a lack of viable data to advance integrated, systems models of its etiology. The collection of big data has begun to allow the exploration of causal associations between behavior, built environment, and obesity-relevant health outcomes. Here, we c...

A healthy diet during pregnancy has been associated with beneficial child and maternal health outcomes but is challenging to achieve. Recent technological advances offer new opportunities to support pregnant women in their food choices-for instance, via apps. This is already reflected by a wide availability of pregnancy-related apps, but health car...

During recent years, the integration of technology has substantially improved self-reported dietary assessment methods, such as food frequency questionnaires (FFQ), food records, and 24-h recalls. To further reduce measurement error, additional innovations are urgently needed. Memory-related measurement error is one of the aspects that warrants att...

Overweight, obesity and cardiometabolic diseases are major global health concerns. Lifestyle factors, including diet, have been acknowledged to play a key role in the solution of these health risks. However, as shown by numerous studies, and in clinical practice, it is extremely challenging to quantify dietary behaviors as well as influencing them...

Prenatal nutrition is a key predictor of early-life development. However, despite mass campaigns to stimulate healthy nutrition during pregnancy, the diet of Dutch pregnant women is often suboptimal. Innovative technologies offer an opportunity to develop tailored tools, which resulted in the release of various apps on healthy nutrition during preg...

Background Inaccurate self‐report of portion sizes is a major cause of measurement error in dietary assessment. To reduce this error, different portion size estimation aids (PSEAs) have been developed, including food images (image based, IB‐PSE) and textual descriptions of portion sizes (text‐based, TB‐PSE). We assessed the accuracy of portion size...

To collect dietary intake data in a fast and reliable manner, a flexible and innovative smartphone application (app) called Traqq was developed (iOS/Android). This app can be used as a food record and 24-h recall (or shorter recall periods). Different sampling schemes can be created on either prespecified or random days/times within a predetermined...

Self-reported methods of recall and real-time recording are the most commonly used approaches to assess dietary intake, both in research as well as the health-care setting. The traditional versions of these methods are limited by various methodological factors and burdensome for interviewees and researchers. Technology-based dietary assessment tool...