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Predictive equation helps estimate misreporting of energy intakes in dietary surveys

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Misreporting of dietary intake under free-living conditions in nutritional epidemiological studies can’t be easily captured. A predictive equation for total daily energy expenditure derived from the largest doubly labelled water dataset to date can help improve evaluation of the accuracy of self-reported dietary intake.

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  1. School of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    R. James Stubbs

  2. School of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    Mark Hopkins

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R.J.S. consults for Slimming World UK. M.H. declares no competing interests.

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Stubbs, R.J., Hopkins, M. Predictive equation helps estimate misreporting of energy intakes in dietary surveys. Nat Food 6, 8–9 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01090-y

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