• Indication
• Pros and cons
• Practical considerations
• Resources required
• References
• Examples and links

• Dietary assessment
• Methods
• Dietary checklist
• Pros and cons

Pros and cons

Pros

• Provides a prospective record of intake which is not reliant on memory
• There is flexibility to add additional foods or alternative portion sizes to the food checklist
• Suitable for group level comparisons
• Low respondent burden

Cons

• Requires literacy and numeracy skills
• Food list must be representative of the foods eaten by the population being studied
• Contextual information about eating not obtained
• Dependent on respondents completing the checklist prospectively rather than retrospectively

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