IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA LIDMS
Held at: King's College London College Archives
Title: King's College London: Low Income Diet Methods Study (LIDMS)
Date(s): 2001
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 26 boxes, 2.6 cubic metres
Name of creator(s): King's College London | Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at King's College London developed the Low Income Diet Methods Study in 2001. It was funded by the Food Standards Agency, as a result of growing concern about the diets of people on low incomes and primarily focused on the reasons inhibiting people from eating healthily. The research project compliments the National Diet and Nutrition Survey programme which collects information on the dietary habits and nutritional status of the UK population.
The study had three aims; to compare the effectiveness and acceptability of three dietary survey methods in a cross-section of people living on low income; to make recommendations regarding sampling techniques and dietary methodology appropriate for a pilot study and a national study of diet and low income; to investigate food consumption, eating patterns and nutrient intakes in low income households relating to deprivation indicators, food security measures and other household characteristics and circumstances. 411 respondents completed the study during 2001 and the results are based upon an analysis of 384 subjects in 240 households, including 159 males and 225 females aged 2-90 years, all being obese.
Dr Michael Nelson, senior lecturer at King's College London, was project director, assisted by staff including Dr Bridget Holmes. This project resulted in the publication of a report to the Food Standards Agency, Low income diet methods study, (2003).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers relating to King's College London's Low Income Diet Methods Study (LIDMS), 2001, comprising research data used in the published report, 2003. The collection contains individual folders for each household surveyed, including eating habits (26 boxes); weight record sheets; food checklists; home food diaries; weighed food diaries; introductory questionnaires; 24 hour recall respondent questionnaires; eating habits questionnaires; food consumption records and eating pattern checklists, 2001.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged in accession order, as above.
Conditions governing access:
Administrative records are generally closed for 30 years except for published material.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
No additional finding aids exist.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred to King's College London College Archives by the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics in 2007.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Publication note:
Nelson M, Dick K, Holmes B, Thomas R and Dowler E, Low income diet methods study (LIDMS), Report to the Food Standards Agency, (2003).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Accession number C028.
Archivist's note: Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.
Date(s) of descriptions: January 2008