ICDAM is the only international conference solely devoted to improving methods and measures for both diet and physical activity. All surveillance studies monitoring diet or activity, and all epidemiologic studies examining those factors in relation to health, depend on the strength of the assessment methods.
Originally, ICDAM was known as the International Conference on Dietary Assessment Methods. Because two key concerns in dietary research—obesity and energy balance—also relate to physical activity, assessing measures of physical activity was a theme of the 2006 conference. Afterward, the planning committee decided to continue to include physical activity as a focus for future conferences, modifying the name to the International Conference on Diet and Activity Methods.
At each of the previous meetings, there have been more than 300 participants (sometimes over 500), representing over 30 countries. ICDAM 2020 marks the tenth conference and the second time ICDAM has been held in the Netherlands.
Originally, ICDAM was known as the International Conference on Dietary Assessment Methods. Because two key concerns in dietary research—obesity and energy balance—also relate to physical activity, assessing measures of physical activity was a theme of the 2006 conference. Afterward, the planning committee decided to continue to include physical activity as a focus for future conferences, modifying the name to the International Conference on Diet and Activity Methods.
At each of the previous meetings, there have been more than 300 participants (sometimes over 500), representing over 30 countries. ICDAM 2020 marks the tenth conference and the second time ICDAM has been held in the Netherlands.
ICDAM 1992: Assessing Diets to Improve World Health, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (Chair: Marilyn Buzzard)
Articles:
Rationale for an international conference series on dietary assessment methods
Keynote address
ICDAM 1995: Combining Theory and Practice, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Chairs: Walter Willett and Laura Sampson)
ICDAM 1998: Advances in Dietary, Biochemical and Statistical Approaches, Arnhem, Netherlands (Chairs: Wija van Staveren and Elio Riboli)
ICDAM 2000: Promoting the Appropriate use of Dietary Assessment Tools for All, Tucson, Arizona, USA (Chair: Douglass Taren)
Article: The International Conferences on Dietary Assessment Methods
ICDAM 2003: Expanding the Horizon - Dietary Assessment in a Multi-cultural World, Chiang-Rai, Thailand (Chair: Pattanee Winichagoon)
ICDAM 2006: Complementary Advances in Diet and Physical Activity Assessment Methodologies, Copenhagen, Denmark (Chairs: Berit Heitmann, Lauren Lissner, Anna Winkvist)
ICDAM 2009: Diet and Physical Activity Assessment - From the Individual to the Environment, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (Chair: Amy Subar)
Program
ICDAM 2012: Methodological Challenges for Measuring the Achievements of International Policies, Rome, Italy (Chair: Barbara Burlingame)
Program
ICDAM 2015: Eat Well, Be Active - How Do You Measure Up? Brisbane, Australia (Chair: Andrew Hills)
Program | Abstracts
eICDAM 2021: A Global Twenties Vision, hosted by Wageningen University & Research (Chairs: Edith Feskens, Jeanne de Vries, Sharon Kirkpatrick)
Articles:
Rationale for an international conference series on dietary assessment methods
Keynote address
ICDAM 1995: Combining Theory and Practice, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Chairs: Walter Willett and Laura Sampson)
ICDAM 1998: Advances in Dietary, Biochemical and Statistical Approaches, Arnhem, Netherlands (Chairs: Wija van Staveren and Elio Riboli)
ICDAM 2000: Promoting the Appropriate use of Dietary Assessment Tools for All, Tucson, Arizona, USA (Chair: Douglass Taren)
Article: The International Conferences on Dietary Assessment Methods
ICDAM 2003: Expanding the Horizon - Dietary Assessment in a Multi-cultural World, Chiang-Rai, Thailand (Chair: Pattanee Winichagoon)
ICDAM 2006: Complementary Advances in Diet and Physical Activity Assessment Methodologies, Copenhagen, Denmark (Chairs: Berit Heitmann, Lauren Lissner, Anna Winkvist)
ICDAM 2009: Diet and Physical Activity Assessment - From the Individual to the Environment, Washington, District of Columbia, USA (Chair: Amy Subar)
Program
ICDAM 2012: Methodological Challenges for Measuring the Achievements of International Policies, Rome, Italy (Chair: Barbara Burlingame)
Program
ICDAM 2015: Eat Well, Be Active - How Do You Measure Up? Brisbane, Australia (Chair: Andrew Hills)
Program | Abstracts
eICDAM 2021: A Global Twenties Vision, hosted by Wageningen University & Research (Chairs: Edith Feskens, Jeanne de Vries, Sharon Kirkpatrick)
