2.2. Baseline Assessment
DISEASE
To record and document the habitual dietary patterns within and between groups, the preliminary phase of the KoALA study included full self-reporting of the individual’s dietary intake over seven days. The dietary record was based on the template “Freiburger Ernährungsprotokoll Standard”, which was provided by PRODI software version 6.4 (Nutri-Science, Stuttgart, Germany) and includes foods and usual portion sizes of a typical German diet. Foods not listed in the template were documented manually by the participants, including the name and the amount of the consumed food. The daily energy and nutrient intake was calculated by the software package PRODI.In addition, participants filled out questionnaires to assess lifestyle, health, and disease status (including medication use).