Em Epidemiologia "desenho" é o mesmo que "estudo". Um "desenho épidemiológico" é um desenho epidemiológico. Estes podem ser feitos com base em vários critérios: como peso, altura, peso ao nascer, dados nutricionais, etc. (veja link abaixo, promovido pelo do governo brasileiro).

"Tipos de estudos (desenhos) epidemiológicos. Os estudos epidemiológicos podem ser divididos .... como peso, altura, peso ao nascer, dados nutricionais, ... esses critérios e seus significados de forma didática. ..."
www.cprm.gov.br/publique/media/geo_med3.pdf

Em inglês a expressão é NUTRICIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEYS. (veja um exemplo no link abaixo).
http://bddoc.csic.es:8080/detalles.html?tabla=docu&bd=IME&id...

Veja descrição e confirmação nos links abaixo.

'Desenhos' is referring to the design of the study, as detailed later in the sentence. 11,400,000 refs for [study + design + types].

We review the goals of **epidemiological nutritional studies** and evaluate methods of dietary data collection in terms of these goals. Special problems for the ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6831462

... Analysis of several biological markers improves the quality and physiologic comprehension of data obtained in **epidemiological nutritional studies**. ...
www.bio-marker.org/showabstract.php?pmid=19011656 - Cached

Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies in the elderly
by AN Exton-Smith - 1984 - Related articles
examination is essential in **epidemiological nutritional studies** of the elderly population ...
journals.cambridge.org/article_S0029665184000501

Handbook of dietary fiber - Google Books Result
These general observations from the **world epidemiological nutritional studies** confirm the data collected in Poland. After the Second World War, ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0824789601...

CoQ10 & Tocopherols in Cervical Ca & CIN
**Epidemiological nutritional studie**s suggest that higher dietary consumption and circulating levels of certain micronutrients may be protective against ...
www.annieappleseedproject.org/coqtocincerc.html - Cached

BioMed Central | Full text | Nutrition, mental health and violence ...
by MA Nunes - 2010 - Related articles
Aug 31, 2010 ... Although there are many methods to quantify food intake, obtaining reliable and **valid data in epidemiological nutritional studies** is a hard ...
www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/10/66 - Cached

Validation of the Italian food composition database of the ...
This is a positive advantage in metabolic and **epidemiological nutritional studies**. The second approach, however, is more time-consuming and expensive and ...
www.nature.com/ejcn/journal/v56/n10/full/1601435a.html - Similar


The use of antioxidant supplements in coronary heart disease
by L Kritharidesa - 2002 - Cited by 82 - Related articles
include **selected epidemiological nutritional studies**, prospective cohort studies, intervention studies measur- ing surrogate endpoints such as ...
ww3.heartfoundation.org.au/.../antioxidantsupplements%20chd%20atherosclerosis%20review%20article.pd...

Apr 8, 2010 ... Without genetics & nutrigenomics, **epidemiological nutritional research** will remain “mostly harmless”. Or to paraphrase a less amusing person ...
eurogene.blogspot.com/.../is-nutrition-research-any-use-without.html


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Note added at 1 hr (2011-01-09 02:01:40 GMT)
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Note that 'studies' is missing in the original but is implicit.