scholarly journals How well do children aged 5–7 years recall food eaten at school lunch?

2003 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet M Warren ◽  
C Jeya K Henry ◽  
M Barbara E Livingstone ◽  
Helen J Lightowler ◽  
Suzanne M Bradshaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Free Recall ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
School Lunch ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Dietary Recall ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Dietary Assessment Method

AbstractObjective:This study aimed to determine the accuracy with which children aged 5 to 7 years were able to report the food eaten at a school lunch.Subjects/setting:Two hundred and three children (103 boys, 100 girls) aged 5–7 years were recruited from three primary schools in Oxford.Design:Trained investigators made observational records of the school dinner and packed lunch intakes of four or five children per session. Children were interviewed within two hours of finishing the lunchtime meal and asked to provide a free recall of their meal. When the child had completed the recall, non-directive prompts were used to assess if the child was able to remember anything else. Foods recalled were classified as matches (recalled food agreed with observation), omissions (failed to report a food observed) or phantoms (recalled food was not observed).Results:The percentage of accurate recall was significantly higher (P<0.01) in children eating packed lunch (mean 70±29%) than in children consuming school dinners (mean 58±27%). This difference may have been due to increased familiarity of foods in packed lunches. Leftovers were not readily reported in this age group. Prompts and cues enhanced recall by all children.Conclusions:This study indicated that there was a wide range in the ability of children aged 5–7 years to recall intake from a packed lunch and/or school dinner. This dietary assessment method is unlikely to be suitable at an individual level. Investigators using dietary recall to estimate food intake in children aged 5–7 years need to be aware of the limitations of this method.

scholarly journals Comparison of a picture-sort food-frequency questionnaire with 24-hour dietary recalls in an elderly Utah population

2001 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 961-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi J Wengreen ◽  
Ronald G Munger ◽  
Siew Sun Wong ◽  
Nancy A West ◽  
Richard Cutler
Keyword(s):  
Food Frequency Questionnaire ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Rank Correlation ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Impaired Hearing ◽  
Low Literacy ◽  
Food Frequency ◽  
Dietary Recall ◽  
Memory Skill

AbstractObjective:To evaluate the 137-item Utah Picture-sort Food-frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) in the measurement of usual dietary intake in older adults.Design:The picture-sort FFQ was administered at baseline and again one year later. Three seasonal 24-hour dietary recall interviews were collected during the year between the two FFQs. Mean nutrient intakes were compared between methods and between administrations of the FFQ.Setting:The FFQ interviews were administered in respondents' homes or care-centres. The 24-hour diet recalls were conducted by telephone interview on random days of the week.Subjects:Two-hundred-and-eight men and women aged 55–84 years were recruited by random sample of controls from a case–control study of nutrition and bone health in Utah.Results:After adjustment for total energy intake, median Spearman rank correlation coefficients between the two picture-sort FFQs were 0.69 for men aged ≤69 years, 0.66 for men aged >69 years; and 0.68 for women aged ≤69 years, 0.67 for women aged >69 years. Median correlation coefficients between methods were 0.50 for men ≤69 years old, 0.52 for men >69 years old; 0.55 for women ≤69 years old, 0.46 for women >69 years old.Conclusions:We report intake correlations between methods and administrations comparable to those reported in the literature for traditional paper-and-pencil FFQs and one other picture-sort method of FFQ. This dietary assessment method may improve ease and accuracy of response in this and other populations with low literacy levels, poor memory skill, impaired hearing, or poor vision.

scholarly journals Recommendations for a trans-European dietary assessment method in children between 4 and 14 years

2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (S1) ◽  
pp. S58-S64 ◽  
Author(s):  
L F Andersen ◽  
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S Lioret ◽  
H Brants ◽  
A Kaic-Rak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Dietary Assessment Method

Relative validity of FFQ to assess food items, energy, macronutrient and micronutrient intake in children and adolescents: a systematic review with meta-analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luisa Saravia ◽  
Maria L. Miguel-Berges ◽  
Iris Iglesia ◽  
Marcus V. Nascimento-Ferreira ◽  
Guillermo Perdomo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Dietary Intake ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Nutritional Epidemiology ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Relative Validity ◽  
Dietary Assessment Method

Abstract FFQ are one of the most widely used tools of research into nutritional epidemiology, and many studies have been conducted in several countries using this dietary assessment method. The present study aimed to evaluate the relative validity of FFQ, in comparison with other methods, in assessing dietary intake of children and adolescents, through a systematic review. Four electronic databases (Embase, PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science) found sixty-seven articles, which met the inclusion criteria (healthy children and adolescents from 3 to 18 years of age; journal articles written in English, Spanish and Portuguese between 1988 and March 2019; results showing the comparison between the FFQ with other methods of assessment of dietary intake). The articles were analysed by two independent reviewers. A meta-analysis was conducted using correlation coefficients as estimate effects between the FFQ and the reference standard method. Subgroup analysis and meta-regression were performed to identify the probable source of heterogeneity. In fifty-five of the sixty-seven studies, a single dietary assessment method was used to evaluate the FFQ; nine combined the two methods and three used three reference methods. The most widely used reference method was the 24-h recall, followed by the food record. The overall relative validity of the FFQ to estimate energy, macronutrient, certain micronutrient and certain food item intakes in children and adolescents may be considered weak. The study protocol was registered in PROSPERO under number CRD42016038706.

scholarly journals Collection of food intake data: a reappraisal of criteria for judging the methods

1990 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renato Borrelli
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Dietary Assessment Methods ◽  
Valid Estimate ◽  
Precision And Accuracy ◽  
Controversial Area ◽  
Habitual Pattern ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Dietary Assessment Method

The relationship between diet and the development of chronic disease still remains a controversial area. One major difficulty is to obtain a valid estimate of habitual pattern and level of food consumption for each individual. There is, in fact, a voluminous and largely negative literature on the validity of dietary assessment methods. In the present paper the utility of the most frequently used dietary assessment method in epidemiological studies is discussed in terms of precision and accuracy.

scholarly journals Validation of a Smartphone Image-Based Dietary Assessment Method for Pregnant Women

Nutrients ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Ashman ◽  
Clare Collins ◽  
Leanne Brown ◽  
Kym Rae ◽  
Megan Rollo
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Dietary Assessment Method
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