Relative Validity of an Online Herb and Spice Consumption Questionnaire

Culinary herbs and spices contribute bioactives to the diet, which act to reduce systemic inflammation and associated disease. Investigating the health effects of herb/spice consumption is hampered, however, by a scarcity of dietary assessment tools designed to collect herb/spice data. The objective of this study was to determine the relative validity of an online 28-item herb/spices intake questionnaire (HSQ). In randomized order, 62 volunteers residing in Idaho, USA, completed the online Diet History Questionnaire III + the HSQ followed one week later by one of two comparative methods: 7-day food records or three telephone-administered 24-h dietary recalls. Relative validity of the HSQ was tested two ways: (1) by comparing herb/spice intakes between the HSQ and comparator, and (2) by determining the correlation between herb/spice data and Healthy Eating Index 2015 score. The HSQ and both comparators identified black pepper, cinnamon and garlic powder as the three most commonly used herbs/spices. The HSQ captured significantly higher measures of the number and amount of herbs/spices consumed than the comparators. The number of herbs/spices consumed was significantly directly correlated with diet quality for the HSQ. These results support the ability of the HSQ to record general herb/spice use, yet suggest that further validation testing is needed.

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Reproducibility and Relative Validity of the Healthy Eating Index-2015 and Nutrient-Rich Food Index 9.3 Estimated by Comprehensive and Brief Diet History Questionnaires in Japanese Adults

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu11102540 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (10) ◽

pp. 2540 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Kentaro Murakami ◽

M. Barbara E. Livingstone ◽

Aya Fujiwara ◽

Satoshi Sasaki

Keyword(s):

Healthy Eating ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Dietary Assessment ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

Healthy Eating Index ◽

Relative Validity ◽

Rich Food ◽

Dietary Records ◽

Diet History Questionnaire ◽

Diet History

We examined the reproducibility and relative validity of two measures of overall diet quality, the Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015) and Nutrient-Rich Food Index 9.3 (NRF9.3), as estimated by well-established self-administered dietary assessment questionnaires for the Japanese, namely the comprehensive diet history questionnaire (DHQ) and the brief diet history questionnaire (BDHQ). Diet was assessed separately by two DHQs and two BDHQs at a 1-year interval and by 16-day weighed dietary records (DRs) in 121 women and 121 men aged 31–81 years. HEI-2015 and NRF9.3 were calculated from each method. The reproducibility correlation for the two questionnaires (intraclass correlation) ranged from 0.53 (HEI-2015 from BDHQ in men) to 0.77 (NRF9.3 from BDHQ in women). The validity correlation between the first questionnaires and DR (Pearson correlation) ranged from 0.37 (NRF9.3 from BDHQ in men) to 0.61 (NRF9.3 from DHQ and BDHQ in women). Bland–Altman plots showed poor agreement between the DHQ or BDHQ and DR, as well as the presence of weak proportional bias. Overall, these data indicate reasonable reproducibility and ranking ability of the DHQ and BDHQ for assessing the HEI-2015 and NRF9.3 and support their usefulness in future epidemiological research on the overall effects of Japanese diets on various health outcomes.

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Relative validity of dietary patterns derived from a self-administered diet history questionnaire using factor analysis among Japanese adults

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980009993211 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 13 (7) ◽

pp. 1080-1089 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

Hitomi Okubo ◽

Kentaro Murakami ◽

Satoshi Sasaki ◽

Mi Kyung Kim ◽

Naoko Hirota ◽

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Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Dietary Patterns ◽

Pearson Correlation ◽

Dietary Assessment ◽

Correlation Coefficients ◽

Food Groups ◽

Relative Validity ◽

Japanese Adults ◽

Diet History Questionnaire ◽

Diet History

AbstractObjectiveAlthough dietary pattern approaches derived from dietary assessment questionnaires are widely used, only a few studies in Western countries have reported the validity of this approach. We examined the relative validity of dietary patterns derived from a self-administered diet history questionnaire (DHQ) among Japanese adults.DesignThe DHQ, assessing diet during the preceding month, and 4 d dietary records (DR) were collected in each season over one year. To derive dietary patterns, 145 food items in the DHQ and 1259 in the DR were classified into thirty-three predefined food groups, and entered into a factor analysis.SettingThree areas in Japan; Osaka (urban), Nagano (rural inland) and Tottori (rural coastal).SubjectsA total of ninety-two Japanese women and ninety-two Japanese men aged 31–76 years.ResultsWe identified three dietary patterns (‘healthy’, ‘Western’ and ‘Japanese traditional’) in women and two (‘healthy’ and ‘Western’) in men, which showed a relatively similar direction and magnitude of factor loadings of food groups across the first and mean of four DHQ (DHQ1 and mDHQ, respectively) and 16 d DR. The Pearson correlation coefficients between DHQ1 and 16 d DR for the healthy, Western and Japanese traditional patterns in women were 0·57, 0·36 and 0·44, and for the healthy and Western patterns in men were 0·62 and 0·56, respectively. When mDHQ was examined, the correlation coefficients improved for women (0·45–0·69).ConclusionsDietary patterns derived from the DHQ could be used for epidemiological studies as surrogates of those derived from DR.

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Administering a combination of online dietary assessment tools, the Automated Self-Administered 24-Hour Dietary Assessment Tool, and Diet History Questionnaire II, in a cohort of adults in Alberta's Tomorrow Project

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics ◽

10.1016/j.jand.2021.01.014 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Nathan M. Solbak ◽

Paula J. Robson ◽

Geraldine Lo Siou ◽

Ala Al Rajabi ◽

Seol Paek ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Assessment Tool ◽

Dietary Assessment ◽

Assessment Tools ◽

Diet History Questionnaire ◽

Diet History

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Relative Validity of a Short 15-Item Food Frequency Questionnaire Measuring Dietary Quality, by the Diet History Method

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu13113754 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 3754

Author(s):

Elisabet Rothenberg ◽

Elisabeth Strandhagen ◽

Jessica Samuelsson ◽

Felicia Ahlner ◽

Therese Rydberg Sterner ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Dietary Patterns ◽

Dietary Assessment ◽

Assessment Tools ◽

Dietary Quality ◽

Categorical Variables ◽

Food Frequency ◽

High Agreement ◽

Relative Validity ◽

Study Population ◽

Diet History

Food frequency questionnaires (FFQ) are commonly used dietary assessment tools. The aim was to assess the relative validity of a 15-item FFQ, designed for the screening of poor dietary patterns with a validated diet history (DH). The study population was derived from the Gothenburg H70 Birth Cohort Studies. The DH registrations were harmonized in accordance with the FFQ frequencies. The agreement was assessed by Cohen’s kappa with corresponding confidence intervals (CI) for the frequency and categorical variables. Bland–Altman plots were used for the numeric variables. The study comprised data from 848 individuals (55.2% women). Overall, there was high agreement between the methods, with the exact and adjacent level of agreement over 80% for eight variables. The proportion attributed to the opposite frequency was fairly low for most of the frequency variables. Most of the kappa values were in fair or moderate agreement. The highest kappa values were calculated for the type of cooking fat (k = 0.68, CI = 0.63–0.72) and sandwich spread (k = 0.55, CI = 0.49–0.53), and the lowest for type of bread (0.13, CI = 0.07–0.20) and sweets (0.22 CI = 0.18–0.27). In conclusion, the FFQ showed overall good agreement compared with the DH. We, therefore, think it, with some improvements, could serve as a simple screening tool for poor dietary patterns.

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Preoccupation with Body Weight and Under-Reporting of Energy Intake in Female Japanese Nutrition Students

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu12030830 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 830 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Masaharu Kagawa ◽

Andrew P. Hills

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Energy Intake ◽

Dietary Assessment ◽

Nutritional Knowledge ◽

Body Composition Assessment ◽

Percentage Body Fat ◽

Activity Assessment ◽

Body Attitudes ◽

Diet History Questionnaire ◽

Diet History

The present study aimed to examine associations between body image and under-reporting in female Japanese university students enrolled in a nutrition degree program. A total of 100 participants (aged 18–29 years) completed (1) a self-administered questionnaire including the Ben-Tovim Walker Body Attitudes Questionnaire (BAQ), (2) a dietary assessment using a brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire (BDHQ), (3) a physical activity assessment using Bouchard’s Physical Activity Record (BAR) and a tri-axial accelerometer, (4) detailed anthropometry, and (5) body composition assessment. Based on the energy intake to basal metabolic rate ratio (EI:BMR) and using a cut-off point of 1.35, 67% of participants were considered under-reporters (URs). While there was no between-group difference in BMI, URs had significantly (p < 0.05) greater percentage body fat (%BF) and trunk fat (%TF) compared with non-URs. Regression analyses indicated accuracy of body perception and a discrepancy between current and ideal weight were associated with EI:BMR, whereas the salience subscale of the BAQ was associated with reported EI. The study raises concerns regarding the validity of EI reported from young Japanese females as they are known to have a strong preoccupation with thinness, even with an acceptable BMI and health and nutritional knowledge.

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Reproducibility and relative validity of dietary glycaemic index and load assessed with a self-administered diet-history questionnaire in Japanese adults

British Journal Of Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s0007114507812086 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 99 (3) ◽

pp. 639-648 ◽

Cited By ~ 76

Author(s):

Kentaro Murakami ◽

Satoshi Sasaki ◽

Yoshiko Takahashi ◽

Hitomi Okubo ◽

Naoko Hirota ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Epidemiological Studies ◽

Glycaemic Index ◽

Relative Validity ◽

White Rice ◽

Glycaemic Load ◽

Japanese Adults ◽

Dietary Records ◽

Diet History Questionnaire ◽

Diet History ◽

The Mean

Although many epidemiological studies have examined the association of dietary glycaemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL) with health outcomes, information on the reproducibility and relative validity of these variables estimated from dietary questionnaires is extremely limited. We examined the reproducibility and relative validity of dietary GI and GL assessed with a self-administered diet-history questionnaire (DHQ) in adult Japanese. A total of ninety-two Japanese women and ninety-two Japanese men aged 31–76 years completed the DHQ (assessing diet during the preceding month) and 4 d dietary records (DR) in each season over a 1-year period (DHQ1–4 and DR1–4, respectively) and the DHQ at 1 year after completing DHQ1 (DHQ5). We used intraclass correlations between DHQ1 and DHQ5 to assess reproducibility, and Pearson correlations between the mean of DR1–4 and mean of DHQ1–4 and between the mean of DR1–4 and DHQ1 to assess relative validity. Reproducibility correlations for dietary GI and GL were 0·57 and 0·69 among women and 0·65 and 0·58 among men, respectively. Validity correlations for dietary GI and GL assessed by DHQ1–4 were 0·72 and 0·66 among women and 0·65 and 0·71 among men, respectively. Corresponding correlations for DHQ1 were 0·53 and 0·58 among women and 0·57 and 0·60 among men, respectively. White rice was the major contributor to GI and GL in both methods (49–64 %). These data indicate reasonable reproducibility and relative validity of dietary GI and GL assessed by a DHQ for Japanese adults, whose dietary GI and GL are primarily determined by the GI of white rice.

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Addition of food group equivalents to the Canadian Diet History Questionnaire II for the estimation of the Canadian Healthy Eating Index-2005

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada ◽

10.24095/hpcdp.38.3.03 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

pp. 125-134

Author(s):

Maria McInerney ◽

Vikki Ho ◽

Anita Koushik ◽

Isabelle Massarelli ◽

Isabelle Rondeau ◽

...

Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Healthy Eating ◽

Diet Quality ◽

Canadian Community Health Survey ◽

Food Group ◽

Healthy Eating Index ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Community Health Survey ◽

Diet History Questionnaire ◽

Diet History

Introduction Poor diet quality has been shown to increase the risk of common chronic diseases that can negatively impact quality of life and burden the healthcare system. Canada’s Food Guide evidence-based recommendations provide dietary guidance aimed at increasing diet quality. Compliance with Canada’s Food Guide can be assessed with the Canadian Healthy Eating Index (C-HEI), a diet quality score. The recently designed Canadian Diet History Questionnaire II (C-DHQ II), a comprehensive food frequency questionnaire could be used to estimate the C-HEI in Canadian populations with the addition of food group equivalents (representing Canada’s Food Guide servings) to the C-DHQ II nutrient database. We describe methods developed to augment the C-DHQ II nutrient database to estimate the C-HEI. Methods Food group equivalents were created using food and nutrient data from existing published food and nutrient databases (e.g. the Canadian Community Health Survey — Cycle 2.2 Nutrition [2004]). The variables were then added to the C-DHQ II companion nutrient database. C-HEI scores were determined and descriptive analyses conducted for participants who completed the C-DHQ II in a cross-sectional Canadian study. Results The mean (standard deviation) C-HEI score in this sample of 446 adults aged 20 to 83 was 64.4 (10.8). Women, non-smokers, and those with more than high school education had statistically significant higher C-HEI scores than men, smokers and those with high school diplomas or less. Conclusion The ability to assess C-HEI using the C-DHQ II facilitates the study of diet quality and health outcomes in Canada.

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Relative validity of brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire among very old Japanese aged 80 years or older

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980018002331 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 212-222 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Satomi Kobayashi ◽

Xiaoyi Yuan ◽

Satoshi Sasaki ◽

Yusuke Osawa ◽

Takumi Hirata ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Correlation Coefficient ◽

Epidemiological Studies ◽

Dietary Intakes ◽

Food Groups ◽

Relative Validity ◽

Very Old ◽

Old Japanese ◽

Diet History Questionnaire ◽

Diet History ◽

Spearman’S Correlation

AbstractObjectiveDietary questionnaires for assessing dietary intakes among populations of individuals aged 80 years or older (the very old) are very limited. We examined the relative validity of forty-three nutrients and twenty-seven food groups estimated by a brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire (BDHQ) targeting very old Japanese, using semi-weighed dietary records (DR) as a reference.DesignBetween June and August 2012 and between June 2015 and February 2016, a three-day non-consecutive DR (at two-week intervals) and a BDHQ were completed.SettingTokyo, the capital prefecture of Japan.SubjectsEighty very old Japanese (thirty-six men and forty-four women) aged 82–94 years.ResultsThe median intakes of 40–70 % of the crude and energy-adjusted nutrients estimated by the BDHQ were significantly different from those estimated by the DR. The median Spearman’s correlation coefficient of nutrient intakes between the BDHQ and the DR was 0·39–0·46. About half (48–56 %) of the food groups were significantly different in terms of the median intakes estimated by the BDHQ and the DR in crude and energy-adjusted values. The median Spearman’s correlation coefficient between the BDHQ and the DR was 0·45–0·48.ConclusionsAcceptable Spearman’s correlations (≥0·3) were obtained for many dietary intakes among the very old Japanese population. The BDHQ is a good candidate for epidemiological studies among very old Japanese, although, for some nutrients and food groups, the difficulty of estimating accurate median intakes is one of the limitations for the tool. Further efforts to enhance the validity of the BDHQ for very old populations are needed.

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