Validation of a dietary assessment instrument designed to measure fat intake

The purpose of this study was to validate an instrument which accurately estimates dietary fat intake. The study compared actual fat intake values obtained by plate waste measures to a 24-hour semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (SFFQ). The SFFQ lists foods along with fat-containing condim...

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Published in:Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 1995-07, Vol.15 (7), p.969-976
Main Authors: Beerman, Kathy A., Dittus, Kim L., Evans, Marc A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
CORPS GRAS
DECHET ALIMENTAIRE
DESECHOS ALIMENTARIOS
DIETA
Dietary Assessment
EVALUACION
EVALUATION
Feeding. Feeding behavior
FEMME
Food Recall
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
GRASAS
HOMBRES
HOMME
INGESTION DE NUTRIENTES
INGESTION DE SUBSTANCES NUTRITIVES
MUJERES
NUTRICION HUMANA
Nutrition Anthropology
NUTRITION HUMAINE
REGIME ALIMENTAIRE
Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to validate an instrument which accurately estimates dietary fat intake. The study compared actual fat intake values obtained by plate waste measures to a 24-hour semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (SFFQ). The SFFQ lists foods along with fat-containing condiments to represent how foods are typically consumed. It was hypothesized that listing food items together with their associated condiments would serve as written prompts to facilitate recall. To determine if listing fat-containing condiments along with food items facilitates recall, a traditional semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (SFFQ-T) was developed as a comparison. The results of this study indicate that the SFFQ more accurately estimates actual fat intake compared to the SFFQ-T.
ISSN:0271-5317
1879-0739
DOI:10.1016/0271-5317(95)00058-Q