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Development of a food frequency questionnaire for an adult population living in Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil
This study has aimed to describe the elaboration of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for the adult population living in Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil. It was a cross-sectional study conducted with 50 adult subjects of both genres in the city of Santo Amaro from August to September, 2013. The roll o...
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Published in: | Demetra: Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde Nutrição e Saúde, 2016-03, Vol.11 (1), p.195 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | This study has aimed to describe the elaboration of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for the adult population living in Santo Amaro, Bahia, Brazil. It was a cross-sectional study conducted with 50 adult subjects of both genres in the city of Santo Amaro from August to September, 2013. The roll of items consisted of 91 food items distributed in 7 categories of consumption and in 15 food groups. The first FFQ was applied on the study population with the 24h recall (R24H). From the initial FFQ, 38 food products were excluded, representing 41.77% of the list. The foods mentioned by at least 15% of the study population were kept in the FFQ, highlighting the group of fruits, with a consumption percentage larger than or equal to 90%; of the groups of vegetables, sugars and sugary products, dairy products, bakery products, beverages, meats, grains, pasta and flour. The final FFQ list presented 53 food items. Noteworthy, with this instrument food consumption assessment is going to be more reliable, as it approximates to the local reality of the population studied, contributing with research that investigates the relationship between food consumption and health conditions. The conclusion is that the initial FFQ associated with the R24h were important instruments that outlined the construction of the proposed FFQ, which considered the food habit of the study population, expressing higher quality to the instrument, practicability and an optimized application time. Key words: Food Consumption. Questionnaires. Eating Behavior. Epidemiology. |
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ISSN: | 2238-913X 2238-913X |
DOI: | 10.12957/demetra.2016.18460 |