Assessing Change in Dietary-Fat Behaviors in a Weight-Loss Program for African Americans: A Potential Short Method

• Published in: Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2007-05, Vol.107 (5), p.838-842
• Main Authors: Anderson, Cheryl A.M., PhD, MPH, Kumanyika, Shiriki K., PhD, MPH, RD, Shults, Justine, PhD, Kallan, Michael J., MS, Gans, Kim M., PhD, MPH, Risica, Patricia M., PhD, RD
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; African Americans; Aged; Body Mass Index; Diet; dietary fat; Dietary Fats - administration & dosage; dietary surveys; eating habits; fat intake; Feeding Behavior - ethnology; Female; food choices; food frequency questionnaires; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Health Education; human nutrition; Humans; Internal Medicine; Middle Aged; Nutrition; Nutrition Assessment; nutritional intervention; Nutritional Sciences - education; obesity; Obesity - diet therapy; Oils & fats; overweight; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Surveys and Questionnaires - standards; Weight control; weight control programs; Weight Loss; Women
• ISSN: 0002-8223; 2212-2672; 1878-3570; 2212-2680
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2007.02.014

Abstract Change in dietary-fat behaviors was assessed in 95 African-American women in a culturally adapted weight-management program using the SisterTalk Food Habits Questionnaire. The hypothesis was that there would be no practical difference in ability to track dietary-fat behaviors related to weight change when using only 30 items from the SisterTalk Food Habits Questionnaire (about fat consumption frequency) compared to using all 91 items from the SisterTalk Food Habits Questionnaire (30 items plus additional details about behaviors). SisterTalk Food Habits Questionnaire responses use a scale of 1 to 4; higher numbers imply higher fat consumption. After an average of 18 months (n=49), a pre- to postintervention decrease in SisterTalk Food Habits Questionnaire score was observed using 91 items (−0.35) or 30 items (−0.28) (both P