Validity of the 24-Hour Recall Method in Infancy: The Leiden Pre-School Children Study

In the Leiden Pre-School Children Study the 24-hour recall method was used to determine the energy and nutrient intake of children from four to 28 months. A validation study was carried out in order to get insight into the validity of the collected dietary data. In the first part of the study the va...

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Published in:International journal of epidemiology 1988-03, Vol.17 (1), p.217-221
Main Authors: HORST, CORRIE H, OBERMANN-DE BOER, GATSKE L, KROMHOUT, DAAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
Diet Surveys
Energy Intake
Epidemiology
Evaluation Studies as Topic
General aspects
Humans
Infant
Infant Food - analysis
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Medical sciences
Mental Recall
Methods
Netherlands
Nutrition Surveys
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Time Factors
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Summary:In the Leiden Pre-School Children Study the 24-hour recall method was used to determine the energy and nutrient intake of children from four to 28 months. A validation study was carried out in order to get insight into the validity of the collected dietary data. In the first part of the study the validity of the Dutch food table, supplemented with data on commercial babyfoods, was tested. The calculated average energy and nutrient intake of 111 six-month-old nonbreastfed infants was compared with the results of chemical analysis of an equivalent composite corresponding with the average food intake of these children. With the exception of calcium and phosphorus the difference between the calculated and analysed values was less than 5%. Secondly the 24-hour recall was validated against the duplicate portion technique among 41 six-month-old non-breastfed infants. With the exception of sodium and iron, energy and nutrient intake data calculated from the 24-hour recall were significantly higher than those obtained after chemical analysis of the duplicate portions. However, on a relative level the results of the 24-hour recall and the duplicate portion technique corresponded very well. These results suggest that for infants a systematic difference exists between both methods.
ISSN:0300-5771
1464-3685
DOI:10.1093/ije/17.1.217