Assessment of habitual meal pattern and intake of foods, energy and nutrients in Swedish adolescent girls: comparison of diet history with 7-day record

Abstract

Objective: To compare the diet history (DH) method to an estimated 7-day record (7-d) concerning meal pattern and intake of foods, energy and nutrients. Design: After the DH interview, subjects completed the 7-d. Setting: School setting, Göteborg, Sweden. Subjects: A total of 51 adolescent girls (15-16 y) recruited from 634 girls participating in The Göteborg Adolescence Study. Results: Two-thirds of the girls had identical or similar main meal pattern, while the number of in-between meals was higher using DH (Po0.001). Breakfast was the meal that agreed best and dinner during weekends. Energy intake (EI) was 8% higher in DH compared to 7-d (P ¼ 0.056). The ratio EI to basal metabolic rate was 1.35 (1.14, 1.65) using DH and 1.26 (1.08, 1.52) using 7-d, indicating under-reporting in both methods. Intake of vegetables, juice, sweets, soft-drinks and jam did not differ between the methods, but for the rest of the intake DH estimates were higher (Po0.05). The calculated nutrient intake was higher by DH, with exception of fat and sucrose. For the main food groups, energy and nutrients, except alcohol, ranking was similar between the methods. Adjusted for EI (10 MJ), intake of fat and sucrose were lower and protein, calcium and fibre were higher by DH (Po0.01). EI did not differ for lunch and dinner, but was higher in breakfast and in-between meals using DH. Intake of foods and nutrients in lunches and meat and fish for lunch and dinner did not differ. Conclusions: The diet history seems to work well as a reference method for dietary assessments in this age group.

Comparison of food consumption and nutrient intake assessed with three dietary assessment methods: results of the German National Nutrition Survey II

“…Furthermore, the tendency to underestimate foods perceived as socially undesirable may contribute to lower estimates of pastries (e.g., cakes, cookies, pies, and spicy snacks). This is in accordance with other studies: van Liere et al [29] revealed a lower consumption of cakes with diet history questionnaires in comparison with 24-h recalls and Sjöberg-Hulthen et al [28] found a lower consumption of sweet baked goods with the diet history questionnaire than with food records. Table 7 Food consumption of underreporters and plausible reporters and relative differences between these for each dietary assessment method In general, the results show that inhomogeneous food groups are more difficult to assess and show lower accordance between different dietary assessment methods.…”

“…Mean food consumption assessed with the diet history questionnaire gave higher estimates for three of the 18 food groups compared with the weighed food records in men and for one food group in women. Sjöberg and Hulthen [28] compared results of a diet history questionnaire with an estimated 7-day food record from 51 girls 15-16 years of age. For most food groups (14 out of 20) they showed higher consumption assessed with the diet history questionnaire in comparison with food records.…”

Validation and reproducibility of dietary assessment methods in adolescents: a systematic literature review

“…General overview An overview of the retrieved twenty original articles (1,(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31) is shown in Table 1.…”

“…The majority (n 17) (1,(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(22)(23)(24)26,27,(29)(30)(31) of them were identified as studies assessing the validation and reproducibility of FFQ against reference dietary instruments (Table 2), while the remaining three studies considered questionnaires other than FFQ analysed for their validity and reproducibility against different reference methods (21,25,28) ( Table 3). …”

“…The outcome in some cases included the values of validity and reproducibility of the instrument to assess both food and nutrient intakes (16,17,25,(28)(29)(30) , while some studies considered only the food intake (18,(20)(21)27) and some others only the nutrient intake (1,(13)(14)(15)19,(22)(23)(24)26,31) .…”