Energy intake misreporting among children and adolescents: a literature review

Forrestal, Sarah G.

doi:10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00270.x

Cited by 115 publications

(132 citation statements)

References 45 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

118

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Finally, the BMI-for-age z scores suggested that the children were, on average, heavier than the American reference population, one of the many variables known to be associated with underreporting. [34][35][36][37] Against the backdrop of limited testeretest reliability of the modified MEDFICTS in the group as a whole and specifically among boys the lack of significant correlations between the final score in the modified MEDFICTS and the PFE, PSFE, and cholesterol in the food records was not surprising. Thus, only for girls could a meaningful relative validity be reasonably expected.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reliability and Validity of a Modified MEDFICTS Dietary Fat Screener in South African Schoolchildren Are Determined by Use and Outcome Measures

Wenhold¹,

MacIntyre²,

Rheeder³

2014

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background In South Africa, noncommunicable diseases and obesity are increasing and also affect children. No validated assessment tools for fat intake are available. ObjectiveTo determine test-retest reliability and relative validity of a pictorial modified meats, eggs, dairy, fried foods, fats in baked goods, convenience foods, table fats, and snacks (MEDFICTS) dietary fat screener.Design We determined test-retest reliability and diagnostic accuracy with the modified MEDFICTS as the index test and a 3-day weighed food record and parental completion of the screener as primary and secondary reference methods, respectively.Participants/setting Grade-six learners (aged 12 years, 4 months) in an urban, middleclass school (n=93) and their parents (n=72).Outcome measures Portion size, frequency of intake, final score, and classification of fat intake of the modified MEDFICTS, and percent energy from fat, saturated fatty acids, and cholesterol of the food record. Statistical analyses For categorical data agreement was based on kappa statistics,McNemar's test for symmetry, and diagnostic performance parameters. Continuous data were analyzed with correlations, mean differences, the Bland-Altman method, and receiver operating characteristics. ResultsThe classification of fat intake by the modified MEDFICTS was test-retest reliable.Final scores of the group did not differ between administrations (P=0.86). The correlation of final scores between administrations was significant for girls only (r=0.58; P=0.01). Reliability of portion size and frequency of intake scores depended on the food category. For girls the screener final score was significantly (P<0.5) correlated to total, saturated fat, and cholesterol intakes (but not to percentenergy from fat and saturated fatty acids intakes). The sensitivity of the modified MEDFICTS was very high (>90%), but chance corrected agreement between the classifications was poor. Parents did not agree with their children.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reliability and Validity of a Modified MEDFICTS Dietary Fat Screener in South African Schoolchildren Are Determined by Use and Outcome Measures

Wenhold¹,

MacIntyre²,

Rheeder³

2014

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…For example, a majority of self-reported energy intake data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) are not physiologically plausible (Archer, Hand, & Blair, 2013). Moreover, there are examples of both under-and over-reporting across other studies that use self-reported energy intake, particularly in children and adolescents (Fisher, Johnson, Lindquist, Birch, & Goran, 2000;Forrestal, 2011;Santos, Pascoal, Fisberg, Cintra, & Martini, 2010). Heavier youth are more likely to underreport the amount they eat on self-report measures compared to their actual intake (Wolkoff et al, 2011).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 89%

Intake at a single, palatable buffet test meal is associated with total body fat and regional fat distribution in children

Fearnbach

Torgerson²,

Meyermann

et al. 2015

Appetite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Previous studies testing the relationship between short-term, ad libitum test-meal intake and body composition in children have shown inconsistent relationships. The objective of this study was to determine whether children's intake at a palatable, buffet meal was associated with body composition, assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA). A sample of 71 children (4-6 years) participated in 4 sessions where ad libitum food intake was measured. Children's intake at two of the test-meals was retained for the present analysis: a baseline meal consisting of moderately palatable foods and a highly palatable buffet including sweets, sweet-fats, and savory-fats. On the last visit, anthropometrics and DXA were assessed to determine child body composition. Children consumed significantly more calories at the palatable buffet compared to the baseline test-meal. Children's total fat-free mass was positively associated with intake at both the baseline meal and the palatable buffet meal. Total energy intake at both meals and intake of savory-fats at the palatable buffet were positively associated with children's total fat mass, total percent body fat, and percent android fat. Intake of sweet-fats was associated with child fat-free mass index. Intake of sweets was not correlated with body composition. Children's intake at a palatable test-meal, particularly of savory-fat foods, was associated with measures of total and regional body fat.

show abstract

“…33 In 2015, a multi-national report demonstrated that misreporting “ in five populations of the African diaspora ” 81 was substantial with the South African cohort exhibiting an astounding 52.1% underreporting of dietary energy intake. 81 With respect to age, Forrestal (2011) found in children and adolescents that misreporting “…appeared to be more common than it is among adults .” 82 The ubiquitous nature of misreporting and the consistency of research results over many decades and across multiple populations, cohorts, and countries provide strong support that M-BM measures of EI are fatally flawed and therefore, diet-health inferences from studies that use M-BM are essentially meaningless.…”

Section: The Memory-based Methods Of Nutrition Epidemiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Inadmissibility of What We Eat in America and NHANES Dietary Data in Nutrition and Obesity Research and the Scientific Formulation of National Dietary Guidelines

Archer

Pavela

Lavie³

2015

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

205

172

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee was primarily informed by memory-based dietary assessment methods (M-BM; e.g., interviews, surveys). The reliance on M-BM to inform dietary policy continues despite decades of unequivocal evidence that M-BM data bear little relation to actual energy and nutrient consumption. M-BM data are defended as valid and valuable despite no empirical support, and no examination of the foundational assumptions regarding the validity of human memory and retrospective recall in dietary assessment. We assert that uncritical faith in the validity and value of M-BM has wasted significant resources and constitutes the greatest impediment to scientific progress in obesity and nutrition research. Herein, we present evidence that M-BM are fundamentally and fatally flawed due to well-established scientific facts and analytic truths. First, the assumption that human memory can provide accurate or precise reproductions of past ingestive behavior is indisputably false. Second, M-BM require participants to submit to protocols that mimic procedures known to induce false recall. Third, the subjective (i.e., not publicly accessible) mental phenomena (i.e., memories) from which M-BM data are derived cannot be independently observed, quantified, nor falsified; as such, these data are pseudoscientific and inadmissible in scientific research. Fourth, the failure to objectively measure physical activity in analyses renders inferences regarding diet-health relationships equivocal. Given the overwhelming evidence in support of our position, we conclude that M-BM data cannot be used to inform national dietary guidelines and the continued funding of M-BM constitutes an unscientific and significant misuse of research resources.

show abstract

Energy intake misreporting among children and adolescents: a literature review

Cited by 115 publications

References 45 publications

Reliability and Validity of a Modified MEDFICTS Dietary Fat Screener in South African Schoolchildren Are Determined by Use and Outcome Measures

Reliability and Validity of a Modified MEDFICTS Dietary Fat Screener in South African Schoolchildren Are Determined by Use and Outcome Measures

Intake at a single, palatable buffet test meal is associated with total body fat and regional fat distribution in children

The Inadmissibility of What We Eat in America and NHANES Dietary Data in Nutrition and Obesity Research and the Scientific Formulation of National Dietary Guidelines

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About