Reporting accuracy of packed lunch consumption among Danish 11-year-olds differ by gender

Lyng, Nina; Fagt, Sisse; Davidsen, Michael; Hoppe, Camilla; Tetens, Inge

doi:10.3402/fnr.v57i0.19621

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“…There were improved (but still not acceptable) accuracy measures in the 2 other studies when shorter retention periods were used. Five (31,34,44,45,47) of the 8 studies (31,37,40,44,(44)(45)(46)(47), which conducted school meal recall the same day as when consumption took place, still reported poor accuracy for reported food items. One study reported significant increases in match rates with any prompting (47) whereas another reported no changes in accuracy measures when prompting was used (33).…”

Section: Methodological Evidence On the Relative Accuracy And Reliability Of Dietary Assessment Toolsmentioning

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A Systematic Review of Methods to Assess Children's Diets in the School Context

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2017

Advances in Nutrition

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To evaluate the impact of school-based nutrition interventions, accurate and reliable methods are needed to assess what children eat at school. The primary objective of this study was to systematically review methodological evidence on the relative accuracy and reliability of dietary assessment methods used in the school context. The secondary objective was to assess the frequency of methods and analytical approaches used in studies reporting in-school dietary outcomes. Three health databases were searched for full-text English-language studies. Twenty-two methodological studies were reviewed. For school meal recalls, the majority of studies (n = 8 of 12) reported poor accuracy when accuracy was measured by using frequencies of misreported foods. However, when energy report rates were used as a measure of accuracy, studies suggested that children were able to accurately report energy intake as a group. Results regarding the accuracy of food-frequency questionnaires (FFQs) and food records (FRs) were promising but limited to a single study each. Meal observations offered consistently good interrater reliability across all studies reviewed (n = 11). Studies reporting in-school dietary outcomes (n = 47) used a broad range of methods, but the most frequently used methods included weighed FRs (n = 12), school meal recalls (n = 10), meal observations by trained raters (n = 8), and estimated FRs (n = 7). The range of dietary components was greater among studies relying on school meal recalls and FRs than among studies using FFQs. Overall, few studies have measured the accuracy of dietary assessment methods in the school context. Understanding the methodological characteristics associated with dietary instruments is vital for improving the quality of the evidence used to inform and evaluate the impact of school-based nutrition policies and programs.

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Section: Methodological Evidence On the Relative Accuracy And Reliability Of Dietary Assessment Toolsmentioning

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A Systematic Review of Methods to Assess Children's Diets in the School Context

Tugault-Lafleur

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2017

Advances in Nutrition

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“…In Denmark, provision of school cafeterias is not considered the norm, necessitating that most children attending school bring lunch from home (53,54) . Of late, there has been interest in ensuring the nutritional quality of packed school lunch, due to the introduction of school health initiatives and food policies (55) .…”

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“…We also considered behavioural correlates reflecting the school lunch context, such as the presence of a school canteen (48)(49)(50) , which may be associated with healthy eating (51,52) and minimize the likelihood of consuming lunch elsewhere. In Denmark, provision of school cafeterias is not considered the norm, necessitating that most children attending school bring lunch from home (53,54) . Of late, there has been interest in ensuring the nutritional quality of packed school lunch, due to the introduction of school health initiatives and food policies (55) .…”

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Fast-food intake and perceived and objective measures of the local fast-food environment in adolescents

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Pedersen

Schipperijn

et al. 2015

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: We examined associations between fast-food intake and perceived and objective fast-food outlet exposure. Design: Information from the Health Behaviours in School-aged Children Study was linked to fast-food outlets in seventy-five school neighbourhoods. We used multivariate multilevel logistic regression analyses to examine associations between at least weekly fast-food intake and perceived and objective fast-food outlet measures. Subjects: Data represent 4642 adolescents (aged 11-15 years) in Denmark. Results: Boys reporting two or more fast-food outlets had 34 % higher odds consuming fast food at least weekly. We detected higher odds of at least weekly fast-food intake among 15-year-old 9th graders (OR all = 1·74; 95 % CI 1·40, 2·18; OR boys = 2·20; 95 % CI 1·66, 2·91; OR girls = 1·41; 95 % CI 1·03, 1·92), Danish speakers (OR all = 2·32; 95 % CI 1·68, 3·19; OR boys = 2·58; 95 % CI 1·69, 3·93; OR girls = 2·37; 95 % CI 1·46, 3·84) and those travelling 15 min or less to school (OR all = 1·21; 95 % CI 1·00, 1·46; OR girls = 1·44; 95 % CI 1·08, 1·93) compared with 11-year-old 5th graders, non-Danish speakers and those with longer travel times. Boys from middle-(OR = 1·28; 95 % CI 1·00, 1·65) and girls from low-income families (OR = 1·46; 95 % CI 1·05, 2·04) had higher odds of at least weekly fast-food intake compared with those from high-income backgrounds. Girls attending schools with canteens (OR = 1·47; 95 % CI 1·00, 2·15) had higher odds of at least weekly fastfood intake than girls at schools without canteens. Conclusions: The present study demonstrates that perceived food outlets may impact fast-food intake in boys while proximity impacts intake in girls. Public health planning could target food environments that emphasize a better understanding of how adolescents use local resources.

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“…In children, it is generally assumed that from the age of around 10 years they can recognise and describe quantities necessary for filling out an FFQ ( 13 ) . However, adolescents are more prone to omit and intrude foods when reporting their diet compared with adults ( 13 – 15 ) . Even though skills in estimating portion sizes increase with age, focus on body image which seems to affect the accuracy of adolescents’ self-reported dietary intake also increases with age ( 16 , 17 ) .…”

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Reproducibility of a web-based FFQ for 13- to 15-year-old Danish adolescents

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FFQ are widely used in large-scale studies to assess dietary intake. To aid interpretation of diet–disease associations assessment of validity must be performed. Reproducibility is one aspect of validity focusing on the stability of repeated assessment with the same method which may also reveal problems in instrument design or participant instructions. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the reproducibility of a web-based FFQ targeting Danish adolescents within the Danish National Birth Cohort (DNBC). Data for the present study were obtained from a prospective design nested within the DNBC. Adolescents aged 13 to 15 years old (n 48, 60 % girls) completed the FFQ twice 4 weeks apart. The proportion of adolescents consistently classified into the same tertile according to amount of food intake ranged from 45 % (fish) to 77 % (vegetables), whereas classification into opposite tertiles ranged from 0 % (fruit, oils and dressing) to 15 % (beverages). Overall, no significant differences were observed in intake of food groups or nutrients between the two completions of the FFQ. Mean crude Spearman correlation for all food groups was 0·56 and mean intra-class correlation for all food groups was 0·61. In conclusion, the reproducibility of the FFQ for Danish adolescents was acceptable. The study revealed that adolescents aged 13–15 years seemed capable of recalling consistently overall dietary habits and had some difficulties estimating the frequency of consumption of regularly consumed food items.

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Reporting accuracy of packed lunch consumption among Danish 11-year-olds differ by gender

Cited by 21 publications

References 36 publications

A Systematic Review of Methods to Assess Children's Diets in the School Context

A Systematic Review of Methods to Assess Children's Diets in the School Context

Fast-food intake and perceived and objective measures of the local fast-food environment in adolescents

Reproducibility of a web-based FFQ for 13- to 15-year-old Danish adolescents

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