The validity of the 24 hour recall for estimating the energy and selected nutrient intakes of a group of rural Malawian preschool children

Ferguson, Elaine; Gibson, Rosalind S.; Ôunpuu, Stephanie; Sabry, Jean H.

doi:10.1080/03670244.1989.9991110

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“…In the present study, however, the mean intake of fat was almost similar to the mean fat intake observed with the WOR during the pre-test. Food Consumption of Zambian Children JLA Hautvast et al Ferguson et al (1994) and Dop et al (1994) showed in their studies in Ghana and Senegal, respectively, that, the repeated 24-h recall gives results more similar to the weighed observation, in comparison with one recall only. However, they also demonstrated that although the 24 h recall is not suf®ciently accurate to assess individual food intake, it is of use in dietary surveys in groups of children.…”

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Food consumption of young stunted and non-stunted children in rural Zambia

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Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the quality of diet of rural Zambian pre-school children, and to compare the dietary intake of stunted and non-stunted children. Design: Cross-sectional study, in which dietary intake was assessed with a 24-h recall method. Height and weight were measured according to standard procedures. Setting: Twelve villages in Samfya District, Zambia. Subjects: Children aged 6 ± 9 months (`infants') and 14 ± 20 months (`toddlers'), attending Mother-and-Child Health Clinics, were eligible for study. Excluded were: 12 wasted, and 18 for other reasons. In total 106 infants and 99 toddlers were included. Results: In infants and toddlers, total daily intake of energy, calcium, iron, and vitamin A was insuf®cient compared to recommended daily intakes. Only infants had insuf®cient protein intake. Compared to intake from weaning foods, breast milk was the main source of energy and most nutrients for infants. For toddlers, weaning foods were more important. Stunted infants and toddlers tended to have lower intakes of energy compared to non-stunted age-mates. Daily energy intake per kg bodyweight showed no difference between stunted and nonstunted children.Conclusions: Overall quality of weaning foods was inadequate. Stunted infants and toddlers showed a tendency of lower energy intakes compared to non-stunted age-mates.

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Food consumption of young stunted and non-stunted children in rural Zambia

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“…Unlike macronutrient intakes, which are less variable and require fewer days to obtain accurate information, micronutrient intakes are difficult to assess and are subject to high within-person error caused by daily variation around true long-term intake; therefore, several 24-h recalls are required to be accurate (Beaton et al, 1983;Paeratakul et al, 1998). Repeated 24-h recalls were therefore collected as recommended to estimate average intakes for a group and to estimate the percentage of children at risk of inadequate intakes (Ferguson et al, 1994). We conclude that fatty acid intake may have a relationship with growth and stature in children 1-5 years old, although it is difficult to ascertain the impact of fatty acid on growth separately from other nutrients in the presence of inadequate intakes of other nutrients.…”

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Polyunsaturated fatty acids and anthropometric indices of children in rural China

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Objective: To define fatty acid and macronutrient intakes in a rural Chinese preschool population, and relate these intakes to anthropometric indices. Design: Cross-sectional survey of anthropometry and diet (three 24-h recalls). National Centers for Health Statistics/World Health Organization growth reference charts were used to determine the prevalence of malnutrition (z-scores less than À2 standard deviation (s.d.) below the mean): height-for-age (stunted), weight-for-age (underweight), weight-for-height (wasted) and mid-upper-arm-circumference-for-age (low fat/muscle). Subjects and setting: A total of 196 children aged 1-5 years old were volunteered by their families to participate in the survey, located in Heqing County, Yunnan Province, China. Results: The respective prevalence of stunting, underweight, wasting and low fat/muscle was: 38, 21, 2 and 8%. Daily intakes of linoleic acid (LA; 18:2n-6), a-linolenic acid (LNA; 18:3n-3), arachidonic acid (AA; 20:4n-6) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA; 22:6n-3), averaged for all children, were 2 10071200, 3007250, 55735 and 307140 mg/day, respectively. As percent of total fat intake, LA contributed 11.9%, LNA 1.8%, AA 0.3% and DHA 0.2%. Height-for-age and weight-for-age z-scores were negatively correlated with g/kg/day intake of LA and AA (Po0.05). Weight-for-height z-score was negatively correlated with AA g/kg/day intake (Po0.05). Conclusions: This study provided polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) intakes in rural preschool children in a developing country. The associations of PUFA intake with early childhood growth suggest that growth in preschool-aged children could be significantly and specifically related to n-6 fatty acid intakes. Sponsorship: ECOFund and NSERC.

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“…A single 24-h dietary recall interview per subject was used to evaluate intakes from the complementary diet at the group level. The relative validity of this procedure for assessing dietary intakes of preschoolers and pregnant women in Malawi has been published earlier (Ferguson et al, 1989(Ferguson et al, , 1995. Details of the interactive 24-h recall method, interview procedures, food composition database, and data analysis procedures have also been published elsewhere (Ferguson et al, 1995;Gibson & Ferguson, 1999).…”

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Participatory nutrition education and adoption of new feeding practices are associated with improved adequacy of complementary diets among rural Malawian children: a pilot study

Hotz

Gibson

2004

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Objective: To introduce practices for improving complementary feeding and evaluate their adoption and association with improved dietary intakes. Design: A quasiexperimental pilot study comparing dietary intakes from complementary foods among three intervention communities and one control community before and after the intervention, and adoption of new complementary feeding practices among intervention communities following the intervention. Setting: Rural subsistence communities in southern Malawi, Central Africa. Subjects: Mothers and their children aged 6 to 23 months receiving complementary foods. Interventions: A participatory, nutrition education intervention based on four locally adapted lessons for complementary feeding practices designed to increase: (i) total complementary food intake; (ii) energy and nutrient density of the complementary diet, and; (iii) iron and zinc bioavailability of the complementary diet. Results: Adoption rates for the four practices ranged from 25% for preparation of enriched porridges, to 10% for preparing soaked, pounded maize. The amount of complementary foods (g/day) and intakes of energy, animal protein, niacin, riboflavin, calcium, iron, and zinc, but not vitamin A, were significantly greater (Po0.05) in the intervention compared to control group, as were the energy, iron, and riboflavin density, and the estimated amount of bioavailable iron and zinc. Conclusions: Several intervention practices were well accepted and adopted and were associated with improved adequacy of energy and nutrient intakes from the complementary diet. Such improvements were attributed mainly to greater total intakes and, to a lesser extent, enhanced dietary quality of the complementary foods.

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The validity of the 24 hour recall for estimating the energy and selected nutrient intakes of a group of rural Malawian preschool children

Cited by 42 publications

References 16 publications

Food consumption of young stunted and non-stunted children in rural Zambia

Food consumption of young stunted and non-stunted children in rural Zambia

Polyunsaturated fatty acids and anthropometric indices of children in rural China

Participatory nutrition education and adoption of new feeding practices are associated with improved adequacy of complementary diets among rural Malawian children: a pilot study

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