Underreporting of Energy Intake in Developing Nations

Scagliusi, Fernanda Baeza; Ferriolli, Eduardo; Lancha, Antônio Herbert

doi:10.1111/j.1753-4887.2006.tb00216.x

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“…Our results show that the availability of energy and all food items has increased in both regions during the last half century, a finding in agreement with previous reports (6,19,25,28) . In North Africa most of the changes were related to increases in the availability of eggs (7-fold), fish and seafood (3?5-fold), oil crops (3-fold) and nuts (3-fold), while in the Middle East most of the changes were due to increases in the availability of vegetables (4? past four decades studies have shown that per capita energy availability has increased significantly in developing countries, by approximately 2500 kJ/d (600 kcal/d) (29) ; this has more significance when considering the fact that several studies suggest the energy requirement of people from developing countries is low (30) . This dramatic increase indicates a transition from undernutrition towards overnutrition in these regions, resulting in rising rates of obesity and other chronic diseases (10,13) .…”

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Dietary trends in the Middle East and North Africa: an ecological study (1961 to 2007)

Golzarand

Mirmiran

Jessri

et al. 2012

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Middle Eastern and North African countries are undergoing nutrition transition, a transition which is associated with an increased burden of noncommunicable diseases. This necessitates the evaluation of dietary patterns in these regions. The present study aimed to assess changes in dietary patterns in Middle Eastern and North African countries between 1961 and 2007. Design: Availability of energy and fifteen main food items during 1961-2007 was examined using FAO food balance sheets from the FAOSTAT database. Setting: Fifteen countries including nine in the Middle East and six in North Africa were selected and the average availability of total energy and different food items in these regions were compared. Results: Over the 47 years studied, energy and food availability (apart from animal fats and alcoholic beverages) has increased in the Middle East and North Africa. In both regions the proportion of energy derived from meat and vegetable oils has increased significantly while that from cereals decreased significantly. In addition, the proportion of energy from milk and dairy products and vegetables has shown an ascending trend in North Africa while the proportion of energy from fruits has shown a descending trend in the Middle East. Conclusions: The study results reveal an unfavourable trend towards a Westernized diet in the Middle East and, to a certain extent, in North Africa. Tailored nutritional education encouraging healthy eating for prevention of the burden of chronic diseases in these countries seems essential.

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Dietary trends in the Middle East and North Africa: an ecological study (1961 to 2007)

Golzarand

Mirmiran

Jessri

et al. 2012

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“…The fact that respondents tend to underestimate their EI with the 24 h recall has been well documented, in both developed (5,(28)(29)(30) and developing countries/populations (31)(32)(33) . We evaluated the plausibility of the reported EI from the modified 24 h recall by comparing it with EER computed using the FAO/ WHO/UNU (24) and the Oxford (27) BMR equations.…”

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Assessing individual dietary intake from common-plate meals: a new tool for an enduring practice

Abu-Saad

Shahar

Abu-Shareb

et al. 2009

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Objective: The purposes of the present study were to estimate individual intake from common-plate meals among Bedouin Arabs using a modified 24 h recall questionnaire, and to evaluate reported energy intake (EI) by comparison with estimated energy requirement (EER). Design: Weighed records were used to develop a method of quantifying intake from common plates. Reported EI and nutrient intakes were obtained from administration of the modified 24 h recall. The relative standard error (RSE) was used to evaluate the reliability of reported nutrient intakes. The FAO/WHO/ United Nations University and Oxford equations and reported physical activity levels were used to compute ratios of reported EI to BMR and EER. Conclusions:The modified 24 h recall produced plausible estimates of energy and nutrient intakes, comparable to those obtained with the 24 h recall in other populations. The modified questionnaire makes an important contribution to facilitating large-scale nutritional surveillance in the Bedouin population, and may serve as a model for modifying dietary instruments to quantify individual intake in other populations that practise common-plate eating.

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“…Dietary restraint was measured by the Restraint Scale (Herman and Mack, 1975;Scagliusi et al, 2005). Nutritional knowledge was assessed by the scale used in National Health Interview Survey Cancer Epidemiology (Harnack et al, 1997;Scagliusi et al, 2006b). Social desirability was measured by the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (Crowne and Marlowe, 1960;Scagliusi et al, 2004).…”

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Characteristics of women who frequently under report their energy intake: a doubly labelled water study

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Background/Objectives: We applied three dietary assessment methods and aimed at obtaining a set of physical, social and psychological variables that can discriminate those individuals who did not underreport ('never under-reporters'), those who underreported in one dietary assessment method ('occasional under-reporters') and those who underreported in two or three dietary assessment methods ('frequent under-reporters'). Participants/Methods: Sixty-five women aged 18-57 years were recruited for this study. Total energy expenditure was determined by doubly labelled water, and energy intake was estimated by three 24-h diet recalls, 3-day food records and a food frequency questionnaire. A multiple discriminant analysis was used to identify which of those variables better discriminated the three groups: body mass index (BMI), income, education, social desirability, nutritional knowledge, dietary restraint, physical activity practice, body dissatisfaction and binge-eating symptoms. Results: Twenty-three participants were 'never under-reporters'. Twenty-four participants were 'occasional under-reporters' and 18 were 'frequent under-reporters'. Four variables entered the discriminant model: income, BMI, social desirability and body dissatisfaction. According to potency indices, income contributed the most to the total discriminant power, followed in decreasing order by social desirability score, BMI and body dissatisfaction. Income, social desirability and BMI were the characteristics that mainly separated the 'never under-reporters' from the under-reporters (occasional or frequent). Body dissatisfaction better discriminated the 'occasional under-reporters' from the 'frequent under-reporters'. Conclusions: 'Frequent under-reporters' have a greater BMI, social desirability score, body dissatisfaction score and lower income. These four variables seemed to be able to discriminate individuals who are more prone to systematic under reporting.

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Underreporting of Energy Intake in Developing Nations

Cited by 25 publications

References 62 publications

Dietary trends in the Middle East and North Africa: an ecological study (1961 to 2007)

Dietary trends in the Middle East and North Africa: an ecological study (1961 to 2007)

Assessing individual dietary intake from common-plate meals: a new tool for an enduring practice

Characteristics of women who frequently under report their energy intake: a doubly labelled water study

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