Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Validation of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire developed to under graduate students |
| Authors: |
Komatsu, Tiemy Rosana, Oku, Simone Kimie, Gimeno, Suely Godoy Agostinho, Asakura, Leiko, Coelho, Lucíola de Castro, Silva, Clarissa Viana Demézio da, Akutsu, Rita de Cássia Coelho Almeida, Sachs, Anita |
| Source: |
Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia. December 2013 16(4) |
| Publisher Information: |
Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva, 2013. |
| Publication Year: |
2013 |
| Subject Terms: |
Food consumption, Questionnaires, Validation Studies, Student Health Services |
| More Details: |
A validity test of a Food Frequency Questionnaire was carried out using 50 students of health occupation in São Paulo, Brazil. Therefore, a three day dietary record was used as reference method and variables such as energy, macronutrients and dietary fiber were analyzed. The accordance between the Food Frequency Questionnaire and average data from dietary record was tested with kappa statistics and intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC). Limits of agreement were estimated by the Bland-Altman's method. Better results were found for calories (ICC 0.43; 95%CI 0.17 - 0.63) and non-energy-adjusted nutrients, except dietary fiber (ICC 0.34; 95%CI 0.07 - 0.56). The percentage of individuals classified in the same category of consumption was nearly half (49.8%), while only 16% of them were classified in opposite categories. With the exception of lipids, other analyzed variables tended to be overestimated by the Food Frequency Questionnaire. The Food Frequency Questionnaire is recommended as a method of assessing food intake of university students in studies which focuson calorie estimates and also intend to classify groups into intake categories. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
text/html |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1415-790X |
| DOI: |
10.1590/S1415-790X2013000400010 |
| Access URL: |
http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-790X2013000400898 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edssci.S1415.790X2013000400898 |
| Database: |
SciELO |
