Theodora Mouratidou1, María Isabel Mesana Graffe2, Inge Huybrechts3, Ellen De Decker4, Marieke De Craemer4, Odysseas Androutsos5, Yanis Manios5, Sonya Galcheva6, Mina Lateva6, Beata Gurzkowska7, Zbigniew Kułaga7, Julia Birnbaum8, Berthold Koletzko8, Luis Alberto Moreno9. 1. Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2). University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. 2. Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2). University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; Instituto de Investigqación Sanitaria de Aragón, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Aragón (CIBA) Avda. San Juan Bosco, 13. 50009. Zaragoza, Spain; Red de Salud Materno-infantil y del Desarrollo (SAMID), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Red de Salud Materno-infantil y del Desarrollo. Electronic address: Mmesana@unizar.es. 3. Department of Public Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. 4. Department of Movement and Sport Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. 5. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Science and Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece. 6. Medical University Varna, Varna, Bulgaria. 7. The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland. 8. Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, University of Munich Medical Centre, Munich, Germany. 9. Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón (IA2). University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; Instituto de Investigqación Sanitaria de Aragón, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Aragón (CIBA) Avda. San Juan Bosco, 13. 50009. Zaragoza, Spain; Red de Salud Materno-infantil y del Desarrollo (SAMID), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to examine the reproducibility and relative validity of a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) in assessing food group estimates. METHODS: Food group estimates were assessed via a 37-item FFQ and a 3-d food record (FR). Pearson's correlation coefficients for log-transformed values were calculated to assess the reproducibility and Spearman's rank correlation coefficients for log-transformed values were calculated to assess the validity. Kindergartens from six European countries participated in the preparatory substudies of the ToyBox intervention study; data from preschool children 4 to 6 y of age (n = 196, reproducibility study; n = 324, validation study) were obtained. RESULTS: In the reproducibility study, positive Pearson's correlation coefficients for single and aggregated food groups ranged from 0.14 for pasta and rice to 0.90 for cooked vegetables. In the validation study, the FR gave higher estimates of 40 of the 50 food items (single and aggregated) examined compared with those obtained from the FFQ. Positive crude Spearman rank correlation coefficients ranged from 0.01 for total beverages (added sugar) and rice to 0.62 for tea. Corrections for the deattenuation effect did not improve observed correlations. Quartiles and tertiles were calculated for a small number of food groups (N = 14) owing to zero consumption in the rest of the groups. CONCLUSIONS: Moderately good reproducibility and low-moderate relative validity of the FFQ used in preschool children was observed. Relative validity, however, varied by food and beverage group; for some of the "key" foods/drinks targeted in the ToyBox intervention (e.g., biscuits), the validity was good. The findings should be considered in future epidemiologic and intervention studies in preschool children.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to examine the reproducibility and relative validity of a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) in assessing food group estimates. METHODS: Food group estimates were assessed via a 37-item FFQ and a 3-d food record (FR). Pearson's correlation coefficients for log-transformed values were calculated to assess the reproducibility and Spearman's rank correlation coefficients for log-transformed values were calculated to assess the validity. Kindergartens from six European countries participated in the preparatory substudies of the ToyBox intervention study; data from preschool children 4 to 6 y of age (n = 196, reproducibility study; n = 324, validation study) were obtained. RESULTS: In the reproducibility study, positive Pearson's correlation coefficients for single and aggregated food groups ranged from 0.14 for pasta and rice to 0.90 for cooked vegetables. In the validation study, the FR gave higher estimates of 40 of the 50 food items (single and aggregated) examined compared with those obtained from the FFQ. Positive crude Spearman rank correlation coefficients ranged from 0.01 for total beverages (added sugar) and rice to 0.62 for tea. Corrections for the deattenuation effect did not improve observed correlations. Quartiles and tertiles were calculated for a small number of food groups (N = 14) owing to zero consumption in the rest of the groups. CONCLUSIONS: Moderately good reproducibility and low-moderate relative validity of the FFQ used in preschool children was observed. Relative validity, however, varied by food and beverage group; for some of the "key" foods/drinks targeted in the ToyBox intervention (e.g., biscuits), the validity was good. The findings should be considered in future epidemiologic and intervention studies in preschool children.
Authors: Marieke De Craemer; Vera Verbestel; Maïté Verloigne; Odysseas Androutsos; Luis Moreno; Violeta Iotova; Berthold Koletzko; Piotr Socha; Yannis Manios; Greet Cardon Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2020-10-07 Impact factor: 3.390
Authors: Yatiman Noor Hafizah; Lee Choo Ang; Fendy Yap; Wan Nurul Najwa; Whye Lian Cheah; Abd Talib Ruzita; Farra Aidah Jumuddin; Denise Koh; Julia Ai Cheng Lee; Cecilia A Essau; Sue Reeves; Carolyn Summerbell; Edward Leigh Gibson; Bee Koon Poh Journal: Int J Environ Res Public Health Date: 2019-11-27 Impact factor: 3.390