Comparison of children's diets as reported by the child via the Youth/Adolescent Questionnaire and the parent via the Willett food-frequency questionnaire

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ID15093078
AuthorsMolly M Lamb (0000-0002-2331-2555, University of Colorado Denver), Colleen A Ross, Colleen Ross (University of Colorado Denver), Heather Brady (University of Colorado Denver), Heather L Brady, Jill M Norris (0000-0002-3502-7671, University of Colorado Denver, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume10
Issue7
Pages663-670
Publication date2007-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980007226059
PMID17381935
OpenAlexW2147639200
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

Objective A comparison of a parent-completed Willett food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and a self-completed Youth/Adolescent Questionnaire (YAQ) has not yet been conducted. Setting In the Diabetes Autoimmunity Study in the Young (DAISY), parents report their child's diet on the FFQ annually from birth until age 10 years, when the child begins to report their own diet using the YAQ. Subjects To determine the comparability of these collection methods, 89 children aged 10–17 years and their parents completed the YAQ and FFQ, respectively, for the child's previous year's diet. Design We compared reported intakes for energy, the macronutrients and a variety of micronutrients of interest to the DAISY study. Results Bland–Altman plots of energy-adjusted differences between questionnaire responses against their means suggested that the two collection methods gave similar results. The average Spearman correlation coefficient of all energy-adjusted nutrient intakes was 0.50, and did not differ significantly by gender (males, r = 0.48; females, r = 0.46) or age (10–11 years, r = 0.49; 12–17 years, r = 0.51). While correlated, the nutrient values from the FFQ were higher than the nutrient values from the YAQ. Conclusions While reported nutrient intakes are correlated, an indicator variable defining which survey method a nutrient was collected with should be included in any longitudinal data analyses examining nutrient intakes collected with the YAQ and the FFQ as independent predictors of a disease outcome

Biology · Environmental health · Food frequency questionnaire · Micronutrient · Nutrient · Demography · Diet and metabolism studies · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

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