Assessing individual dietary intake from common-plate meals

A new tool for an enduring practice

Bibliographic Data

ID15097558
AuthorsKathleen Abu-Saad (0000-0003-2957-852X, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, corresponding author), Danit R Shahar (0000-0003-1000-1819, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), Heiger Abu-Shareb (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), Hillel Vardi (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), Natalya Bilenko (0000-0003-1694-0833, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), Drora Fraser (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Year2009
Volume12
Issue12
Pages2464-2472
Publication date2009-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePublic Health Nutrition (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-9800 • E-ISSN: 1475-2727
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1368980009005618
PMID19405990
OpenAlexW2069769084
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited33

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. Setting Population centres of traditionally semi-nomadic Bedouin Arabs undergoing sedentarization/urbanization in southern Israel. Subjects A convenience sample of 451 adults (aged 19–82 years). Results Mean ( se ) energy intake was 9648 (276) kJ/d (2306 (66) kcal/d) for men and 8230 (172) kJ/d (1967 (41) kcal/d) for women, of which carbohydrates accounted for 63–64 %. The nutrient intakes evaluated had RSE ratios of less than 25 %. EI:EER ratios ranged from 0·86 to 0·89, and from 0·87 to 0·93 among non-dieters who ate the usual amount on the recall day. 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

Animal science · Biology · Environmental health · Nutrient · Population · Recall · Standard error · Statistics · Demography · Mathematics · Medicine · Muscle metabolism and nutrition · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Gerontology