Food-frequency questionnaires
A review of their design, validation and utilisation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23388441 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janet Cade (0000-0003-3421-0121, University of Leeds, corresponding author), J E Cade, V J Burley (0000-0003-0282-2932, University of Leeds), Daniel Warm (University of Southampton), D L Warm, Rachel Thompson (0000-0001-7233-0242, University of Southampton), R L Thompson, B M Margetts (University of Southampton) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-22 |
| Publication date | 2004-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nutrition Research Reviews (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0954-4224 • E-ISSN: 1475-2700 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1079/nrr200370 |
| PMID | 19079912 |
| OpenAlex | W2155756215 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 54 |
| References cited | 165 |
A review of the literature concerning the design, utilisation and validation of food-frequency questionnaires (FFQ) has been carried out using a semi-systematic approach to obtaining, reviewing and extracting data from articles. Databases were searched from 1980 to 1999. The present review identified 227 validation (from 1980 to September 1999) and 164 utilisation (for 1998 only) studies. A number of design issues have been evaluated through the present review. These include: the need to consider how portion sizes have been described, self-defined giving higher mean correlations; how an FFQ was administered, interviewer-administered giving higher mean correlations for some nutrients; how many items to include on an FFQ, those with the largest number of items having higher correlations. Validation techniques were described. Most validation studies involved comparing an FFQ against another dietary assessment method; only 19 % compared an FFQ to a biomarker. Measurement differences were most commonly assessed by correlation coefficients as opposed to other more appropriate methods. Mean correlation coefficients were highest for Ca and fat, and lowest for vitamin A and vegetables. The utilisation studies showed that FFQ were most commonly used in cross-sectional surveys, with ninety-three of the FFQ being designed to be disease-specific. The present review results were presented to a group of experts and a consensus arrived at concerning the development, validation and use of FFQ. Recommendations derived from the consensus arising from the literature review are presented as an appendix to the present paper.
Biomarker · Environmental health · Food frequency questionnaire · Nutritional epidemiology · Pathology · Portion size · Statistics · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling · Epidemiology · Food Science · Mathematics · Medicine · Nutritional Studies and Diet · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
Validity and Reproducibility of the Iodine Dietary Intake Questionnaire Assessment Conducted for Young Polish Women
The effect of personal characteristics on the validity of nutrient intake estimates using a food-frequency questionnaire
Do children report differently from their parents and from observed data? Cross-sectional data on fruit, water, sugar-sweetened beverages and break-time foods
Validity and Reliability of a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) to Assess Dietary Intake of Preschool Children
Validity of a self‐administered diet history questionnaire for estimating vitamin D intakes of J apanese pregnant women
The validity and reliability of the Dietary Index for a Child's Eating in 2–8‐year old children living in New Zealand
Comparing two simplified questionnaire‐based methods with 24‐h recalls for estimating fortifiable wheat flour and oil consumption in Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Association between Dietary Habits and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Yangon, Myanmar
A Simple Tool for Diet Evaluation in Primary Health Care
Investigation of the Association between Drinking Water Habits and the Occurrence of Women Breast Cancer
The effect of introducing a free breakfast club on eating habits among students at vocational schools
Development and validation of a food frequency questionnaire in adult Saudi subjects in Jeddah city
Design and Validation of a Food Frequency Questionnaire to Evaluate the Consumption of Trans Fatty Acids in the Adult Population (FFQ-TFA)
Validity and reliability of a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) assessing food groups consumption and nutrients intake in Costa Rican adolescents
Scoping Review of Family Interventions That Support the Physical Health of Caregivers
Climate change and the hydropower sector
Race-specific validation of food intake obtained from a comprehensive FFQ
Development and validation of the Chinese version non-nutritive sweetener FFQ with urinary biomarker in children and adolescents
The reliability and validity of a short FFQ among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous rural children
Reliability and validity of a short FFQ for assessing the dietary habits of 2–5-year-old children, Sydney, Australia
A comprehensive FFQ developed for use in New Zealand adults
Comparison of relative validity of food group intakes estimated by comprehensive and brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaires against 16 d dietary records in Japanese adults
Alcohol consumption among students and its relationship with nutritional intake
Validation of a self-administered FFQ in adults in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay
Validation and reproducibility of a semi-quantitative FFQ as a measure of dietary intake in adults from Puerto Rico
A meta-analysis of the validity of FFQ targeted to adolescents
Evaluation of an FFQ to assess total energy and nutrient intakes in severely obese pregnant women
Validation and reproducibility of dietary assessment methods in adolescents
Development of a brief, reliable and valid diet assessment tool for impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes
Orthorexia nervosa
Adaptation, validation and reproducibility of a short FFQ to assess food group intake in the population resident in the Basque country (Spain)
Assessing the relative validity of a new, web-based, self-administered 24 h dietary recall in a French-Canadian population
Validity and calibration of the FFQ used in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study
Validity of an FFQ to measure nutrient and food intakes in Tanzania
Stepwise tailoring and test–retest of reproducibility of an ethnic-specific FFQ to estimate nutrient intakes for South Asians in New Zealand
Relative validity and reproducibility of an FFQ to determine nutrient intakes of New Zealand toddlers aged 12–24 months
Validation of protein intake assessed from weighed dietary records against protein estimated from 24 h urine samples in children, adolescents and young adults participating in the Dortmund Nutritional and Longitudinally Designed (Donald) Study
Development and evaluation of a Nutrition Transition-FFQ for adolescents in South India
Missing data in FFQs
Relative validity of brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire among very old Japanese aged 80 years or older
Validation of a quantitative FFQ for the Barbados National Cancer Study
Identification and reproducibility of dietary patterns assessed with a FFQ among women planning pregnancy
Pattern analysis of vegan eating reveals healthy and unhealthy patterns within the vegan diet
Dietary intake assessment in women with different weight and pregnancy status using a short questionnaire
Greater access to healthy food outlets in the home and school environment is associated with better dietary quality in young children
Reliability and validity of an FFQ for South American children and adolescents from the Saycare study
Group-based nutrition interventions to promote healthy eating and mobility in community-dwelling older adults
Reproducibility of food and nutrient intake estimates using a semi-quantitative FFQ in Australian adults
Validation of semiquantitative FFQ administered to adults
Validation of brief instruments to measure adult fruit and vegetable consumption
Food insecurity, diet quality and body mass index of women participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Milk consumption, dietary calcium intake and nutrient patterns from adolescence to early adulthood and its effect on bone mass
Resources in women's social networks for food shopping are more strongly associated with better dietary quality than people
Food as Fuel
Reproducibility and validity of dietary patterns assessed with a food-frequency questionnaire
A Data-Based Approach to Diet Questionnaire Design and Testing
Development and Validation of a Food Frequency Questionnaire in Spain
A Review of Validations of Dietary Assessment Methods
Reproducibility and Validity of a Semiquantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire
Measuring agreement in method comparison studies
Statistical Methods for Assessing Agreement Between Two Methods of Clinical Measurement
A comparison of the nutritional status and food security of drug-using and non-drug-using Hispanic women in Hartford, Connecticut
Relative validity of a food frequency questionnaire among tin miners in China
Alcohol consumption and risk of benign proliferative epithelial disorders of the breast
Magnitude, determinants and impact of under-reporting of energy intake in a cohort study in Greece
Intake of fruits, vegetables, folic acid and related nutrients and risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women
Development, validation and utilisation of food-frequency questionnaires – a review
A comparison of selected nutrient intakes derived from three diet assessment methods used in a low-fat maintenance trial
Validation with biological markers for food intake of a dietary assessment method used by Swedish women with three different with dietary preferences
The validity of dietary assessment in general practice
Case-control study of breast cancer in south east England
The reproducibility of data from a Food Frequency Questionnaire among low-income Latina mothers and their children
Comparison of 4 questionnaires for assessment of fruit and vegetable intake
Identifying areas with vitamin A deficiency
| Unique citing works | 54 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,7 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 52 |