Journal article
Feasibility of repeated 24-h dietary recalls combined with a food-recording booklet, using EPIC-Soft, among preschoolers
Division of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark1
National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark2
CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública3
Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail4
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment5
Akademija Medicinskih Znanostl Hrvatske6
University of Oslo7
Background/Objectives:This study evaluates the feasibility among preschoolers of the 2 Ã 24-h dietary recalls (24-HDRs) method combined with a food-recording booklet (FRB), using EPIC-Soft pc-program for the 24-HDR (the software developed to conduct 24-HDRs in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Study).Subjects/Methods:A total of 20 and 25 (4- to 5-year-old) children were recruited, as a convenience sample, through worksites or day or healthcare in Denmark and Spain, respectively.
One parent (or both parents together) completed two face-to-face 24-HDR, combined with an optional use of a FRB. Feasibility was evaluated by evaluation questionnaires completed by parents and interviewers.Results:The face-to-face interviews were primarily conducted with the mothers. The FRB was used by 90% of the participants, and proxy persons, other than the parent, were also involved; involvement of proxy persons seems necessary in a majority of the recalls in both the countries.Conclusions:The results suggest that 2 Ã 24-HDR with one parent combined with a FRB is feasible for registering preschoolers' diet.
An FRB and/or information from proxy persons, other than the parent, is needed for a majority of the parents. In future studies, it may be beneficial to develop the FRB more like a structured food record (FR), which might, in principle, change the method to a one-day FR method from more than a 24-HDR method.
It is recommended then to further investigate the use of EPIC-Soft as a data-entry tool.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group UK |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Pages: | 84-86 |
| ISSN: | 14765640 and 09543007 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1038/ejcn.2011.91 |
| ORCIDs: | Trolle, Ellen |
24-h dietary recalls Child, Preschool Denmark Diet Diet Records Diet Surveys Feasibility Studies Female Humans Interviews as Topic Male Mental Recall Mothers Neoplasms Nutritional Sciences Pamphlets Prospective Studies Proxy Software Spain Surveys and Questionnaires children dietary survey feasibility food recording pan-European
