Journal article
Feasibility of 2 x 24-h dietary recalls combined with a food-recording booklet, using EPIC-Soft, among schoolchildren
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: The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of the suggested trans-European methodology for undertaking representative dietary surveys among schoolchildren: 2 x 24-h dietary recalls (24-HDRs) combined with a food-recording booklet, using EPIC-Soft (the software developed to conduct 24-HDRs in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Study) pc-program.
Subjects/Methods: A total of 75 children aged 7-8 years and 70 children aged 12-13 years old were recruited through the Civil Registration System in Denmark, and 57 children aged 7-8 years and 47 children aged 12-13 years were recruited through schools in Spain. Each child with one parent completed two face-to-face 24-HDRs, combined with optional use of a food-recording booklet (FRB) to be filled in by the child, a parent or other proxy persons for preparing the recalls.
Feasibility was evaluated by questionnaires completed by parents, children and interviewers, and by selected data from the 24-HDRs. Results: The face-to-face interviews with the child and a parent together are confirmed as feasible. The children participated actively in the interviews, the oldest children being most active.
The children, parents and interviewers agreed that children needed help from the parents, and that parents were of help to the child. In both countries, other proxy persons, such as teachers or the school cafeteria staff, were involved before the interview, and the majority of the parents and children reported that the FRB had been a help for the child during the interview.
Further results point at specific needed improvements of the tools. Conclusions: The evaluated method is shown feasible in two culturally diverse European populations. However, the feasibility study also points to specific improvements of tools and data collection protocol that are strongly recommended before implementation of the method in each country of a pan-European dietary survey.
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2011) 65, S65-S76; doi:10.1038/ejcn.2011.89
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group UK |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Pages: | 65-76 |
| ISSN: | 14765640 and 09543007 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1038/ejcn.2011.89 |
| ORCIDs: | Trolle, Ellen |
24-h dietary recalls Adolescent Adult Age Factors Child Denmark Diet Diet Records Diet Surveys Female Humans Interviews as Topic Male Mental Recall Neoplasms Nutritional Sciences Pamphlets Parents Prospective Studies Software Spain Surveys and Questionnaires children dietary survey feasibility food recording pan-European
