(2) As Chris Masterjohn has pointed out, the data consisted
of food frequency questionnaires given to health professionals, and most respondents understated their red meat consumption.
The men's diet was assessed by means
of a food frequency questionnaire, and they were asked how often, on average, they had consumed how many portions of fruit and vegetables, using standard portion sizes such as one apple, or half an avocado.
Validation
of a Food Frequency Questionnaire for Vitamin D and Calcium Intake in Healthy Female College Students
Slightly more than one fifth of the adolescent mothers (22 %) reported that they had breastfed their infants at least once, and 13 % were breastfeeding at the time
of the food frequency questionnaire, in combination with formula feeding.
Not exact matches
Adherence was monitored with the use
of food -
frequency questionnaires during the study and was corroborated at the end
of the study through the measurement
of peanut in bed dust, an objective and previously validated surrogate for consumption.23, 24
In a linked editorial, Dr Kathryn Fitzgerald
of John Hopkins School
of Medicine, Baltimore, emphasises the caveats for an observational study
of this kind which relies on
food frequency questionnaires that are not fully able to describe different types
of fat.
Women were sorted into four quartile groups based on the amount
of isoflavone they were estimated to have consumed, calculated from self - reported
food frequency questionnaires.
All participants first completed a detailed
food -
frequency questionnaire along with a
questionnaire regarding lifestyle and background factors (alcohol, smoking, physical activity, and years
of education) as well as a brief physical examination including measurement
of waist circumference.
At the start
of CARDIA (1985 - 1986), women and men were asked about their consumption
of different fruits and vegetables and the number
of servings they had eaten in the past month using a semi-quantitative interview
food -
frequency questionnaire.
The PHS II includes more than 14,000 US male physicians over 50 years
of age who have completed comprehensive
food frequency questionnaires.
Both studies used detailed
food -
frequency questionnaires administered every four years to evaluate the composition
of the participants» diets.
All
of the participants, which were patients
of the University
of Michigan Head and Neck Specialized Program
of Research Excellence, were asked to track their intake
of food, beverages and supplements for a year prior to diagnosis and a year following treatment using the Harvard Food Frequency Questionna
food, beverages and supplements for a year prior to diagnosis and a year following treatment using the Harvard
Food Frequency Questionna
Food Frequency Questionnaire.
Dr. Arun Swaminath explained that the study's data on omega - 3 intake came from «
food frequency questionnaires,» and these types
of studies «have significant weaknesses to the point that some have questioned whether they should be abandoned altogether.»
In the
questionnaire they were asked about consumption
frequency and size
of portions for 122
food groups and goods throughout a period
of 3 months which included questions regarding fat intake from cooking, meat, dairy and reduced fat
foods.
Questionnaires for
food frequency were made use
of every 4 years for assessing the habitual diet
of individuals, asking how often, on average, each
food was consumed in a standard portion size.
Every one
of them was free from cancer and cardiovascular disease at beginning
of the study, when they completed the
food frequency questionnaire used in the research.
Dietary data was collected by means
of a
food -
frequency questionnaire.
In all the studies, dietary magnesium levels were established making use
of a 24 - hour dietary recall or a
food frequency questionnaire.
Study participants received a
questionnaire on
food frequency at the time
of enrollment and again 3 years later to evaluate their diet.
General Mills provided funding for coding
of the
food -
frequency questionnaire completed by study participants.
Validity
of carbohydrate, glycaemic index and glycaemic load data obtained using a semi-quantitative
food -
frequency questionnaire
One cited study, which attributes stroke to excessive salt intake, is a meta - analysis
of thirteen studies published between 1966 and 2008 in which most measurements
of sodium intake were highly inaccurate estimates based on
food frequency questionnaires.22 The second is a review
of fifty - two studies, which concluded that strokes are not caused by excess sodium but rather by insufficient potassium, a finding that is consistent with the preponderance
of evidence.23 Cordain ignores more recent large clinical and epidemiological studies, which have found that sodium intakes
of less than 3 grams per day significantly increase cardiovascular risk.3, 4
Estimates
of nutrient intake from a
food frequency questionnaire: the 1987 National Health Interview Survey
Differences between
food group reports
of low - energy reporters and non-low-energy reporters on a
food frequency questionnaire.
Almost all
of these epidemiological studies rely on
food frequency questionnaires that ask respondents to remember what they ate weeks, months, and in some cases, YEARS ago.
Bedard D, Shatenstein B, Nadon S. Underreporting
of energy intake from a self - administered
food -
frequency questionnaire completed by adults in Montreal.
Researchers followed a sample
of 6,712 girls between the ages
of 9 and 15 over a period
of seven years, annually assessing their dairy, calcium and vitamin D intakes via a
food frequency questionnaire.
They were also asked to complete a 120 - item
food -
frequency questionnaire to assess dietary change from the beginning to the end
of the study.
In a subgroup
of 1953 study participants who also completed a 24 - hour dietary - recall
questionnaire on 2 nonconsecutive days, 33 the Spearman coefficient for the correlation between coffee consumption as assessed with this
questionnaire and coffee consumption as assessed with the baseline
food -
frequency questionnaire was 0.80.
The
questionnaire asked about their current weekly
frequency of consumption
of 43
food groups and
food items.
Design: Intakes
of vitamin D and calcium from
foods and supplements were measured every 4 y with the use
of a
food -
frequency questionnaire.
The Memory and Aging Project recruited 960 volunteers, ages 58 - 99, who completed a
food frequency questionnaire and had at least two cognitive assessments over the course
of four years and seven months.
Although the Lim team found no relationship between dietary intake
of preformed retinol and fracture risk, it only used one one - week
food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), 13 whereas the 1998 Melhus study used four one - week FFQs, 7 and the Nurses» Health Study used five one - week FFQs.
Food groups were formed based on a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (12); for example, the whole - grain group was formed as the sum of the number of servings per week of dark bread, brown rice, whole - grain breakfast cereal, bran, wheat germ, and a miscellaneous whole - grain item (
Food groups were formed based on a semiquantitative
food frequency questionnaire (12); for example, the whole - grain group was formed as the sum of the number of servings per week of dark bread, brown rice, whole - grain breakfast cereal, bran, wheat germ, and a miscellaneous whole - grain item (
food frequency questionnaire (12); for example, the whole - grain group was formed as the sum
of the number
of servings per week
of dark bread, brown rice, whole - grain breakfast cereal, bran, wheat germ, and a miscellaneous whole - grain item (13).
Finally, according to the authors, «[T] he validation
of the [
food frequency questionnaire] showed that protein intake was particularly difficult to estimate.»
Third, the researchers assessed the intake
of artificial sweeteners using
food frequency questionnaires (FFQ).
Despite the measurement
of key confounders in our analyses, the potential for residual confounding can not be ruled out, and although our
food frequency questionnaire specified portion size, the assessment
of diet using any method will have measurement error.
Differences between
Food Group Reports
of Low - Energy Reporters and Non — Low - Energy Reporters on a
Food Frequency Questionnaire.
Stratified analyses were also conducted by methodologic quality, sex, type
of dietary assessment tool (
food frequency questionnaires vs
food records and 24 - hour recall), continental region (North America, Europe, and Asia), and type
of prevention strategy (primary vs secondary) to assess the influence
of these factors on the observed associations between diet and CHD.
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; FFQ,
food frequency questionnaire; GI, glycemic index; GL, glycemic load; HPFS, Health Professionals Follow - up Study; NHS, Nurses» Health Study; NHS II, Nurses» Health Study II; USDA, United States Department
of Agriculture
The team used a validated
food frequency questionnaire to determine consumption
of fish, vegetables, fruit, alcohol - containing beverages, dairy products, and meat.
Participants were asked to report the hours spent per week on moderate (eg, brisk walking) and vigorous (eg, strenuous sports and jogging) exercise, then the total hours
of metabolic equivalent tasks per week were estimated on the basis
of the metabolic equivalent task score assigned to each activity.15 Dietary variables were assessed using a validated semiquantitative
food frequency questionnaire.12 Mental health was assessed using the 36 - Item Short - Form Health Survey in the 1996
questionnaire.
The researchers, from the Dutch National Institute
of Public Health and the Environment, Utrecht University, University Medical Center Groningen, used
food frequency questionnaires completed by the parents
of 598 Dutch children aged 8 - 13 years.
Development
of a glycemic index database for
food frequency questionnaires used in epidemiologic studies
Dietary validation studies have indicated that the
frequency of coffee consumption reported on a
food frequency questionnaire is highly reproducible and agrees well with assessments using diet records (15).
In a validation study in the original Nurses» Health Study, we found high correlations between intake
of coffee and other caffeinated beverages assessed with
food frequency questionnaire and with four 1 - week diet records (coffee, r = 0.78; tea, r = 0.93; and caffeinated sodas, r = 0.85)(15).
At 3 months, a subset
of 121 adolescent mothers reported on their infant's intake through a
food frequency questionnaire.
When infants were 3 months
of age, we conducted a
food frequency questionnaire to test the hypothesis that the adolescent mothers in the intervention group would be more likely to adhere to feeding guidelines
of limiting their infants» intake to breast milk, formula, or water for the first 4 to 6 months
of life, compared with mothers in the control group.
Reproducibility and validity
of an expanded self - administered semiquantitative
food frequency questionnaire among male health professionals
Dietary data were collected from the
Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), a valid and reliable measure of estimated food and beverage consumption (Rogers and Emmett 1998); The FFQ was used to assess (a) mother's reported dietary patterns at 32 weeks gestation («pregnancy»), and (b) what the mother reported feeding her child at 38 months of age («3 years&raqu
Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), a valid and reliable measure
of estimated
food and beverage consumption (Rogers and Emmett 1998); The FFQ was used to assess (a) mother's reported dietary patterns at 32 weeks gestation («pregnancy»), and (b) what the mother reported feeding her child at 38 months of age («3 years&raqu
food and beverage consumption (Rogers and Emmett 1998); The FFQ was used to assess (a) mother's reported dietary patterns at 32 weeks gestation («pregnancy»), and (b) what the mother reported feeding her child at 38 months
of age («3 years»).