Can a dietary quality score derived from a short-form FFQ assess dietary quality in UK adult population surveys?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To devise a measure of diet quality from a short-form FFQ (SFFFQ) for population surveys. To validate the SFFFQ against an extensive FFQ and a 24 h diet recall.

Design

Population-based cross-sectional survey.

Setting

East Leeds and Bolton in Northern England.

Subjects

Adults (n 1999) were randomly selected from lists of those registered with a general practitioner in the study areas, contacted by mail and asked to complete the SFFFQ. Responders were sent a longer FFQ to complete and asked if they would take part in a telephone-based 24 h diet recall.

Results

Results from 826 people completing the SFFFQ, 705 completing the FFQ and forty-seven completing the diet recall were included in the analyses. The dietary quality score (DQS), based on frui

SUBMITTER: Cleghorn CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10271203 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature