Relative Validity of a Short Food Frequency Questionnaire for Disadvantaged Families in Hong Kong.

ABSTRACT: Individuals with lower socioeconomic status are more vulnerable in securing good nutritional quality. It was also found that people who had received a lower education level had greater difficulty in completing the conventional dietary assessment such as a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). Previous studies have demonstrated the validity of a short FFQ in Hong Kong's pregnant women, but its validity among a wider community was still unknown. For the present study, we aimed to validate a short FFQ among disadvantaged communities in Hong Kong. Amongst 103 individuals participating in a dietary intervention programme, their dietary data were collected by FFQs and three-day dietary records. Relative validity was assessed by correlation analysis, cross-tabulation, one-sample t-test, and

SUBMITTER: Chan VW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10304536 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature