Energy Underreporting in Low-Calorie and Carbohydrate-Restrictive Diets: Epidemiological Considerations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inaccurate energy intake assessments and dietary underreporting are important barriers to assess reliable health correlates of food consumption in nutritional epidemiology. Studies that do not account for this phenomenon may result in spurious diet-health associations. Whether underreporting occurs more frequently with special diets remains subject to investigation.

Objectives

This study aimed to test the hypothesis whether low-calorie and carbohydrate-restrictive diets were associated with increased odds for energy intake underreporting and investigate whether a lower carbohydrate intake (in %/total energy intake) was associated with a higher discrepancy between self-reported energy intake and total energy expenditure.

Methods

This study used a predictive

SUBMITTER: Storz MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12538426 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature