Evaluating Intake Estimation Methods for Young Children's Diets.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: This paper illustrates the use of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method for usual intake (UI) analyses of 5-year-old children's diets by comparing results from the MCMC method with results from other estimation methods. Methods: This study involves secondary analysis of data from the Infant and Toddler Feeding Practices Study-2 (ITFPS-2), a nationally representative prospective cohort study that followed children from around birth through age 9. Dietary data analyzed were collected between April 2018 and August 2019. All study participants in the longitudinal cohort (n = 1030) had 1 day of dietary recall data, and 122 participants had 2 days of recall. We compare differences in intake distributions for sodium, added suga

SUBMITTER: Zhu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12735841 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature