Nutrient estimation from an FFQ developed for a Black Zimbabwean population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is little information in the literature on methods of food composition database development to calculate nutrient intake from food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) data. The aim of this study is to describe the development of an FFQ and a food composition table to calculate nutrient intake in a Black Zimbabwean population.

Methods

Trained interviewers collected 24-hour dietary recalls (24 hr DR) from high and low income families in urban and rural Zimbabwe. Based on these data and input from local experts we developed an FFQ, containing a list of frequently consumed foods, standard portion sizes, and categories of consumption frequency. We created a food composition table of the foods found in the FFQ so that we could compute nutrient intake. We used the USDA n

SUBMITTER: Merchant AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1325035 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature