Evaluation of a Web-Based Food Record for Children Using Direct Unobtrusive Lunch Observations: A Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High-quality, Web-based dietary assessment tools for children are needed to reduce cost and improve user-friendliness when studying children's dietary practices.

Objective

To evaluate the first Web-based dietary assessment tool for children in Norway, the Web-based Food Record (WebFR), by comparing children's true school lunch intake with recordings in the WebFR, using direct unobtrusive observation as the reference method.

Methods

A total of 117 children, 8-9 years, from Bærum, Norway, were recruited from September to December 2013. Children completed 4 days of recordings in the WebFR, with parental assistance, and were observed during school lunch in the same period by 3 observers. Interobserver reliability assessments were satisfactory. Match, omission,

SUBMITTER: Medin AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4704886 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature