Validation of triple pass 24-hour dietary recall in Ugandan children by simultaneous weighed food assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Undernutrition remains highly prevalent in African children, highlighting the need for accurately assessing dietary intake. In order to do so, the assessment method must be validated in the target population. A triple pass 24 hour dietary recall with volumetric portion size estimation has been described but not previously validated in African children. This study aimed to establish the relative validity of 24-hour dietary recalls of daily food consumption in healthy African children living in Mbale and Soroti, eastern Uganda compared to simultaneous weighed food records.

Methods

Quantitative assessment of daily food consumption by weighed food records followed by two independent assessments using triple pass 24-hour dietary recall on the following day. In conjunct

SUBMITTER: Nightingale H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5081093 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature