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Calorie intake misreporting by diet record and food frequency questionnaire compared to doubly labeled water among postmenopausal women

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 60, pages 561–565 (2006)Cite this article

Abstract

Objective:

We assessed the extent of energy misreporting from the use of a self-administered 7-day diet record (7-DDR) and a widely used food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) compared to total energy expenditure from doubly labeled water (DLW) in a group of postmenopausal women.

Design:

At baseline, 65 healthy postmenopausal women were instructed to fill out the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) FFQ and a 7-DDR. Average total energy expenditure using the DLW method was also performed at baseline.

Results:

On average, the women underestimated total energy intake compared to total energy expenditure assessed from DLW by 37% on the 7-DDR and 42% on the FFQ.

Conclusions:

These findings suggest that the interpretation of findings from the 7-DDR- and FFQ-based energy-disease association studies in postmenopausal women needs further evaluation.

Sponsorship:

This research was supported (in part) by the Intramural Program of the NIH (National Cancer Institute).

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This research was supported [in part] by the Intramural Program of the NIH [National Cancer Institute].

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  1. Department of Epidemiology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    S Mahabir

  2. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Human Nutrition Research Center, Agriculture Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA

    D J Baer, W Campbell & B Clevidence

  3. Information Management Services, Inc, Silver Spring, MD, USA

    C Giffen

  4. Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Applied Research Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA

    A Subar

  5. Department of Nutrition, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

    T J Hartman

  6. Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA

    D Albanes

  7. Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA

    P R Taylor

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Contributors: SM wrote the manuscript. SM and CG carried out the data analysis. PRT, DJB, WC, TJH, BC, AS, and DA were involved in the design and implementation of the study. All authors contributed in the discussion and interpretation of the results, and in drafting and editing the manuscript. No conflicts of interest are declared.

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Mahabir, S., Baer, D., Giffen, C. et al. Calorie intake misreporting by diet record and food frequency questionnaire compared to doubly labeled water among postmenopausal women. Eur J Clin Nutr 60, 561–565 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602359

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