Validity and reliability of a food frequency questionnaire for community dwelling older adults in a Mediterranean country: Lebanon

• Published in: Nutrition journal Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 40
• Main Authors: Yaghi, Nathalie, Boulos, Christa, Baddoura, Rafic, Abifadel, Marianne, Yaghi, Cesar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 18.06.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Age; Aged patients; Care and treatment; Correlation coefficient; COVID-19; Data collection; Diet; Dietary intake; Dietary recall; Dietitians; Elderly; Evaluation; Examinations; Fibers; Food; Food frequency questionnaire; Food habits; Food intake; Fruits; Health aspects; Interviews; Literacy; Mediterranean population; Nutrients; Older people; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Population; Questionnaires; Reproducibility; Translations and translating; Validity; Vitamin A; Vitamin B12; Vitamins; Lebanon

Food frequency questionnaires (FFQ) is an easy and inexpensive tool that can be used to evaluate nutrient and dietary trends of groups and individuals. Few studies in the East Mediterranean region tailored FFQs to describe dietary intakes of older adults. The purpose of the study is therefore to ass...