Validity of a new food frequency questionnaire for pregnant women in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)

• Published in: Maternal and child nutrition Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 28 - 43
• Main Authors: Brantsæter, Anne Lise, Haugen, Margaretha, Alexander, Jan, Meltzer, Helle Margrete
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2008
• Subjects: Adult; Biomarkers - urine; Cohort Studies; Diet - psychology; Diet - statistics & numerical data; Diet - trends; Diet Records; dietary assessment; Energy Metabolism - physiology; Female; food frequency questionnaire (FFQ); Humans; Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology; Norway; Nutrition Assessment; Original; Pregnancy; pregnant women; Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Reproducibility of Results; Self Disclosure; Sensitivity and Specificity; Surveys and Questionnaires - standards; validation; weighed food diary; Norway

The aim of the present study was to examine the relative validity of foods and nutrients calculated by a new food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Reference measures were a 4‐day weighed food diary (FD), a motion sensor for measuring total energy e...