Development and evaluation of a food frequency questionnaire for use among young children

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 15; no. 3; p. e0230669
• Main Authors: Zheng, Miaobing, Campbell, Karen J, Scanlan, Emily, McNaughton, Sarah A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 25.03.2020; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Age; Ascorbic acid; Authorship; Biology and Life Sciences; Caregivers; Children; Children & youth; Comparative analysis; Diet; Energy intake; Exercise; Folic acid; Food; Food groups; Food habits; Food intake; Maternal & child health; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methods; Nutrients; Nutrition research; Obesity; Parent educational background; Parents & parenting; People and Places; Physical fitness; Preschool children; Prevention; Proteins; Questionnaires; Rankings; Studies; Surveys; Time; Vitamin C; Vitamins; Australia; United States > US; Victoria Australia

This study described the development of a parent food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for measuring diets of young children over the past month and the validation of this FFQ against three non-consecutive 24 hour recalls. Food and nutrient intakes from a 68-item FFQ were compared with three non-consec...