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Construção de um Questionário de Freqüência Alimentar Quantitativo para crianças de 7 a 10 anos
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Hinnig, Patrícia De Fragas |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | HINNIG PF. Development of a Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire for 7 to 10-year-old children [dissertation]. São Paulo (BR): Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo; 2010. Background: The early occurrence of chronic diseases in adulthood related to inappropriate feeding practices at younger ages, makes diet monitoring and identifying important in the epidemiological and health areas. Instruments which allows to assess habitual food intake and which have serving sizes regularly consumed by 7-10 year-old children is necessary. In Brazil, however, this population has not been covered by Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQ), which have only been developed for young children (under five years of age) and adolescents. Objective: To present a Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire (QFFQ) that allowing to assess the habitual diet of 7 to 10-year-old children with regard to energy and macronutrients. Methods: The QFFQ was developed from a Food Diary (FD) completed by eighty-five 7 to 10 year-old schoolchildren enrolled in a state school in São Paulo, Brazil, in a 3-day-FD after being trained. In order to develop the QFFQ, all foods consumed were listed and diet composition in relation to energy, carbohydrates, proteins and lipids was calculated. Foods were grouped into items and the percentage of the contribution of each item to the diet was calculated. The QFFQ was based on the items which contributed to up to 95% of total intake. Serving sizes were established according to the 25, 50 and 75 percentiles of intake and seven categories were selected to measure food frequency in the previous three months. Results: Three hundred ninety-three foods were identified and grouped into 129 items. Seventy-six items were used for developing the instrument, and 16 other items reported in the literature were also included, resulting in 92 items in 17 food groups. Conclusion: a QFFQ, which is to be completed in an interview, for the assessment of energy and macronutrient intakes of 7 to 10 year-old children in the previous three months is presented. Key-words: food intake, child, questionnaires, diet surveys. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.11606/D.6.2010.tde-13102010-084115 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/6/6138/tde-13102010-084115/publico/PatriciaHinnig.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Thesis |
