Dietary assessment in the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort study: comparing energy intake with energy expenditure

• Autor(a) principal: Gigante, Denise P.
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Reichert, Felipe Fossati, Hallal, Pedro C., Souza, Rosângela Velleda de, Neutzling, Marilda Borges, Vieira, Maria de Fátima Alves, Assunção, Maria Cecilia Formoso, Araújo, Cora Luiza, Menezes, Ana M. B.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/4444
• topic: Energy Intake; Adolescent Nutrition; Energy Metabolism; Validation Studies

The study aims to describe and compare two methods of energy intake assessment and one measure of energy expenditure applied in adolescents from a birth cohort. In a sub-sample of the 1993 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort, followed up in 2006-7, information on intake was obtained through a food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and three 24-hour-recalls (24hR), while energy expenditure was assessed using an accelerometer. Bland & Altman plots were used in the analyses in order to compare the methods. The mean difference between FFQ and 24hR was 592 ± 929cal/day. Compared to energy expenditure, intake was overestimated when measured by FFQ (357 ± 968cal/day) and underestimated by 24hR (-278 ± 714cal/day). In spite of the great differences between energy intake obtained using the two methods, lower differences were observed when these methods were compared to expenditure.