Accuracy of self-reported intake of signature foods in a school meal intervention study: comparison between control and intervention period

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  • Anja Biltoft-Jensen
  • Damsgaard, Camilla Trab
  • Rikke Andersen
  • Karin Hess Ygil
  • Elisabeth Wreford Andersen
  • Majken Ege
  • Tue Christensen
  • Louise Bergmann Sørensen
  • Ken D Stark
  • Tetens, Inge
  • Anne-Vibeke Thorsen

Bias in self-reported dietary intake is important when evaluating the effect of dietary interventions, particularly for intervention foods. However, few have investigated this in children, and none have investigated the reporting accuracy of fish intake in children using biomarkers. In a Danish school meal study, 8- to 11-year-old children (n 834) were served the New Nordic Diet (NND) for lunch. The present study examined the accuracy of self-reported intake of signature foods (berries, cabbage, root vegetables, legumes, herbs, potatoes, wild plants, mushrooms, nuts and fish) characterising the NND. Children, assisted by parents, self-reported their diet in a Web-based Dietary Assessment Software for Children during the intervention and control (packed lunch) periods. The reported fish intake by children was compared with their ranking according to fasting whole-blood EPA and DHA concentration and weight percentage using the Spearman correlations and cross-classification. Direct observation of school lunch intake (n 193) was used to score the accuracy of food-reporting as matches, intrusions, omissions and faults. The reporting of all lunch foods had higher percentage of matches compared with the reporting of signature foods in both periods, and the accuracy was higher during the control period compared with the intervention period. Both Spearman's rank correlations and linear mixed models demonstrated positive associations between EPA+DHA and reported fish intake. The direct observations showed that both reported and real intake of signature foods did increase during the intervention period. In conclusion, the self-reported data represented a true increase in the intake of signature foods and can be used to examine dietary intervention effects.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftBritish Journal of Nutrition
Vol/bind114
Udgave nummer4
Sider (fra-til)635-644
Antal sider10
ISSN0007-1145
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2015

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CURIS 2015 NEXS 252

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