title: Using a brief household food inventory as an environmental indicator of individual dietary practices.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined whether foods in household pantries are an indicator of house-hold members' diet.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a random-digit-dial survey, the presence in the house of 15 high-fat foods was assessed with whoever answered the phone. A randomly selected household member was surveyed about diet-related behaviors (n = 1002).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Individuals in the precontemplation stage of dietary change had more high-fat foods in their pantry than those in maintenance (means of 7.4 and 5.8, respectively). Individuals with low-fat pantries had an intake of 32% energy from fat vs 37% for those with high-fat pantries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Household food inventories are a practical and valid approach to monitoring dietary behaviors in community-based studies.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Prevention Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98104, USA.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kristal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shannon
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D004034:Diet Surveys; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005190:Family; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats