title: Development of a food frequency questionnaire in a probabilistic sample of adults from Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
abstract: With the purpose of generating a list of foods for a food-frequency questionnaire, data from 24h dietary recalls on a typical day from a probabilistic sample of 1,724 adults of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were analyzed. The frequency of food intake, the total intake of energy and macronutrients and the relative contribution of each food item to total energy and macronutrient intake were calculated. The most frequently reported food items (> 50% of adults) were rice, coffee, beans, refined canesugar, and bread. Whole milk was consumed more frequently then skimmed milk or semi-skimmed milk. Beef was consumed by more adults than chicken, pork or fish. Approximately 90% of energy and macronutrients intake was explained by 65 food items. The list of food items generated in the present analysis is similar to those found in other samples of adults from urban areas in Brazil. It may be possible to generate a core list of common foods with addition of regional foods to be used nationally in urban areas of the country.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Nutrição Social, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brasil. lanjos@gmail.com
authors.forename: Luiz Antonio dos
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Anjos
authors.forename: Vivian
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wahrlich
authors.forename: Mauricio Teixeira Leite de
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Vasconcellos
authors.forename: Danielle Ribeiro de
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Maria Teresa Anselmo
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Olinto
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Waissmann
authors.forename: Ruth Liane
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Henn
authors.forename: Sinara Laurini
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Rossato
authors.forename: Ana Eliza Port
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Lourenço
authors.forename: Ana Weigert
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Bressan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D004034:Diet Surveys / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology*; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005502:Food / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data