title: Feasibility of repeated 24-h dietary recalls combined with a food-recording booklet, using EPIC-Soft, among preschoolers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study evaluates the feasibility among preschoolers of the 2 × 24-h dietary recalls (24-HDRs) method combined with a food-recording booklet (FRB), using EPIC-Soft pc-program for the 24-HDR (the software developed to conduct 24-HDRs in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Study).
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 20 and 25 (4- to 5-year-old) children were recruited, as a convenience sample, through worksites or day or healthcare in Denmark and Spain, respectively. One parent (or both parents together) completed two face-to-face 24-HDR, combined with an optional use of a FRB. Feasibility was evaluated by evaluation questionnaires completed by parents and interviewers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The face-to-face interviews were primarily conducted with the mothers. The FRB was used by 90% of the participants, and proxy persons, other than the parent, were also involved; involvement of proxy persons seems necessary in a majority of the recalls in both the countries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggest that 2 × 24-HDR with one parent combined with a FRB is feasible for registering preschoolers' diet. An FRB and/or information from proxy persons, other than the parent, is needed for a majority of the parents. In future studies, it may be beneficial to develop the FRB more like a structured food record (FR), which might, in principle, change the method to a one-day FR method from more than a 24-HDR method. It is recommended then to further investigate the use of EPIC-Soft as a data-entry tool.
authors: Division of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Soeborg, Denmark.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Trolle
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Amiano
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ege
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Bower
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Lioret
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Brants
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Kaic-Rak
authors: E J
authors: EJ
authors: de Boer
authors: L F
authors: LF
authors: Andersen
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003718:Denmark; D004032:Diet; D015930:Diet Records; D004034:Diet Surveys / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D009035:Mothers; D009369:Neoplasms; D052756:Nutritional Sciences; D010174:Pamphlets; D011446:Prospective Studies; D019727:Proxy; D012984:Software; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires