title: Assessing diets of 3-year-old children: evaluation of an FFQ.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the use of an administered eighty-item FFQ to assess nutrient intake and diet quality in 3-year-old children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Frequency of consumption and portion size of the foods listed on the FFQ during the 3 months preceding the interview were reported by the child's main caregiver; after the interview a 2 d prospective food diary (FD) was completed on behalf of the child. Nutrient intakes from the FFQ and FD were estimated using UK food composition data. Diet quality was assessed from the FFQ and FD according to the child's scores for a principal component analysis-defined dietary pattern ('prudent' pattern), characterised by high consumption of fruit, vegetables, water and wholemeal cereals.
  
  
  METHODS
  Southampton, UK.
  
  
  METHODS
  Children (n 892) aged 3 years in the Southampton Women's Survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Intakes of all nutrients assessed by the FFQ were higher than FD estimates, but there was reasonable agreement in terms of ranking of children (range of Spearman rank correlations for energy-adjusted nutrient intakes, r s = 0·41 to 0·59). Prudent diet scores estimated from the FFQ and FD were highly correlated (r = 0·72). Some family and child characteristics appeared to influence the ability of the FFQ to rank children, most notably the number of child's meals eaten away from home.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The FFQ provides useful information to allow ranking of children at this age with respect to nutrient intake and quality of diet, but may overestimate absolute intakes. Dietary studies of young children need to consider family and child characteristics that may impact on reporting error associated with an FFQ.
authors: 1 MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.
authors: Megan
authors: M
authors: Jarman
authors: 1 MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.
authors: Catherine M
authors: CM
authors: Fisk
authors: 1 MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.
authors: Georgia
authors: G
authors: Ntani
authors: 1 MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.
authors: Sarah R
authors: SR
authors: Crozier
authors: 1 MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.
authors: Keith M
authors: KM
authors: Godfrey
authors: 1 MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.
authors: Hazel M
authors: HM
authors: Inskip
authors: 1 MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.
authors: Cyrus
authors: C
authors: Cooper
authors: 1 MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK.
authors: Sian M
authors: SM
authors: Robinson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet; D015930:Diet Records; D004034:Diet Surveys / Q000592:standards*; D005190:Family; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*
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