title: Reliability and validity of a short FFQ for assessing the dietary habits of 2-5-year-old children, Sydney, Australia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A simple FFQ which ranks young children's dietary habits is necessary for population-based monitoring and intervention programmes. The aim of the present study was to determine the reliability and validity of a short FFQ to assess the dietary habits of young children aged 2-5 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  Parents completed a seventeen-item FFQ for their children by telephone on two occasions, two weeks apart. Sixty-four parents also completed 3 d food records for their children. The FFQ included daily servings of fruit and vegetables, frequency of eating lean meat, processed meats, take-away food, snack foods (biscuits, cakes, doughnuts, muesli bars), potato crisps and confectionery, and cups of soft drinks/cordials, juice, milk and water. Weighted kappa and intra-class correlation coefficients were used to assess FFQ reliability and the Bland-Altman method was used to assess validity of the FFQ compared with the 3 d food record.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven pre-school centres in metropolitan Sydney, Australia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-seven children aged 2-5 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority of questions had moderate to good reliability: κ w ranged from 0·37 (lean meat) to 0·85 (take-away food consumption). Validity analysis showed a significant increase in mean values from the food record with increasing ordered categories from the FFQ for servings of vegetables and fruit and cups of drinks (all trend P ≤ 0·01). Spearman rank correlation coefficient was >0·5 for vegetables, fruit, diet soft drinks and fruit juice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The FFQ provides reliable and moderately valid information about the dietary intakes and habits of children aged 2-5 years, in particular for fruit, vegetables and beverages.
authors: 1 School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW 2455, Australia.
authors: Victoria M
authors: VM
authors: Flood
authors: 2 Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Sydney, Australia.
authors: Li Min
authors: LM
authors: Wen
authors: 3 School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
authors: Louise L
authors: LL
authors: Hardy
authors: 2 Health Promotion Service, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Sydney, Australia.
authors: Chris
authors: C
authors: Rissel
authors: 3 School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
authors: Judy M
authors: JM
authors: Simpson
authors: 3 School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
authors: Louise A
authors: LA
authors: Baur
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D015930:Diet Records; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009749:Nutrition Surveys / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D015397:Program Evaluation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D014505:Urban Population
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