title: Evaluation of a Novel Single-administration Food Frequency Questionnaire for Assessing Seasonally Varied Dietary Patterns among Women in Rural Nepal.
abstract: Novel dietary assessment methods are needed to study chronic disease risk in agrarian cultures where food availability is highly seasonal. In 16,320 rural Nepalese women, we tested a novel food frequency questionnaire, administered once, to assess past 7-day intake and usual frequency of intake throughout the year for year-round foods and when in season for seasonal foods. Spearman rank correlations between usual and past 7-day intakes were 0.12-0.85 and weighted kappa statistics, representing chance-corrected agreement, were 0.10-0.80, with better agreement for frequently consumed foods. The questionnaire performed well, but may require refinement for settings of extremely low dietary diversity.
authors: a Department of International Health , Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , Maryland , USA.
authors: Rebecca K
authors: RK
authors: Campbell
authors: Sameera A
authors: SA
authors: Talegawkar
authors: Parul
authors: P
authors: Christian
authors: Steven C
authors: SC
authors: Leclerq
authors: Subarna K
authors: SK
authors: Khatry
authors: Lee S F
authors: LS
authors: Wu
authors: Christine P
authors: CP
authors: Stewart
authors: Keith P
authors: KP
authors: West
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004032:Diet; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005502:Food / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D009390:Nepal; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D012424:Rural Population; D012621:Seasons; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Nepal; diet assessment; food frequency questionnaire; seasonal foods; undernutrition