title: Software to record 24-hour food recall: application in the Study of Cardiovascular Risks in Adolescents.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Study of Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents (ERICA) is a national multicenter study whose purpose is to describe the cardiovascular risk profile, including obesity, changes in lipid and glucose metabolism, and blood pressure, of about 75,000 Brazilian adolescents.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe the development of a tool for data collection of 24-hour food recall (REC24h) in ERICA and to report its performance in the pilot study.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Multiple Pass Method was used for the development of the computer program that guides REC24h interview. REC24h-ERICA uses a database composed of 1,626 food items including preparation methods and units of predefined portion sizes. Food consumption data are obtained through interviews and entered directly into REC24h-ERICA, avoiding the use of paper.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The pilot study included 1,367 adolescents, of which 1,047 (77%) responded to REC24h. The researchers did not report difficulties in program use, the average duration of interviews was 20 minutes and the interviewers inserted 50 new food items.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The program developed was proven suitable for use in large-population studies, even in a country like Brazil, where there is great diversity in eating habits.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil.
authors.forename: Laura Augusta
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Barufaldi
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil.
authors.forename: Gabriela de Azevedo
authors.initials: Gde A
authors.lastname: Abreu
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Nutrição Josué de Castro, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil.
authors.forename: Gloria Valeria da
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Veiga
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Social, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil.
authors.forename: Rosely
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sichieri
authors.affiliation: Núcleo de Estudos da Saúde do Adolescente, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Cristina Caetano
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kuschnir
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Social, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil.
authors.forename: Diana Barbosa
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Cunha
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Nutrição Josué de Castro, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil.
authors.forename: Rosângela Alves
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil.
authors.forename: Katia Vergetti
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Bloch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D015930:Diet Records; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012307:Risk Factors; D012984:Software; D013997:Time Factors