Food consumption of adolescents. A simplified questionnaire for evaluating cardiovascular risk
OBJECTIVE: To develop a simplified questionnaire for self-evaluation by adolescents of foods associated with the risk of coronary diseases. METHODS: Frequency questionnaires about 80 foods were answered by representative samples of 256 adolescents aged 12 to 19 from Rio de Janeiro as part of the Nut...
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| description | OBJECTIVE: To develop a simplified questionnaire for self-evaluation by adolescents of foods associated with the risk of coronary diseases. METHODS: Frequency questionnaires about 80 foods were answered by representative samples of 256 adolescents aged 12 to 19 from Rio de Janeiro as part of the Nutrition and Health Research project. The dependent variable was the serum cholesterol predicting equation as influenced by diet, and the independent variables were the foods. The variables were normalized and, using Pearson's correlation coefficient, those with r>0.10 were selected for the regression model. The model was analyzed for sex, age, random sample, and total calories. Those food products that explained 85% of the cholesterol variation equation were present in the caloric model, and contained trans fatty acids were selected for the questionnaire. RESULTS: Sixty-five food products had a statistically significant correlation (P<0.001) with the dependent variable. The simplified questionnaire included 9 food products present in all tested models: steak or broiled meat, hamburger, full-fat cheese, French fries or potato chips, whole milk, pies or cakes, cookies, sausages, butter or margarine. The limit of the added food points for self-evaluation was 100, and over 120 points was considered excessive. CONCLUSION: The scores given to the food products and the criteria for the evaluation of the consumption limits enabled the adolescents to get to know and to balance their intake. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2fc8dd69823247a19869c45649a769e22022-12-22T00:32:41ZengSociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia0066-782X1678-41702001-01-01774337341Food consumption of adolescents. A simplified questionnaire for evaluating cardiovascular riskChiara Vera LuciaSichieri RoselyOBJECTIVE: To develop a simplified questionnaire for self-evaluation by adolescents of foods associated with the risk of coronary diseases. METHODS: Frequency questionnaires about 80 foods were answered by representative samples of 256 adolescents aged 12 to 19 from Rio de Janeiro as part of the Nutrition and Health Research project. The dependent variable was the serum cholesterol predicting equation as influenced by diet, and the independent variables were the foods. The variables were normalized and, using Pearson's correlation coefficient, those with r>0.10 were selected for the regression model. The model was analyzed for sex, age, random sample, and total calories. Those food products that explained 85% of the cholesterol variation equation were present in the caloric model, and contained trans fatty acids were selected for the questionnaire. RESULTS: Sixty-five food products had a statistically significant correlation (P<0.001) with the dependent variable. The simplified questionnaire included 9 food products present in all tested models: steak or broiled meat, hamburger, full-fat cheese, French fries or potato chips, whole milk, pies or cakes, cookies, sausages, butter or margarine. The limit of the added food points for self-evaluation was 100, and over 120 points was considered excessive. CONCLUSION: The scores given to the food products and the criteria for the evaluation of the consumption limits enabled the adolescents to get to know and to balance their intake.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2001001000003nutritional evaluationcardiovascular diseasesadolescents |
| spellingShingle | Chiara Vera Lucia Sichieri Rosely Food consumption of adolescents. A simplified questionnaire for evaluating cardiovascular risk Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia nutritional evaluation cardiovascular diseases adolescents |
| title | Food consumption of adolescents. A simplified questionnaire for evaluating cardiovascular risk |
| title_full | Food consumption of adolescents. A simplified questionnaire for evaluating cardiovascular risk |
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| title_short | Food consumption of adolescents. A simplified questionnaire for evaluating cardiovascular risk |
| title_sort | food consumption of adolescents a simplified questionnaire for evaluating cardiovascular risk |
| topic | nutritional evaluation cardiovascular diseases adolescents |
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