Relative Validity of an Italian EPIC Food Frequency Questionnaire for Dietary Factors in Children and Adolescents. A Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute Study
Dietary factors play a major role in the development of non-communicable diseases, however little is known regarding the impact of nutrition on rare diseases like sarcomas. This Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute study aimed to evaluate the relative validity of a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) to meas...
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| author | Inge Huybrechts Rossella Miglio Lorenza Mistura Sara Grioni Irene Pozzebon Carmen Odorifero Renato Borea Angelo Gitto Mariela Terrafino Mattia Scipioni Aida Turrini Vittorio Krogh Susanna Ricci Gianfranco Martucci Alessandra Longhi |
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| description | Dietary factors play a major role in the development of non-communicable diseases, however little is known regarding the impact of nutrition on rare diseases like sarcomas. This Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute study aimed to evaluate the relative validity of a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) to measure the consumption of foods in comparison with a 3-days diary diet in a healthy Italian student population aged between 12 and 17 years. An extended version (including food groups for children) of the semi-quantitative FFQ used in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) was administered. The validity of the FFQ was assessed by comparing the intakes from the FFQ against the 3-day diary method. 254 Italian subjects were included in the analyses: 128 females; 126 males; 116 from High Secondary School (14–17 years); 138 from Low Secondary School (12–13 years). Mean and median intakes are overall higher in the FFQs than in the food diaries. Spearman correlations adjusted for within-person variability were highest for legumes, vegetables and coffee/tea (>0.5), followed by potatoes, meat, fruits, breakfast cereals, biscuits and candies, and milk/yoghurts (>0.4). Moderate correlations were found for alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, juices, and grains (>0.3). For some food groups, such as fish, potatoes, and bread, correlations tend to become higher when stratifying the analyses for age group. These results demonstrate that the adapted EPIC COS FFQ validated in Italian adults is also appropriate and well understood by Italian children and adolescents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cd1db3572f8d49479b5baf73c88c80532023-11-21T14:54:38ZengMDPI AGNutrients2072-66432021-04-01134124510.3390/nu13041245Relative Validity of an Italian EPIC Food Frequency Questionnaire for Dietary Factors in Children and Adolescents. A Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute StudyInge Huybrechts0Rossella Miglio1Lorenza Mistura2Sara Grioni3Irene Pozzebon4Carmen Odorifero5Renato Borea6Angelo Gitto7Mariela Terrafino8Mattia Scipioni9Aida Turrini10Vittorio Krogh11Susanna Ricci12Gianfranco Martucci13Alessandra Longhi14International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, 69372 Lyon, FranceDipartimento Scienze Statistiche “Paolo Fortunati”, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, ItalyCouncil for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research on Food Nutrition, 00178 Roma, ItalyFondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, 20133 Milano, ItalyLILT, Lega Italiana Lotta Contro Tumori Association, 00178 Roma, ItalyLILT, Lega Italiana Lotta Contro Tumori Association, 00178 Roma, ItalyEpidemiology and Prevention Unit (EPIC), University Federico II, 80135 Napoli, ItalyIstituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, IRCCS, Dietetic Service, 40136 Bologna, ItalyIstituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, IRCCS, Dietetic Service, 40136 Bologna, ItalyLILT, Lega Italiana Lotta Contro Tumori Association, 00178 Roma, ItalyCouncil for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research on Food Nutrition, 00178 Roma, ItalyFondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, 20133 Milano, ItalyIstituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, IRCCS, Dietetic Service, 40136 Bologna, ItalyLILT, Lega Italiana Lotta Contro Tumori Association, 00178 Roma, ItalyIstituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, IRCCS, Chemotherapy Unit, 40136 Bologna, ItalyDietary factors play a major role in the development of non-communicable diseases, however little is known regarding the impact of nutrition on rare diseases like sarcomas. This Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute study aimed to evaluate the relative validity of a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) to measure the consumption of foods in comparison with a 3-days diary diet in a healthy Italian student population aged between 12 and 17 years. An extended version (including food groups for children) of the semi-quantitative FFQ used in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) was administered. The validity of the FFQ was assessed by comparing the intakes from the FFQ against the 3-day diary method. 254 Italian subjects were included in the analyses: 128 females; 126 males; 116 from High Secondary School (14–17 years); 138 from Low Secondary School (12–13 years). Mean and median intakes are overall higher in the FFQs than in the food diaries. Spearman correlations adjusted for within-person variability were highest for legumes, vegetables and coffee/tea (>0.5), followed by potatoes, meat, fruits, breakfast cereals, biscuits and candies, and milk/yoghurts (>0.4). Moderate correlations were found for alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, juices, and grains (>0.3). For some food groups, such as fish, potatoes, and bread, correlations tend to become higher when stratifying the analyses for age group. These results demonstrate that the adapted EPIC COS FFQ validated in Italian adults is also appropriate and well understood by Italian children and adolescents.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/4/1245FFQ3-day diaryvalidityfood intakebone sarcomachild |
| spellingShingle | Inge Huybrechts Rossella Miglio Lorenza Mistura Sara Grioni Irene Pozzebon Carmen Odorifero Renato Borea Angelo Gitto Mariela Terrafino Mattia Scipioni Aida Turrini Vittorio Krogh Susanna Ricci Gianfranco Martucci Alessandra Longhi Relative Validity of an Italian EPIC Food Frequency Questionnaire for Dietary Factors in Children and Adolescents. A Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute Study Nutrients FFQ 3-day diary validity food intake bone sarcoma child |
| title | Relative Validity of an Italian EPIC Food Frequency Questionnaire for Dietary Factors in Children and Adolescents. A Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute Study |
| title_full | Relative Validity of an Italian EPIC Food Frequency Questionnaire for Dietary Factors in Children and Adolescents. A Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute Study |
| title_fullStr | Relative Validity of an Italian EPIC Food Frequency Questionnaire for Dietary Factors in Children and Adolescents. A Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relative Validity of an Italian EPIC Food Frequency Questionnaire for Dietary Factors in Children and Adolescents. A Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute Study |
| title_short | Relative Validity of an Italian EPIC Food Frequency Questionnaire for Dietary Factors in Children and Adolescents. A Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute Study |
| title_sort | relative validity of an italian epic food frequency questionnaire for dietary factors in children and adolescents a rizzoli orthopedic institute study |
| topic | FFQ 3-day diary validity food intake bone sarcoma child |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/4/1245 |
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