- Title
- Issues to consider in children's dietary assessment (letter)
- Creator
- Burrows, Tracy; Collins, Clare E.,
- Relation
- Clinical Nutrition Vol. 33, Issue 4, p. 728
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2014.04.005
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2014
- Description
- Bornhosta and colleagues in the February edition of the journal conducted a validation study of child dietary intake, using parents as proxy reporters for their children (n = 36, aged 4–10 years, across a range of weight status categories and 3 countries). It was concluded that dietary intake assessed by 2 × 24 h recalls of child intake from the parent using the SACINA (Self-Administered Children and Infants Nutrition Assessment) tool, that it was an accurate and valid instrument for assessing energy intake at the group level when compared to total energy expenditure (TEE) assessed by doubly labelled water (DLW).
- Subject
- children; dietary assesment; letters to the editor; proxy reporters
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1045695
- Identifier
- uon:14503
- Identifier
- ISSN:0261-5614
- Language
- eng
- Hits: 1348
- Visitors: 1325
- Downloads: 1
Thumbnail | File | Description | Size | Format |
---|