Diet assessment in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil): Development of a food frequency questionnaire

Revista de Nutrição

Maria Del Carmen Bisi Molina²  Carolina Perim De Faria²  Letícia De Oliveira Cardoso¹  Michele Drehmer¹  Jorge Gustavo Velasquez-meléndez¹  Andrea Lizabeth Costa Gomes¹  Cristiane Melere¹  Maria De Fátima Haueisen Sander Diniz¹  Rosely Sichieri¹  Isabela Judith Martins Benseñor¹ 

[1],Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo Centro de Ciências da Saúde Departamento de Educação Integrada em SaúdeVitória ES ,Brasil

关键词: Chronic disease;    Food consumption;    Nutrition surveys;    Doença crônica;    Consumo de alimentos;    Inquéritos nutricionais;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-52732013000200005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this article is to present the development of the Food Frequency Questionaire used in the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health-Brazil and analyze how diet exposes individuals to cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes Mellitus. METHODS: The Longitudinal Study of Adult Health-Brazil dietary assessment instrument is based on a previously validated Food Frequency Questionaire and the final list of items took into consideration a study done in the six Longitudinal Study of Adult Health-Brazil investigation centers. RESULTS: New foods/preparations were included in the Food Frequency Questionaire with their respective portions, totaling 114 items. The perspectives of dietary analysis and cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are presented in Longitudinal Study of Adult Health-Brazil. CONCLUSION: A new instrument was developed to cover the regional particularities of the study population.

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