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A simple fruit and vegetable score is a valid tool to assess actual fruit and vegetable intake.
- Source :
- British Journal of Nutrition; 12/14/2023, Vol. 130 Issue 11, p1942-1949, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- With the recent growing interest in improving fruit and vegetable intake for better health and limited research resources in many settings, simple-to-administer and low-priced indicators are essential tools for monitoring fruit and vegetable intake at the population level. A potential candidate indicator is the fruit and vegetable component of the Global Dietary Recommendation score (FV-GDR) based on data collected using the Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ). We investigated the relative validity of FV-GDR collected with the DQQ to measure fruit and vegetable intake by comparison with a 24-h recall (24hR) as a reference collected from 620 Vietnamese and 630 Nigerian adults in 2021. We found proportional differences in the prevalence of intake of vitamin A-rich vegetables, other vegetables and other fruits in Vietnam and all vegetable food groups in Nigeria. In both countries, we found a small difference in the total FV-GDR from DQQ compared with the 24hR, and the percentage of agreement between the two methods was quite high for the majority of the food groups. The FV-GDR calculated from the DQQ correlated with the actual intake, although less strongly than the FV-GDR from 24hR. The DQQ is a promising low-burden, low-cost and simple tool to calculate FV-GDR and to monitor fruit and vegetable consumption at the population level. This provides the possibility of evaluating an important aspect of diet quality in low-resource settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RESEARCH
VEGETABLES
NUTRITIONAL assessment
CONFIDENCE intervals
RESEARCH evaluation
FOOD consumption
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
RESEARCH methodology
MANN Whitney U Test
COMPARATIVE studies
MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques
FRUIT
QUESTIONNAIRES
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RESEARCH funding
FOOD quality
DIAGNOSTIC errors
STATISTICAL correlation
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00071145
- Volume :
- 130
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- British Journal of Nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173476447
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114523001125