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The validity of a four day weighed food record for measuring energy intake in female classical ballet dancers

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 53, pages 752–753 (1999)Cite this article

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Objectives: To assess the validity of a four day weighed food record in the measurement of energy intake in female classical ballet dancers.

Design: Twelve classical ballet dancers volunteered to take part in this study.

Setting: Queensland University of Technology.

Subjects: Twelve classical ballet dancers. Data collected from one subject was not used due to poor compliance with the requirements of the study.

Interventions: Measurements of energy intake via a four day weighed record and total energy expenditure via the doubly labelled water technique.

Results: There was a mean bias to under‐reporting energy intake of 667 kcal/day or 21% of real intake.

Conclusions: Results of dietary data obtained via a four day weighed intake should be viewed with caution in the light of the evidence of major under‐reporting in this cohort.

Sponsorship: RJH was in receipt of a Queensland University of Technology, Faculty of Health Scholarship.

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  1. School of Human Movement Studies, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, 4059, Queensland, Australia

    RJ Hill & PSW Davies

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Contributors: RJH recruited subjects into the study, analysed food record data, prepared samples for mass spectrometer analysis and prepared the initial draft of the manuscript. PSWD was involved in interpretation of the mass spectrometer data and was responsible for the overall supervision of the project and preparation of the manuscript.

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Hill, R., Davies, P. The validity of a four day weighed food record for measuring energy intake in female classical ballet dancers. Eur J Clin Nutr 53, 752–753 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600836

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