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Feasibility of repeated 24-h dietary recalls combined with a food-recording booklet, using EPIC-Soft, among preschoolers

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Background/Objectives:

This study evaluates the feasibility among preschoolers of the 2 × 24-h dietary recalls (24-HDRs) method combined with a food-recording booklet (FRB), using EPIC-Soft pc-program for the 24-HDR (the software developed to conduct 24-HDRs in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) Study).

Subjects/Methods:

A total of 20 and 25 (4- to 5-year-old) children were recruited, as a convenience sample, through worksites or day or healthcare in Denmark and Spain, respectively. One parent (or both parents together) completed two face-to-face 24-HDR, combined with an optional use of a FRB. Feasibility was evaluated by evaluation questionnaires completed by parents and interviewers.

Results:

The face-to-face interviews were primarily conducted with the mothers. The FRB was used by 90% of the participants, and proxy persons, other than the parent, were also involved; involvement of proxy persons seems necessary in a majority of the recalls in both the countries.

Conclusions:

The results suggest that 2 × 24-HDR with one parent combined with a FRB is feasible for registering preschoolers' diet. An FRB and/or information from proxy persons, other than the parent, is needed for a majority of the parents. In future studies, it may be beneficial to develop the FRB more like a structured food record (FR), which might, in principle, change the method to a one-day FR method from more than a 24-HDR method. It is recommended then to further investigate the use of EPIC-Soft as a data-entry tool.

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  1. Division of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Soeborg, Denmark

    E Trolle & M Ege

  2. Public Health Division of Gipuzkoa, San Sebastian and CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, Spain

    P Amiano & E Bower

  3. Food intake and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, French agency for food, environmental and occupational health safety (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France

    S Lioret

  4. National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands

    H Brants & E J de Boer

  5. Akademija Medicinskih Znanostl Hrvatske, Zagreb, Croatia

    A Kaic-Rak

  6. Department of Nutrition, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

    L F Andersen

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Trolle, E., Amiano, P., Ege, M. et al. Feasibility of repeated 24-h dietary recalls combined with a food-recording booklet, using EPIC-Soft, among preschoolers. Eur J Clin Nutr 65 (Suppl 1), S84–S86 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2011.91

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