scholarly journals Preoccupation with Body Weight and Under-Reporting of Energy Intake in Female Japanese Nutrition Students

Nutrients ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaharu Kagawa ◽  
Andrew P. Hills
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Body Composition Assessment ◽  
Percentage Body Fat ◽  
Activity Assessment ◽  
Body Attitudes ◽  
Diet History Questionnaire ◽  
Diet History

The present study aimed to examine associations between body image and under-reporting in female Japanese university students enrolled in a nutrition degree program. A total of 100 participants (aged 18–29 years) completed (1) a self-administered questionnaire including the Ben-Tovim Walker Body Attitudes Questionnaire (BAQ), (2) a dietary assessment using a brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire (BDHQ), (3) a physical activity assessment using Bouchard’s Physical Activity Record (BAR) and a tri-axial accelerometer, (4) detailed anthropometry, and (5) body composition assessment. Based on the energy intake to basal metabolic rate ratio (EI:BMR) and using a cut-off point of 1.35, 67% of participants were considered under-reporters (URs). While there was no between-group difference in BMI, URs had significantly (p < 0.05) greater percentage body fat (%BF) and trunk fat (%TF) compared with non-URs. Regression analyses indicated accuracy of body perception and a discrepancy between current and ideal weight were associated with EI:BMR, whereas the salience subscale of the BAQ was associated with reported EI. The study raises concerns regarding the validity of EI reported from young Japanese females as they are known to have a strong preoccupation with thinness, even with an acceptable BMI and health and nutritional knowledge.

scholarly journals Relative Validity of an Online Herb and Spice Consumption Questionnaire

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (8) ◽  
pp. 2757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Blanton
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Black Pepper ◽  
Healthy Eating Index ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Relative Validity ◽  
Food Records ◽  
Diet History Questionnaire ◽  
Diet History ◽  
Culinary Herbs ◽  
Validation Testing

Culinary herbs and spices contribute bioactives to the diet, which act to reduce systemic inflammation and associated disease. Investigating the health effects of herb/spice consumption is hampered, however, by a scarcity of dietary assessment tools designed to collect herb/spice data. The objective of this study was to determine the relative validity of an online 28-item herb/spices intake questionnaire (HSQ). In randomized order, 62 volunteers residing in Idaho, USA, completed the online Diet History Questionnaire III + the HSQ followed one week later by one of two comparative methods: 7-day food records or three telephone-administered 24-h dietary recalls. Relative validity of the HSQ was tested two ways: (1) by comparing herb/spice intakes between the HSQ and comparator, and (2) by determining the correlation between herb/spice data and Healthy Eating Index 2015 score. The HSQ and both comparators identified black pepper, cinnamon and garlic powder as the three most commonly used herbs/spices. The HSQ captured significantly higher measures of the number and amount of herbs/spices consumed than the comparators. The number of herbs/spices consumed was significantly directly correlated with diet quality for the HSQ. These results support the ability of the HSQ to record general herb/spice use, yet suggest that further validation testing is needed.

scholarly journals Relative validity of dietary patterns derived from a self-administered diet history questionnaire using factor analysis among Japanese adults

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1080-1089 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hitomi Okubo ◽  
Kentaro Murakami ◽  
Satoshi Sasaki ◽  
Mi Kyung Kim ◽  
Naoko Hirota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
Relative Validity ◽  
Japanese Adults ◽  
Diet History Questionnaire ◽  
Diet History

AbstractObjectiveAlthough dietary pattern approaches derived from dietary assessment questionnaires are widely used, only a few studies in Western countries have reported the validity of this approach. We examined the relative validity of dietary patterns derived from a self-administered diet history questionnaire (DHQ) among Japanese adults.DesignThe DHQ, assessing diet during the preceding month, and 4 d dietary records (DR) were collected in each season over one year. To derive dietary patterns, 145 food items in the DHQ and 1259 in the DR were classified into thirty-three predefined food groups, and entered into a factor analysis.SettingThree areas in Japan; Osaka (urban), Nagano (rural inland) and Tottori (rural coastal).SubjectsA total of ninety-two Japanese women and ninety-two Japanese men aged 31–76 years.ResultsWe identified three dietary patterns (‘healthy’, ‘Western’ and ‘Japanese traditional’) in women and two (‘healthy’ and ‘Western’) in men, which showed a relatively similar direction and magnitude of factor loadings of food groups across the first and mean of four DHQ (DHQ1 and mDHQ, respectively) and 16 d DR. The Pearson correlation coefficients between DHQ1 and 16 d DR for the healthy, Western and Japanese traditional patterns in women were 0·57, 0·36 and 0·44, and for the healthy and Western patterns in men were 0·62 and 0·56, respectively. When mDHQ was examined, the correlation coefficients improved for women (0·45–0·69).ConclusionsDietary patterns derived from the DHQ could be used for epidemiological studies as surrogates of those derived from DR.

scholarly journals Evaluation of energy intake by brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire among male patients with stable/at risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. e000807
Author(s):  
Yuki Nishida ◽  
Hidetoshi Nakamura ◽  
Satoshi Sasaki ◽  
Toru Shirahata ◽  
Hideaki Sato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Diet History Questionnaire ◽  
Diet History ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
The Difference

Background and objectiveWeight loss and reduced fat-free mass are independent risk factors for mortality among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). These factors are important for determining diet therapy and examining the validity of assessment for energy intake (EI). We assessed the agreement of EI between a brief-type self-administered diet history questionnaire (BDHQ) and the doubly labelled water (DLW) method among male patients with stable/at risk for COPD.MethodIn this cross-sectional observational study, data for 33 male patients were analysed. At the first visit, EI was estimated using a BDHQ (EIBDHQ). Total energy expenditure (TEE) was measured during 13–15 days by the DLW method, while corrected EI was calculated using the TEE and weight change during the DLW period (EIDLW). The difference between EIBDHQ and EIDLW was evaluated by the Bland-Altman method. Multiple regression analysis was used to determine the proportion of variance in the difference between EIBDHQ and EIDLW, as determined by the patient’s characteristics.ResultsEIBDHQ was 2100 (95% CI: 1905 to 2295) kcal/day in the total population. A fixed bias was observed between EIBDHQ and EIDLW as −186 (95% CI: −422 to 50) kcal/day, while a proportional bias was not detected by the Bland-Altman analysis. Age, weight, anxiety and interleukin 6 were responsible for 61.7% of the variance in the difference between both EIs in a multiple regression model.ConclusionsThe BDHQ underestimated EI among male patients with stable/at risk for COPD, but this estimation error was within an acceptable range compared with previous studies. EIBDHQ precision might be improved by considering common COPD traits, including inflammatory condition and mental state.

scholarly journals AKTIVITAS FISIK, PENGETAHUAN GIZI, ASUPAN ENERGI, ASUPAN SERAT DAN STATUS GIZI LEBIH PADA REMAJA

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-172
Author(s):  
Maharani Maharani
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Observational Research ◽  
Fiber Intake ◽  
Nutritional Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Relationship Of

Nutrition problems in adolescents are found in many nutrients. More nutrition (overweight) is one of the epidemic problems worldwide. Objective of the study to determine the relationship of physical activity, nutritional knowledge and fiber intake with more nutritional status in adolescents in MTSN 2 Kota Bengkulu.Penelitian this is with observational research using cross sectional design. Population taken in this research is all students of class VII and VIII in MTSN 2 City of Bengkulu Year 2017. Sampling by purposive sampling technique. The results of research on average light physical activity, adequate nutritional knowledge, energy intake more than AKG and fiber intake less than AKG. There is a relationship between physical activity, knowledge, energy intake, fiber intake with more nutritional status in adolescent (p <0,05). The most dominant variables associated with more nutritional status are nutritional knowledge (p = 0,000). The importance of adding nutritional knowledge about obesity in adolescents in order to increase physical activity and fiber intake and reduce energy intake so as to achieve good nutritional status.

Healthy lifestyle challenges among older female cancer survivors.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (29_suppl) ◽  
pp. 156-156
Author(s):  
Jessica L. Krok-Schoen ◽  
Janell Pisegna ◽  
Elizabeth Arthur ◽  
Emily Ridgway ◽  
Christian Stephens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Cancer Survivors ◽  
Diet Quality ◽  
Healthy Eating Index ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
Mental Hrqol ◽  
Diet History Questionnaire ◽  
Diet History ◽  
Female Cancer Survivors

156 Background: Healthy lifestyles including consuming a healthy diet, being physically active, and maintaining a normal weight can improve prognosis and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among cancer survivors. The largest proportion of cancer survivors are older adults (≥65 years), yet their lifestyle behaviors are understudied. This study examined the lifestyle behaviors (diet quality, physical activity, maintaining healthy weight) of older female cancer survivors and associations with HRQoL. Methods: Women aged 65 years or older, with all cancer subtypes and stages, who had completed primary cancer treatment (i.e., chemotherapy, surgery, radiation) within the past five years, were eligible to participate. Older female cancer survivors (n = 171) completed one-time surveys to assess HRQoL (RAND-36), unintentional weight loss, body mass index (BMI), diet quality (Diet History Questionnaire II), and physical activity. Demographic information and medical record data were also collected. Diet History Questionnaire II results were converted to Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2015 scores. Descriptive analyses, correlations, and stepwise linear regressions were utilized. Results: The majority of the sample (median age = 74.50±8.43 years) were white (90%), married (54.7%), breast cancer survivors (67.7%), and completed at least a bachelor’s degree (54.7%). Physical and mental HRQoL of the sample were low; 41.94±10.50 and 48.47±7.18, respectively, out of 100. Physical activity was low; 75.3%, 54.2%, and 68.1% reported no strenuous, moderate, and mild physical activity, respectively. Mean BMI was 27.71±6.24 (overweight), with 64% of the participants being overweight or obese. Mean HEI-2015 scores were 66.54+10.0 out of 100 and below the cutoff score of 80, which represents a “good diet”. Participating in moderate physical activity was associated with higher physical HRQoL (β = 0.42, p = 0.004). Being older (β = 0.27, p = 0.025), white (β = 0.53, p < 0.001), and having higher HEI scores (β = 0.30, p = 0.011) was associated with higher mental HRQoL. Conclusions: Older female cancer survivors reported lifestyle challenges including poor diet quality, low levels of physical activity, and high rates of being overweight or obese, which were associated with HRQoL. Results indicate the need for tailored health interventions for older female cancer survivors regarding their lifestyle behaviors to improve prognosis and HRQoL.

scholarly journals Reproducibility and Relative Validity of the Healthy Eating Index-2015 and Nutrient-Rich Food Index 9.3 Estimated by Comprehensive and Brief Diet History Questionnaires in Japanese Adults

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kentaro Murakami ◽  
M. Barbara E. Livingstone ◽  
Aya Fujiwara ◽  
Satoshi Sasaki
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Dietary Assessment ◽  
Intraclass Correlation ◽  
Healthy Eating Index ◽  
Relative Validity ◽  
Rich Food ◽  
Dietary Records ◽  
Diet History Questionnaire ◽  
Diet History

We examined the reproducibility and relative validity of two measures of overall diet quality, the Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015) and Nutrient-Rich Food Index 9.3 (NRF9.3), as estimated by well-established self-administered dietary assessment questionnaires for the Japanese, namely the comprehensive diet history questionnaire (DHQ) and the brief diet history questionnaire (BDHQ). Diet was assessed separately by two DHQs and two BDHQs at a 1-year interval and by 16-day weighed dietary records (DRs) in 121 women and 121 men aged 31–81 years. HEI-2015 and NRF9.3 were calculated from each method. The reproducibility correlation for the two questionnaires (intraclass correlation) ranged from 0.53 (HEI-2015 from BDHQ in men) to 0.77 (NRF9.3 from BDHQ in women). The validity correlation between the first questionnaires and DR (Pearson correlation) ranged from 0.37 (NRF9.3 from BDHQ in men) to 0.61 (NRF9.3 from DHQ and BDHQ in women). Bland–Altman plots showed poor agreement between the DHQ or BDHQ and DR, as well as the presence of weak proportional bias. Overall, these data indicate reasonable reproducibility and ranking ability of the DHQ and BDHQ for assessing the HEI-2015 and NRF9.3 and support their usefulness in future epidemiological research on the overall effects of Japanese diets on various health outcomes.

scholarly journals Associations Between Physical Activity and Incident Hypertension Across Strata of Body Mass Index: A Prospective Investigation in a Large Cohort of French Women

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (23) ◽  
Author(s):  
Conor‐James MacDonald ◽  
Anne‐Laure Madika ◽  
Martin Lajous ◽  
Nasser Laouali ◽  
Fanny Artaud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
High Body Mass Index ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
Cox Models ◽  
Hazard Ratios ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Diet History Questionnaire ◽  
Diet History

Background High body mass index (BMI) and low physical activity are associated with increased risk of hypertension. Few studies have assessed their joint impact or the relation of physical activity and hypertension among individuals within a healthy BMI range. The objective of this study was to investigate the associations between physical activity and hypertension across strata of BMI. Methods and Results We used data from the E3N (Etude Epidémiologique de femmes de la Mutuelle Générale de l´Education) cohort, a French prospective study of women aged 40 to 65 years. We included participants who completed a diet history questionnaire and who did not have prevalent hypertension at baseline, resulting in a total of 41 607 women. Questionnaires assessed time spent undertaking various types of physical activity. Hypertension cases were self‐reported. Cox models were used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) for physical activity. Associations were assessed over strata of BMI. Among the 41 607 included women, 10 182 cases of hypertension were identified in an average follow‐up time of 14.5 years. Total physical activity was associated with a lower hypertension risk in women within the high‐normal BMI range (BMI, 22.5–24.9) (HR Quartile 1–Quartile 4 , 0.89; 95% CI, 0.79–0.99). An inverse relationship was observed between sports (HR sports >2 hours , 0.87; 95% CI, 0.83–0.93), walking (HR walk >6.5 hours , 0.94; 95% CI, 0.90–1.00), and gardening (HR gardening >2.5 hours , 0.94; 95% CI, 0.89–0.99). Sports were associated with a reduced risk of hypertension in women with a healthy weight, but evidence was weaker in overweight/obese or underweight women. Conclusions Women with a healthy weight were those who could benefit most from practicing sports, and sports provided the largest risk reduction compared with other types of activity.

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