Lecture 5 - Dietary Assessment Flashcards
What are the steps to evaluate the diet?
- Information on dietary intake
- Quantification of energy & nutrient intake
- Evaluation of diet adequacy
What information can you gather from a dietary intake?
Food quantity and quality Variety Resources to get food Preferences Dietary Supplements Medication
What factors influence food intake?
Heath Status
Food availability
Food Selection & Preparation abilityies
Eating pattern/lifestyle habits
Culture/Ethnicity & Religion
Education & Experience on healthy eating
Community/Political/Socio economic
Dietary restrictions
-all have an impact on dietary beliefs & habits
What are the 5 dietary assessment methods?
24hr recall Food Frequency Questionnaire Food Records Direct Observation Diet History
What is the 24hr recall?
Tool asking individuals about their intake of food and beverages during the previous 24hr
- retrospective
- ask if its typical/usual intake
How do you start a 24hr recall/
Asking what they first ate or drank when they woke up
What are advantages of 24hr recall?
Fast to administer Low Cost Minimally Burdensome for client Client does not need to read and write Only a small influences in changing the dietary behaviour reported by client -with competent interviewer
What are the limitations of 24hr recall?
Relies on memory
Tends to overestimate low consumption and underestimate high consumption
High variation among interviewers
Necessary to conduct more than once to estimate AVERAGE intake
Interviewer should be competent and experienced
Interviewer should be standardized and follow a protocol to reduce variability
What is a food frequency questionnaire?
Asking individuals to complete a survey of their food and beverage intake over a period of time
- reetrospective
- include food/beverage list and consumption frequency
- non-quantitative/semi-quantative/ quantiotative
Who administers food frequency interview?
By interviewer or see administered
-most used in large survey
What are the advantages of FFQ?
Minimally burdensome for patient Fast to administer Low Cost Reflects casual consumption of patient Allow to look at intake of particular nutrient
What are the limitations of FFQ?
Gives mostly qualitative data (food type)
Relies on patient recalling info
Requires patient to be able to read and write
Mentally harder for patient to answer (recall up to 1 year)
-Q’s about intake not related to meals
What is a food intake record?
Asking individuals to record their food and beveage intake over a certain number of days
- Retrospective/prospective
- Some ask to weigh food to record
What are the advantages of FI?
Does not rely on patient recalling all info
Reflect usual consumption of patient
More precise than 24hr recall, because accuracy increased with # of days
Including a weekend day accounts for a possible change of eating behaviour on weekends
What are the limitations of FI?
Highly burdensome for patient
Patient Musy ne able to read and write
Patient may modify pattern of intake (relies on honesty)
Patient frequently do not provide specific info
What is direct observation?
Directly looking at an individuals food/beverage selection intake and eating behaviour
- prospective tool
- qualitartive and quantitative
What are the advantages of direct observation?
Not burdensome for patient
Does not rely on memory
Not necessary for patient to read and write
What are the limitations to direct observation?
Burdensome for RD/nutritionist
Can be invasive
May be difficult to get all info
Does not reflect usual consumption (unless done in a home care environment)
What is a diet history?
Complete profile of dietary intake of an individual collected by skilled nutritionist during interview using a combo of data collection methods
- 24hr recall
- FFQ
- FIR
What kind o questions are asked in a diet history?
Probing Q asked to get a good picture of overall dietary habits
- allergies
- changes
- supplements
What are the advantages of diet history?
Fairly complete and detailed description of intake (qualitative and quantitative)
More accurate than 24hr, FFQ or FIR
Makes up for daily and seasonal variations
What are the limitations of the diet history?
Time consuming (only get 15-30 for everything)
RD/nutritionist should be competent and experiences
Interview should be standardized
Mostly relies on patient recalling info
More $ to administer and analyze
What are the items that are more commonly underreported?
Energy intake more frequent in females and overweight people
Snacks, sweets, desserts in obese
Alcohol in heavy drinkers
Among those not following their diet Rx
Who is likely to over report things??
people with Anorexia nervosa