School of Nutrition, University of La Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Growth, Exercise, Nutrition, and Development (GENUD) Research Group, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 Mar;26 Suppl 1:S31-S40. doi: 10.1002/oby.22114.
This study aimed to describe the development of a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to assess dietary intake in South American children and adolescents.
A total of 345 children (aged 3-10 years) and 357 adolescents (aged 11-17 years) were included for analysis. The FFQ was designed to be self-administered and to assess dietary intake over the past 3 months. It was developed in Spanish and translated into Portuguese. Multiple approaches were considered to compile the food list, and 11 food groups were included. A food photo booklet was produced as supporting material.
The FFQ items maintained a common core list among centers (47 items) and country-specific foods. The FFQ for Buenos Aires and Lima had a total of 63 items; there were 55 items for the FFQ in Medelin, 60 items for Montevideo, 58 items for Santiago, 67 items for Sao Paulo, and 68 items for Teresina. Alcohol was also incorporated in the adolescents' FFQ.
We developed a semiquantitative, culturally adapted FFQ to assess dietary intake in children and adolescents in South America. It has an optimal size allowing its completion in a high proportion of the population; therefore, it can be used in epidemiological studies with South American children and adolescents.
本研究旨在描述一种用于评估南美儿童和青少年饮食摄入的食物频率问卷（FFQ）的开发过程。
共有 345 名儿童（3-10 岁）和 357 名青少年（11-17 岁）被纳入分析。FFQ 设计为自填式问卷，用于评估过去 3 个月的饮食摄入情况。问卷以西班牙语编制，并翻译成葡萄牙语。编制食物清单时考虑了多种方法，共纳入了 11 个食物组。还制作了食物照片手册作为辅助材料。
FFQ 项目在各中心（47 项）和国家特定食物之间保持了共同的核心清单。布宜诺斯艾利斯和利马的 FFQ 共有 63 项；麦德林的 FFQ 有 55 项，蒙得维的亚有 60 项，圣地亚哥有 58 项，圣保罗有 67 项，特雷西纳有 68 项。青少年 FFQ 还纳入了酒精。
我们开发了一种半定量的、文化适应的 FFQ，用于评估南美的儿童和青少年的饮食摄入。它的大小适中，可以让很大一部分人群完成问卷；因此，它可以用于南美的儿童和青少年的流行病学研究。
