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Bragg MG, Westlake M, Alshawabkeh AN, Bekelman TA, Camargo CA, Catellier DJ, Comstock SS, Dabelea D, Dunlop AL, Hedderson MM, Hockett CW, Karagas MR, Keenan K, Kelly NR, Kerver JM, MacKenzie D, Mahabir S, Maldonado LE, McCormack LA, Melough MM, Mueller NT, Nelson ME, O’Connor TG, Oken E, O’Shea TM, Switkowski KM, Sauder KA, Wright RJ, Wright RO, Zhang X, Zhu Y, Lyall K. Opportunities for Examining Child Health Impacts of Early-Life Nutrition in the ECHO Program: Maternal and Child Dietary Intake Data from Pregnancy to Adolescence. Curr Dev Nutr 2023; 7:102019. [PMID: 38035205 PMCID: PMC10681943 DOI: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2023.102019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
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Background Longitudinal measures of diet spanning pregnancy through adolescence are needed from a large, diverse sample to advance research on the effect of early-life nutrition on child health. The Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program, which includes 69 cohorts, >33,000 pregnancies, and >31,000 children in its first 7-y cycle, provides such data, now publicly available. Objectives This study aimed to describe dietary intake data available in the ECHO Program as of 31 August, 2022 (end of year 6 of Cycle 1) from pregnancy through adolescence, including estimated sample sizes, and to highlight the potential for future analyses of nutrition and child health. Methods We identified and categorized ECHO Program dietary intake data, by assessment method, participant (pregnant person or child), and life stage of data collection. We calculated the number of maternal-child dyads with dietary data and the number of participants with repeated measures. We identified diet-related variables derived from raw dietary intake data and nutrient biomarkers measured from biospecimens. Results Overall, 66 cohorts (26,941 pregnancies, 27,103 children, including 22,712 dyads) across 34 US states/territories provided dietary intake data. Dietary intake assessments included 24-h recalls (1548 pregnancies and 1457 children), food frequency questionnaires (4902 and 4117), dietary screeners (8816 and 23,626), and dietary supplement use questionnaires (24,798 and 26,513). Repeated measures were available for ∼70%, ∼30%, and ∼15% of participants with 24-h recalls, food frequency questionnaires, and dietary screeners, respectively. The available diet-related variables describe nutrient and food intake, diet patterns, and breastfeeding practices. Overall, 17% of participants with dietary intake data had measured nutrient biomarkers. Conclusions ECHO cohorts have collected longitudinal dietary intake data spanning pregnancy through adolescence from a geographically, socioeconomically, and ethnically diverse US sample. As data collection continues in Cycle 2, these data present an opportunity to advance the field of nutrition and child health.
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- Megan G. Bragg
- AJ Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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- RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, United States
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- Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes (LEAD) Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes (LEAD) Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, Oakland, CA, United States
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- Avera Research Institute, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services, College of Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States
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- Departments of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Pediatrics & Human Development, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Community Environmental Health Program, College of Pharmacy, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States
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- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Avera Research Institute, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
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- Department of Health Behavior and Nutrition Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States
- Department of Child Health, Behavior and Development, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, United States
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- Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes (LEAD) Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, United States
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- Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, Oakland, CA, United States
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- AJ Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Beck AL, Mora R, Joseph G, Perrin E, Cabana M, Schickedanz A, Fernandez A. A Multimethod Evaluation of the Futuros Fuertes Intervention to Promote Healthy Feeding, Screen Time, and Sleep Practices. Acad Pediatr 2023; 23:1351-1360. [PMID: 37211275 DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2023.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE 1) To evaluate the impact of the Futuros Fuertes intervention on infant feeding, screen time, and sleep practices and 2) To use qualitative methods to explore mechanisms of action. METHODS Low-income Latino infant-parent dyads were recruited from birth to 1 month and randomized to Futuros Fuertes or a financial coaching control. Parents received health education sessions from a lay health educator at well-child visits in the first year of life. Parents received two text messages per week that reinforced intervention content. We assessed infant feeding, screen time, and sleep practices via surveys. body mass index z-score (BMI-z) was measured at 6 and 12 months. Seventeen parents from the intervention arm participated in a semi-structured interview that explored parental experiences with the intervention. RESULTS There were n = 96 infant-parent dyads randomized. Fruit intake was higher in the intervention group at 15 months (1.1 vs 0.86 cups p = 0.05). Breastfeeding rates were higher in intervention participants at 6 months (84% vs 59% p = 0.02) and 9 months (81% vs 51% p = 0.008). Mean daily screen time was lower among intervention participants at 6 months (7 vs 22 min p = 0.003), 12 months (35 vs 52 min p = 0.03), and 15 months (60 vs 73 min p = 0.03). Major qualitative themes include 1) parental trust in intervention messaging 2) changes in feeding and screen time parenting practices, 3) text messages supported behavior change for parents and family members, and 4) varying effectiveness of intervention on different health behaviors. CONCLUSIONS Low-income Latino infants participating in the Futuros Fuertes intervention had modestly healthier feeding and screen time practices compared to control participants.
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- Amy L Beck
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine (AL Beck), University of California San Francisco.
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- School of Medicine (R Mora), University of California San Francisco
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- Department of Humanities and Social Medicine, School of Medicine (G Joseph), University of California San Francisco
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- Department of Pediatrics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing (E Perrin), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md
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- Department of Pediatrics (M Cabana), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics (A Schickedanz), University of California Los Angeles
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- Department of Medicine (A Fernandez), University of California San Francisco
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Knapp EA, Kress AM, Parker CB, Page GP, McArthur K, Gachigi KK, Alshawabkeh AN, Aschner JL, Bastain TM, Breton CV, Bendixsen CG, Brennan PA, Bush NR, Buss C, Camargo, Jr. CA, Catellier D, Cordero JF, Croen L, Dabelea D, Deoni S, D’Sa V, Duarte CS, Dunlop AL, Elliott AJ, Farzan SF, Ferrara A, Ganiban JM, Gern JE, Giardino AP, Towe-Goodman NR, Gold DR, Habre R, Hamra GB, Hartert T, Herbstman JB, Hertz-Picciotto I, Hipwell AE, Karagas MR, Karr CJ, Keenan K, Kerver JM, Koinis-Mitchell D, Lau B, Lester BM, Leve LD, Leventhal B, LeWinn KZ, Lewis J, Litonjua AA, Lyall K, Madan JC, McEvoy CT, McGrath M, Meeker JD, Miller RL, Morello-Frosch R, Neiderhiser JM, O’Connor TG, Oken E, O’Shea M, Paneth N, Porucznik CA, Sathyanarayana S, Schantz SL, Spindel ER, Stanford JB, Stroustrup A, Teitelbaum SL, Trasande L, Volk H, Wadhwa PD, Weiss ST, Woodruff TJ, Wright RJ, Zhao Q, Jacobson LP, Influences on Child Health Outcomes ,OBOPCFE. The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-Wide Cohort. Am J Epidemiol 2023; 192:1249-1263. [PMID: 36963379 PMCID: PMC10403303 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwad071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 03/26/2023] Open
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The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-Wide Cohort Study (EWC), a collaborative research design comprising 69 cohorts in 31 consortia, was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2016 to improve children's health in the United States. The EWC harmonizes extant data and collects new data using a standardized protocol, the ECHO-Wide Cohort Data Collection Protocol (EWCP). EWCP visits occur at least once per life stage, but the frequency and timing of the visits vary across cohorts. As of March 4, 2022, the EWC cohorts contributed data from 60,553 children and consented 29,622 children for new EWCP data and biospecimen collection. The median (interquartile range) age of EWCP-enrolled children was 7.5 years (3.7-11.1). Surveys, interviews, standardized examinations, laboratory analyses, and medical record abstraction are used to obtain information in 5 main outcome areas: pre-, peri-, and postnatal outcomes; neurodevelopment; obesity; airways; and positive health. Exposures include factors at the level of place (e.g., air pollution, neighborhood socioeconomic status), family (e.g., parental mental health), and individuals (e.g., diet, genomics).
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- Emily A Knapp
- Correspondence to Dr. Emily Knapp, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 700 E. Pratt Street, Suite 1000, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 (e-mail: )
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de Gooijer FJ, Lasschuijt M, Wit RF, Feskens EJM, Brouwer-Brolsma EM, Camps G. Dietary Behavior Assessments in Children-A Mixed-Method Research Exploring the Perspective of Pediatric Dieticians on Innovative Technologies. Curr Dev Nutr 2023; 7:100091. [PMID: 37213716 PMCID: PMC10196961 DOI: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2023.100091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/23/2023] Open
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Background Assessing dietary intake and eating behavior in children is challenging, owing to children's undeveloped food knowledge and perception of portion sizes. Additionally, caregivers cannot always provide complete surrogate information. Consequently, validated dietary behavior assessment methods for children are limited, but technological innovations offer opportunities for the development of new tools. One of the first steps in the developmental process of a newly developed pediatric dietary assessment tool includes an alignment of the needs and preferences of pediatric dieticians (PDs) as potential users. Objectives To explore opinions of Dutch PDs about traditional dietary behavior assessment methods for children and potential technological innovations to replace or support traditional methods. Methods Ten PDs participated in semistructured interviews (total of 7.5 h) based on 2 theoretical frameworks, and data saturation was reached after the seventh interview. Interview transcripts were inductively coded in an iterative process, and overarching themes and domains were identified. Interview data were then used as input for an extensive online survey completed by 31 PDs who were not involved in the initial interview rounds. Results PDs discussed their perspective on dietary behavior assessments in 4 domains: traditional methods, technological methods, future methods, and external influences on these methods. Generally, PDs felt that traditional methods supported them in reaching their desired goals. However, the time needed to obtain a comprehensive overview of dietary intake behavior and the reliability of conventional methods were mentioned as limitations. For future technologies, PDs mention the ease of use and engaging in children as opportunities. Conclusions PDs have a positive attitude toward the use of technology for dietary behavior assessments. Further development of assessment technologies should be tailored to the needs of children in different care situations and age categories to increase its usability among children, their caregivers, and dietician. Curr Dev Nutr 2023;xx:xx.
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- Femke J. de Gooijer
- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Department Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- OnePlanet Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Corresponding author.
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- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Department Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Department Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Department Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Department Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Department Agrotechnology and Food Sciences, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- OnePlanet Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Jia W, Ren Y, Li B, Beatrice B, Que J, Cao S, Wu Z, Mao ZH, Lo B, Anderson AK, Frost G, McCrory MA, Sazonov E, Steiner-Asiedu M, Baranowski T, Burke LE, Sun M. A Novel Approach to Dining Bowl Reconstruction for Image-Based Food Volume Estimation. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 22:1493. [PMID: 35214399 PMCID: PMC8877095 DOI: 10.3390/s22041493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 02/08/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Knowing the amounts of energy and nutrients in an individual's diet is important for maintaining health and preventing chronic diseases. As electronic and AI technologies advance rapidly, dietary assessment can now be performed using food images obtained from a smartphone or a wearable device. One of the challenges in this approach is to computationally measure the volume of food in a bowl from an image. This problem has not been studied systematically despite the bowl being the most utilized food container in many parts of the world, especially in Asia and Africa. In this paper, we present a new method to measure the size and shape of a bowl by adhering a paper ruler centrally across the bottom and sides of the bowl and then taking an image. When observed from the image, the distortions in the width of the paper ruler and the spacings between ruler markers completely encode the size and shape of the bowl. A computational algorithm is developed to reconstruct the three-dimensional bowl interior using the observed distortions. Our experiments using nine bowls, colored liquids, and amorphous foods demonstrate high accuracy of our method for food volume estimation involving round bowls as containers. A total of 228 images of amorphous foods were also used in a comparative experiment between our algorithm and an independent human estimator. The results showed that our algorithm overperformed the human estimator who utilized different types of reference information and two estimation methods, including direct volume estimation and indirect estimation through the fullness of the bowl.
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- Wenyan Jia
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; (W.J.); (Y.R.); (B.L.); (J.Q.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (Z.-H.M.)
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; (W.J.); (Y.R.); (B.L.); (J.Q.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (Z.-H.M.)
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; (W.J.); (Y.R.); (B.L.); (J.Q.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (Z.-H.M.)
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- School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA;
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; (W.J.); (Y.R.); (B.L.); (J.Q.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (Z.-H.M.)
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; (W.J.); (Y.R.); (B.L.); (J.Q.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (Z.-H.M.)
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; (W.J.); (Y.R.); (B.L.); (J.Q.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (Z.-H.M.)
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; (W.J.); (Y.R.); (B.L.); (J.Q.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (Z.-H.M.)
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Hamlyn Centre, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK;
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA;
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- Section for Nutrition Research, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK;
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- Department of Health Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA 02210, USA;
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA;
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Ghana, Legon Boundary, Accra LG 1181, Ghana;
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- USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA;
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- School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA;
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; (W.J.); (Y.R.); (B.L.); (J.Q.); (S.C.); (Z.W.); (Z.-H.M.)
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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Bekelman TA, Johnson SL, Steinberg RI, Martin CK, Sauder KA, Luckett-Cole S, Glueck DH, Hsia DS, Dabelea D. A Qualitative Analysis of the Remote Food Photography Method and the Automated Self-Administered 24-hour Dietary Assessment Tool for Assessing Children's Food Intake Reported by Parent Proxy. J Acad Nutr Diet 2021; 122:961-973. [PMID: 34767972 PMCID: PMC9038614 DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2021.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Accuracy and participant burden are two key considerations in the selection of a dietary assessment tool for assessing children's full-day dietary intake. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify barriers experienced by parents and burden when using two technology-based measures of dietary intake to report their child's intake: the Remote Food Photography Method (RFPM) and the Automated Self-Administered 24-hour Dietary Assessment Tool (ASA24). DESIGN Qualitative, semistructured, focus groups were conducted with parents who served as proxy reporters of their child's dietary intake using the two different dietary assessment methods (ie, RFPM and ASA24) 1 week apart. PARTICIPANTS/SETTING This study was conducted in 2019 and included 32 parents of children aged 7 to 8 years in Colorado and Louisiana. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Barriers adhering to the protocol and burden with the RFPM and ASA24. QUALITATIVE ANALYSES Qualitative content analysis and Atlas.ti software were used to analyze and interpret focus group data. RESULTS For the RFPM, parents described missing photos due to unobserved intake, forgetting to capture images, disruption of mealtimes, and child embarrassment when meals were photographed at school. For the ASA24, parents described the time commitment as the main source of burden and the need to expand the food database to include additional ethnic foods and restaurant items. The main strengths were ease of use for the RFPM and the consolidated workload for the ASA24. CONCLUSIONS The barriers experienced by parents and burden differed by method, highlighting the importance of considering the unique characteristics of each assessment tool when designing a pediatric dietary assessment study and interpreting findings.
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- Traci A Bekelman
- Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes Center, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado; Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado.
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- Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz
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- Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes Center, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado
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- Ingestive Behavior, Weight Management & Health Promotion Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Human Phenotyping Core, Nutrition Obesity Research Center, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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- Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes Center, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado; Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado; Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz
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- Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes Center, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado; Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado
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- Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes Center, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado; Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz
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- Ingestive Behavior, Weight Management & Health Promotion Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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- Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes Center, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado; Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado; Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz
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