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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Marcotte, Lori
• Hennessy, Erin
• Dwyer, Johanna
• Hyatt, Raymond R
• Goldberg, Jeanne P
• Naumova, Elena N
• Economos, Christina D

Titel

Validity and reliability of a calcium checklist in early elementary-school children

Ist Teil von

• Public health nutrition, 2008, Vol.11 (1), p.57-64

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

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Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To create, validate and assess the reliability of a checklist to measure calcium intake in children. Calcium intakes from a checklist and parent-assisted 24-h dietary recall were compared. Checklist reliability was assessed separately. After-school programmes in the United States. Forty-two children (18 males, 24 females, age = 8.0 +/- 0.9 years) participated in the validation analysis and 49 children (28 males, 21 females, age = 7.5 +/- 0.9 years) in the reliability analysis. No differences in mean calcium intakes were found by method or gender. The checklist correlated well with recall among girls (r = 0.65, P = 0.01) but not boys (r = -0.33, P = 0.19). Agreement over time was above 80% for most foods. The calcium checklist is useful for assessing calcium intake among groups of 6-10-year-old children in settings that preclude parental assistance. More research is needed to improve accuracy among boys.