Diet assessment in the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil): Development of a food frequency questionnaire

• Main Authors: Maria del Carmen Bisi Molina, Carolina Perim de Faria, Letícia de Oliveira Cardoso, Michele Drehmer, Jorge Gustavo Velasquez-Meléndez, Andrea Lizabeth Costa Gomes, Cristiane Melere, Maria de Fátima Haueisen Sander Diniz, Rosely Sichieri, Isabela Judith Martins Benseñor
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas 2013-04-01
• Series: Revista de Nutrição
• Subjects: Doença crônica; Consumo de alimentos; Inquéritos nutricionais
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-52732013000200005&lng=en&tlng=en
• ISSN: 1678-9865

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this article is to present the development of the Food Frequency Questionaire used in the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health-Brazil and analyze how diet exposes individuals to cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes Mellitus. METHODS: The Longitudinal Study of Adult Health-Brazil dietary assessment instrument is based on a previously validated Food Frequency Questionaire and the final list of items took into consideration a study done in the six Longitudinal Study of Adult Health-Brazil investigation centers. RESULTS: New foods/preparations were included in the Food Frequency Questionaire with their respective portions, totaling 114 items. The perspectives of dietary analysis and cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are presented in Longitudinal Study of Adult Health-Brazil. CONCLUSION: A new instrument was developed to cover the regional particularities of the study population.