Development and validation of a screening instrument to assess the types and quality of foods served at home meals
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although there is growing interest in assessing the home food environment, no easy-to-use, low cost tools exist to assess the foods served at home meals, making it difficult to assess the meal component of the food environment. The a...
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doaj-49fa40cd05e642e6b91a2f2335d9075a2020-11-24T21:14:41ZengBMCInternational Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity1479-58682012-02-01911010.1186/1479-5868-9-10Development and validation of a screening instrument to assess the types and quality of foods served at home mealsFulkerson Jayne ALytle LeslieStory MaryMoe StaceySamuelson AnneWeymiller Audrey<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although there is growing interest in assessing the home food environment, no easy-to-use, low cost tools exist to assess the foods served at home meals, making it difficult to assess the meal component of the food environment. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a user-friendly screener to assess the types of foods served at home meals.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Primary food preparing adults (n = 51) participated in a validation study in their own homes. Staff and participants independently completed a screener as participants cooked dinner. The screener assessed the types of foods offered, method(s) of preparation, and use of added fats. Two scale scores were created: 1) to assess offerings of foods in five food groups (meat and other protein, milk, vegetables, fruit, grains), 2) to assess the relative healthfulness of foods based on types offered, preparation method, and added fats. Criterion validity was assessed comparing staff and participant reports of individual foods (kappa (k)) and scale scores (Spearman correlations).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Criterion validity was high between participants' and staffs' record of whether major food categories (meat and other protein, bread and cereal, salad, vegetables, fruits, dessert) were served (k = 0.79-1.0), moderate for reports of other starches (e.g., rice) being served (k = 0.52), and high for the Five Food Group and Healthfulness scale scores (r = 0.75-0.85, <it>p </it>< .001).</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>This new meal screening tool has high validity and can be used to assess the types of foods served at home meals allowing a more comprehensive assessment of the home food environment.</p> http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/9/1/10ValidationMeal screenerDinnerHomeFamiliesFood |
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Development and validation of a screening instrument to assess the types and quality of foods served at home meals |
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Development and validation of a screening instrument to assess the types and quality of foods served at home meals |
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Development and validation of a screening instrument to assess the types and quality of foods served at home meals |
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Development and validation of a screening instrument to assess the types and quality of foods served at home meals |
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Development and validation of a screening instrument to assess the types and quality of foods served at home meals |
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development and validation of a screening instrument to assess the types and quality of foods served at home meals |
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity |
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2012-02-01 |
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although there is growing interest in assessing the home food environment, no easy-to-use, low cost tools exist to assess the foods served at home meals, making it difficult to assess the meal component of the food environment. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a user-friendly screener to assess the types of foods served at home meals.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>Primary food preparing adults (n = 51) participated in a validation study in their own homes. Staff and participants independently completed a screener as participants cooked dinner. The screener assessed the types of foods offered, method(s) of preparation, and use of added fats. Two scale scores were created: 1) to assess offerings of foods in five food groups (meat and other protein, milk, vegetables, fruit, grains), 2) to assess the relative healthfulness of foods based on types offered, preparation method, and added fats. Criterion validity was assessed comparing staff and participant reports of individual foods (kappa (k)) and scale scores (Spearman correlations).</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Criterion validity was high between participants' and staffs' record of whether major food categories (meat and other protein, bread and cereal, salad, vegetables, fruits, dessert) were served (k = 0.79-1.0), moderate for reports of other starches (e.g., rice) being served (k = 0.52), and high for the Five Food Group and Healthfulness scale scores (r = 0.75-0.85, <it>p </it>< .001).</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>This new meal screening tool has high validity and can be used to assess the types of foods served at home meals allowing a more comprehensive assessment of the home food environment.</p> |
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