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Recommended Nutrition Measures
The BCC nutrition committee is recommending the use of three dietary measures across
projects and two staging algorithms, as well as the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability
Scale. We have chosen:
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the
NCI Fruit and Vegetable Screener, developed by NCI; |
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Reference:
Thompson, F. E., Subar, A. F., Radimer, K., Smith, A. F.,
Midthune, D., Rosenfeld, S., & Kipnis, V. (in press). Performance of two new
cognitively enhanced fruit and vegetable short assessment forms (Abstract). Public
Health Nutrition. |
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the
NCI Fat Screener, which is a measure of dietary fat intake from which one
may derive percent of calories from fat; and |
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Reference:
Thompson, F. E., Kipnis, V.,
Subar, A. F., Schatzkin, A., Potischman, N., Kahle, L., McNutt, S. (1998). Performance of
a short instrument to estimate usual dietary intake of percent calories from fat. European
Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 52(Suppl 2), S63 [Abstract]. |
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the
Stages of Change for 5-A-Day developed at the University of Rhode Island.
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the
Stages of Change for Dietary Fat developed at the University of Rhode
Island. (A scoring guide for this instrument is also provided.) |
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the
Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale. |
Our suggestion for projects targeting diet but not
able to use all three continuous measures is to pick the one measure that matches the
study target. For example, if a project is intervening on fruits and vegetables, the NCI
Fruit and Vegetable screener would be the instrument of choice. If it is a behavioral
dietary intervention, we would highly recommend including the Kristal FFB measure.
For studies not targeting diet, but wishing to participate, and
having room for only one measure, please choose the one in which you have the most
interest.
The staging algorithms are appropriate for for use by all
projects.
For further information, please contact either
workgroup co-chair:
Linda Nebeling, NCI, nebelinl@mail.nih.gov
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