Construction and evaluation of a self-contained index for assessment of diet quality

Leppälä, Johanna; Lagström, Hanna; Kaljonen, Anne; Laitinen, Kirsi

doi:10.1177/1403494810382476

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“…In this example, if the respondent indicates eating fish twice per week or more often (consistent with the Finnish dietary recommendations), the researcher codes the raw answer as 1 (otherwise 0), to make a dyadic sub-score. The scoring scheme for the IDQ has been described in detail by Leppälä et al (33) . No IDQ score could be calculated for 115 individuals (5·2 %) because they had provided inadequate responses to one or more of the IDQ subscores.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The word 'berries' was explicitly included, because otherwise participants might not count them as fruit, although berries are an important subgroup of fruit in the Finnish diet. Three examples of what was meant by a 'portion' were given in the questionnaire for vegetables ('1 tomato, 1 dl of grated vegetables, 1 carrot') and fruit and berries ('1 apple, 1 banana, 1 dl of berries') (33) . The questions were meant to measure general, average consumption; no specific time period or season was specified.…”

Section: Vegetable Consumption and Fruit Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We assessed overall dietary quality using the IDQ (33) . The IDQ consists of eighteen items designed to measure adherence to the key aspects of the (Finnish/Nordic) dietary recommendations.…”

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“…Consumption of both food groups was assessed with separate questions, which were a part of the Index of Diet Quality (IDQ) questionnaire (33) . Vegetable consumption was calculated as the product of responses to the questions 'How many days per week do you eat vegetables?'…”

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Food neophobia associates with lower dietary quality and higher BMI in Finnish adults

Knaapila

Sandell

Vaarno

et al. 2014

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Food neophobia has been associated with decreased consumption of vegetables mainly among children. We hypothesized that food neophobia in adults is also associated with lower overall dietary quality and higher BMI. Design: Data for the present cross-sectional analyses were derived from parents in a follow-up family study. Setting: The STEPS study, a longitudinal study of health and development of a cohort of children born in south-west Finland. Subjects: The parents, 1178 women (age 19-45 years, mean 32·2 years) and 1013 men (age 18-57 years, mean 34·1 years), completed a questionnaire at home when their child was 13 months old. The questionnaire included the Food Neophobia Scale (FNS; range 10-70), the Index of Diet Quality (IDQ; range 0-16) and a measure of fruit and vegetable consumption. At that time the participants' height and weight were also measured by a research nurse to calculate BMI. ) as tested by one-way ANOVA, with all P values <0·001 in women and <0·05 in men. The food neophobics followed a diet lower in nutritional quality than did the food neophilics, especially regarding vegetables. Conclusions: Food neophobia may complicate adaptation to dietary recommendations and predispose to overweight.

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Section: Vegetable Consumption and Fruit Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Dietary Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Vegetable Consumption and Fruit Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Food neophobia associates with lower dietary quality and higher BMI in Finnish adults

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“…Those who scored 10-16 were categorized as food neophilics, those who scored 17-39 were categorized as average and those who scored 40-65 were categorized as food neophobics. The Cronbach's α reliability for FNS was 0·88, the same value reported when FNS was developed (30) .Diet was assessed using the IDQ, which was validated with 7 d food records and has been described in detail previously (31) . In brief, IDQ measures adherence to healthpromoting diet and nutrition recommendations with a set of eighteen questions, resulting in a total score ranging from 0 to 15 points; the higher the points, the better the adherence to the nutrition recommendations.…”

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Mothers’ restrictive eating and food neophobia and fathers’ dietary quality are associated with breast-feeding duration and introduction of solid foods: the STEPS study

Vaarno

Niinikoski

Kaljonen

et al. 2014

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Objective: The purpose of the present study was to examine the association between parental eating behaviours and dietary patterns and feeding practices of infants and young children. Design: Data on infant-feeding practices were collected from each infant's birth via parentally self-administered follow-up diaries. Three questionnaires, the ThreeFactor Eating Questionnaire, the Food Neophobia Scale and the Index of Diet Quality, were administered when the children were aged 4 and 13 months. Setting: South-western Finland. Subjects: Families participating in the STEPS longitudinal cohort study (n 1797). Results: Mean duration of exclusive breast-feeding was 2·4 months and total duration of breast-feeding averaged 8·1 months. The first solid food was introduced into children's diets at the age of 3·9 months, on average. Mothers with highly restrictive eating were more likely to introduce solid foods sooner than mothers who ranked lower in these behaviours (3·8 months v. 4·0 months, P = 0·012). Neophobic mothers breast-fed exclusively (2·0 v. 2·6 months, P = 0·038) and in total (7·2 v. 8·5 months, P = 0·039) for shorter times than average mothers, even after adjusting for various demographic characteristics. Fathers' diet quality was associated with total breast-feeding duration and with introduction of complementary foods in unadjusted analyses and with total breastfeeding duration also after adjusting for confounding factors. Conclusions: Mothers' and fathers' eating patterns and practices are associated with the feeding practices of infants and young children. Health promotion interventions seeking to improve parents' eating patterns might lead to more favourable feeding practices for infants and young children. Keywords Parental eating behaviour Breast-feeding Complementary feedingFeeding practices for infants and young children are important in order to ensure optimal growth and development in childhood, as well as health and well-being later in life. Breast milk, fed exclusively for the first 6 months and thereafter with adequate complementary foods until 1-2 years of age, is recommended globally to provide the best nutrition for infants as well as long-and short-term health benefits for the mother and child (1)(2)(3) . However, breastfeeding (BF) duration and complementary feeding practices are far from the recommended standards in many countries, including Finland (4)(5)(6) .Infant feeding behaviour and practices are influenced by numerous factors. In particular, the determinants of BF have been widely studied. BF initiation and duration have commonly been related to maternal age, marital status, race, smoking, educational level, socio-economic status, maternal obesity, parity, method of delivery and psychosocial factors (7,8) . Furthermore, studies have reported that the introduction of solid foods earlier than recommended may also be influenced by multiple factors, such as a mother's young age, smoking, low educational level, marital status or a child's low birth weight (9)(10)(11)(12) .Parents' e...

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The Effect of a Fish Oil and/or Probiotic Intervention from Early Pregnancy Onwards on Colostrum Immune Mediators: A Randomized, Placebo‐Controlled, Double‐Blinded Clinical Trial in Overweight/Obese Mothers

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Polari

Kalliomäki

et al. 2023

Molecular Nutrition Food Res

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Scope Modifying the composition of colostrum by external factors may provide opportunities to improve the infant's health. Here, we evaluated how fish oil and/or probiotics supplementation modify concentrations of colostrum immune mediators and their associations with perinatal clinical factors on mothers with overweight/obesity. Methods and results Pregnant women were randomized in a double‐blind manner into four intervention groups, and the supplements were consumed daily from early pregnancy onwards. Colostrum samples were collected from 187 mothers, and 16 immune mediators were measured using bead‐based immunoassays. Interventions modified colostrum composition; the fish oil+probiotics group had higher concentrations of IL‐12p70 than probiotics+placebo and higher FMS‐like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand (FLT‐3L) than fish oil+placebo and probiotics+placebo (one‐way analysis of variance, post‐hoc Tukey's test). Although the fish oil+probiotics group had higher levels of IFNα2 compared to the fish oil+placebo group, these differences were not statistically significant after correction for multiple testing. Multivariate linear model revealed significant associations between several immune mediators and the perinatal use of medication. Conclusion Fish oil/probiotics intervention exerted a minor effect on concentrations of colostrum immune mediators. However, medication during the perinatal period modulated the immune mediators. These changes in colostrum's composition may contribute to immune system development in the infant.

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Construction and evaluation of a self-contained index for assessment of diet quality

Cited by 48 publications

References 27 publications

Food neophobia associates with lower dietary quality and higher BMI in Finnish adults

Food neophobia associates with lower dietary quality and higher BMI in Finnish adults

Mothers’ restrictive eating and food neophobia and fathers’ dietary quality are associated with breast-feeding duration and introduction of solid foods: the STEPS study

The Effect of a Fish Oil and/or Probiotic Intervention from Early Pregnancy Onwards on Colostrum Immune Mediators: A Randomized, Placebo‐Controlled, Double‐Blinded Clinical Trial in Overweight/Obese Mothers

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