Dietary underreporting in women affected by polycystic ovary syndrome: A pilot study

Abstract

Women with PCOS underreport foods rich in simple sugars rather than underreport their total dietary intake. These results may have implications for the interpretation of diet and health correlations in this patient population.

Obesity, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, and Infertility: A New Avenue for GLP-1 Receptor Agonists

“…Although the first-line therapy for PCOS is weight loss focusing on diet and regular exercise, it is well known that obese women with PCOS often fail to diet and disclose poor adherence to dietary behaviors. Thus, weight loss–targeted dietary modifications alone are usually not able to result in sustainable weight loss, with minimal results in metabolic and reproductive outcomes ( 42 ).…”

Dietary intake in health and disease, challenges in measuring and reporting diet‐disease relationships

“…Women kept a 3‐day food diary and individual level PAL factors were applied to identify mis‐reporters using the Goldberg cut‐off method . Of interest is the relatively low prevalence of under‐reporting in the control women . Given the differences in both demographic characteristics and dietary patterns reported between these groups, further research is clearly needed to better understand factors that influence under‐reporting, how to better estimate forgotten food items and which contextual factors influence items that are more likely to not be recalled and how this differs by sex.…”

“…2 By comparison in a small sample of women with PCOS (n = 36) and control women (n = 37) energy under-reporting was identified for 47.2% of women with PCOS vs 2.7% among controls. 3 Women kept a 3-day food diary and individual level PAL factors were applied to identify mis-reporters using the Goldberg cut-off method. 5 Of interest is the relatively low prevalence of under-reporting in the control women.…”

“…This issue of the journal includes descriptions of characteristics of mis‐reporters of total energy intake from the previous two national nutrition surveys, as well as in the context of a clinical population of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) . These papers highlight that energy intake under‐reporting is substantial, with population level prevalence of under‐reporting of total energy intake of 32% in 1995 ( n = 1196) and 41% in 2012 ( n = 5332) using 24‐hour recalls to assess intake and two variants of the Goldberg cut‐off .…”

“…Given the differences in both demographic characteristics and dietary patterns reported between these groups, further research is clearly needed to better understand factors that influence under‐reporting, how to better estimate forgotten food items and which contextual factors influence items that are more likely to not be recalled and how this differs by sex. The study by De Giusepper et al in this issue also highlights the importance of using dietary intake assessment methods validated in the population in which they are intended for use.…”