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Title:   Author  item
                                            Stote, Kimitem
                                            Moshfegh, Alannaitem
                                            Ingwersen, Lindaitem
                                            RADECKI, STEVEN - STATISTICAL CONSULTANTitem
                                            Baer, David
  Submitted to: Public Health Nutrition
                                    Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 1/27/2011
                                    Publication  Date: 3/18/2011
                                    Citation: Stote, K.S., Moshfegh, A.J., Ingwersen, L.A., Radecki, S.V., Baer, D.J. 2011. The number of 24 h dietary recalls using the U.S. Department of Agriculture's automated multiple-pass method required to estimate nutrient intake in overweight and obese adults. Public Health Nutrition. 18:1-7.Interpretive Summary: The USDA’s Automated Multiple Pass Method (AMPM) is a five-step-multiple-pass, interviewer-administered, computerized, 24-h dietary recall. The objective of the study was to measure the amount of variation in nutrient intake due to day of the week, season of the year, the order in which the diet interviews were obtained, the diet interviewer, body weight, and within- and between-persons. The number of 24-h dietary recalls required for estimation of nutrient intake in obese adults was also determined. The 24-h dietary recalls were obtained every ten days for six months using the USDA’s AMPM. Two calculations were used to determine the number of days of the 24-h dietary recalls that were required to estimate usual energy and nutrient intake. Obese subjects (34 men, 39 women) completed at least 14 dietary recalls and 70% completed 15. Within- and between-person variation were the major contributors to variation in nutrient intakes. Repeated dietary recalls obtained over the duration of the study and individual diet interviewer effects had little impact. It required 2 to 4 and 3 to 6 days of 24-h dietary recalls in men and women, respectively, to accurately estimate energy and macronutrient intake in a six month period. Among individuals, day-to-day changes were the major contributors to variation in nutrient intake whereas the 24-h recall method had no impact, which supports the effectiveness of the USDA’s AMPM.  These findings will be important to nutrition scientists who are interested in diet assessment methodology.
                                Technical Abstract: The USDA’s Automated Multiple Pass Method (AMPM) is a five-step, multiple-pass, interviewer-administered, computerized, 24-h dietary recall. The objective of the study was to
quantify sources of variation such as day of the week, season, sequence of the diet interviews (training effect), diet interviewer, body weight, and within- and between-subject variance in intake of selected nutrients and the number of 24-h dietary recalls required to obtain accurate estimates of intake in obese adults. The 24-h dietary recalls were obtained every 10 days for six months using the USDA’s AMPM. Variance component estimates were made using a mixed model procedure. Two approaches were used to determine the number of days of the 24-h dietary recalls that are required to estimate usual energy and nutrient intake. Obese subjects (34 men, 39 women) completed at least 14 dietary recalls and 70% completed 15. Within- and between-subject variances were the major contributors to variance in nutrient intakes. The training effect of repeated dietary recalls over time and individual diet interviewer effects had little impact on variance.  Due to within- and between-subject variances, it required 2 to 4 days and 3 to 6 days in men and women, respectively, to accurately estimate energy and macronutrient intake over a six month period. Among individuals, day-to-day changes were the major contributors to variance in nutrient intake, whereas methodological components did not influence variances, thus demonstrating the utility of the USDA’s AMPM. The number of 24-h dietary recalls required to estimate intake is dependent upon the degree of accuracy required and the typical variability in consumption of the nutrient of interest.


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