Pilot study of food consumption pattern: Assessment of validity of dietary history method

The relative validity of dietary history method was assessed against the actual d,ietary intake using 7 days precise weighing method performed 6-8 weeks previously. A total of 20 women, aged 24 to 56 years, participated in this piloi sndy. ih.ir educajon lZvel were junior and senior high school. The 7 days precise weighing method and dietary history was d.oie by assistant nutritionist. The results of this pilot study showed that: i) 5/20 (25 Vo) respondents could not remember the frequency of the animal fat consumed; ii) 1s120 (g0 Va) respondents had quite good memorization close to the actual food pattern of vegetable fat, especially for coconut oi; iii) almost g7Vo of the respondents could memorize the frequency of using cane sugar and bread, while almost 50 % of )""pond.ents faileâ to memorize the potato and noodles; iv) 1 4-16 (60-s0 %) respondents could remember the frequency of using beej intistkal organs, chickea fish, egg, and milk closed to the actual food pattern; v) most of the respondents (95%) were able to reca-ll the frequency of consuming the green leafy vegetables as spinach, swamp cabbage, cassava leaves, katu leaves, and, carrots; vi) 80% of the ,""ponà"nt, did not hlave a good recall of consuming other vegetables as cucumber, sprout, etc; vii) all respond.ents tend to overestimate rie frequency offruits. In general, it appeared that respondents could memorize their food consumption pattern, especially for food whiih ia, freqi.ntly ard regularly consumed, while they tend to overestimate the food frequency of rarely consu^.à y"oa.