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Dietary assessment among women with overweight and obesity in early postpartum
Author(s) -
Huseinovic E.,
Winkvist A.,
Bertz F.,
Hellebö Johansson E.,
Brekke H. K.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of human nutrition and dietetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1365-277X
pISSN - 0952-3871
DOI - 10.1111/jhn.12350
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , obesity , obstetrics , body mass index , environmental health
Background The present study aimed to assess dietary intake and evaluate the degree of agreement of group‐level dietary intake as measured by 24‐h recall against a 4‐day diet record among postpartum women with overweight and obesity. Methods A cross‐sectional study was conducted of 110 Swedish women with a body mass index of ≥27 kg m −2 at 6–15 weeks postpartum who were recruited to a weight loss trial and randomised to diet intervention or control. One 24‐h recall was conducted among all women prior to randomisation. In addition, women subsequently randomised to diet intervention also conducted a 4‐day diet record before receiving dietary treatment ( n = 54). Paired tests were used to evaluate agreement of group‐level dietary intake as measured by 24‐h recall against 4‐day diet record among women randomised to diet intervention. Results Women reported a median (25th and 75th percentiles) energy intake of 9.1 (6.9, 11.7) MJ day −1 and an intake of fibre, vitamin D, folate and iron below the recommended intake as assessed by 24‐h recall prior to randomisation ( n = 110). Group‐level median intakes of energy (9.9 versus 10.0 MJ day −1 ), fibre (21.9 versus 21.3 g day −1 ), vitamin D (4.8 versus 6.5 μg day −1 ), folate (296 versus 287 μg day −1 ), iron (11.0 versus 11.3 mg day −1 ) and calcium (915 versus 968 mg day −1 ) did not differ significantly between the methods; however, the record captured a higher energy‐adjusted intake of fat, saturated fat and alcohol, as well as a lower intake of carbohydrates, compared to the recall ( n = 54). Conclusions We found no difference in group‐level estimates of energy or micronutrients between the recall and the record; however, there were some differences for macronutrients.