Journal
NUTRIENTS
Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu13030980
Keywords
fruit and vegetable consumption; skin carotenoids; 24 h recalls; fruit and vegetable screener; children; low-income US households; resonance Raman spectroscopy
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- National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture [2015-68001-23230]
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Accurate measurement of fruit and vegetable intake is crucial for nutrition surveillance and dietary intervention evaluation. In this study, 24-hour dietary recalls were found to be more accurate than the National Cancer Institute's Fruit and Vegetable Screener, and skin carotenoids measured by resonance Raman spectroscopy provided a quick and easily interpretable way to assess FV intake in children.
Accurate measurement of fruit and vegetable (FV) intake is important for nutrition surveillance and evaluation of dietary interventions. We compared two tools for reporting FV intake to objective measurement of skin carotenoids among children. FV cups/day was assessed by repeated 24 h dietary recalls (24H FV) and the National Cancer Institute's All-Day Fruit and Vegetable Screener (NCI FV). Skin carotenoids were measured by repeated resonance Raman spectroscopy (RRS) of the palm. FV cups were regressed on RRS scores in unadjusted, field-based, and research-setting models with covariates feasible in each scenario. Data were baseline values from children aged 2-12 years in low-income households enrolled in a healthy eating randomized trial in four U.S. states (n = 177). Twenty-four-hour FV cups were associated with skin carotenoids in all models (p < 0.001) but NCI FV cups were not. Predicted RRS scores for discrete 24H FV cups provide a guide to interpretation of RRS in children (2 cups FV intake similar to 36,000 RRS units), with the research-setting scenario generally providing the narrowest prediction range (+/-1924). When self-reported data are required, 24 h recalls are more accurate than NCI FV screener data; and, when limited time, resources, or literacy must be considered, RRS scores can be quickly obtained and easily interpreted.
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