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Validation Of A Food Frequency Questionnaire For Assessing Macronutrient And Calcium Intake In Adult Pakistani Population., Romaina Iqbal, Mohammad Ali Haroon, Farhan Javed Dar, Mujtaba Bilgirami, Gulshan Bano, Aysha Habib

Community Health Sciences

OBJECTIVE:

To develop and validate a food frequency table (FFQ) for use in urban Pakistani population.

STUDY DESIGN:

A validation study.

PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY:

The Aga Khan University, Karachi, from June to November 2008.

METHODOLOGY:

Healthy adult females, aged ³ 18 years who consented to be included in the study were inducted, while males, unhealthy females, aged below 18 years or who did not consent were excluded. The FFQ was administered once while 4, 24 hours recalls spread over a period of one year were administered as the reference method. Daily intakes for energy, protein, fat, and calcium …