Angela Wallace|Sharon I. Kirkpatrick|Gerarda Darlington|Jess Haines
Accuracy of Parental Reporting of Preschoolers’ Dietary Intake Using an Online Self-Administered 24-h Recall
University of Guelph|University of Waterloo|University of Guelph|University of Guelph
parents typically relied upon report young childrens dietary intake however limited research assessing accuracy reports captured using novel dietary assessment tools purpose current study assess validity webbased automated selfadministered 24h dietary assessment tool asa24canada capturing dietary intake among children aged twofive years n 40 using parental proxy reporting study conducted daycare setting allowing standardization foods drinks offered direct observation intake parentalreported intake compared true intake lunch dinner well afternoon snack single day eating occasion including plate waste unobtrusively documented parents present lunch afternoon snack joined children daycare centre dinner meal following day parents reported childrens intake previous 24h period using asa24canada eating occasions assessed parents reported exact close matches 792 823 lunch 812 snack 774 dinner foods beverages truly consumed children estimates intake energy macronutrients examined carbohydrates fat protein based parental reports higher based true observed intake findings suggest parents able report preschool children eat drink relatively accurately however accuracy portion size estimates low strategies enhance portion size reporting needed improve parental proxy reporting