Valisa E. Hedrick|Dana L. Comber|Paul A. Estabrooks|Jyoti Savla|Brenda M. Davy
The Beverage Intake Questionnaire: Determining Initial Validity and Reliability
Virginia Tech|Virginia Tech|Virginia Tech|Virginia Tech|Virginia Tech
consuming energycontaining beverages may lead weight gain yet research investigating issue limited easily administered beverage intake assessment tool could facilitate research topic purpose crosssectional investigation determine validity reliability selfadministered beverage intake questionnaire bevq estimates mean daily intake beverages consumed across 19 beverage categories participants n105 aged 392 years underwent assessments height weight body mass index dietary intake using 4day food intake records june 2008 june 2009 bevq completed two additional visits bevq1 bevq2 urine samples collected objectively determine total fluid intake encourage accurate selfreporting validity assessed comparing bevq1 food intake record results reliability assessed comparing bevq1 bevq2 analyses included descriptive statistics bivariate correlations paired samples tests independent samples tests selfreported water total beverage intake grams different bevq1 food intake records mean difference 12977 g p0096 61106 g p0567 respectively total beverage sugarsweetened beverage energy intake significantly different although mean differences small 63 44 kcal respectively daily consumption grams water r053 total beverages r046 sugarsweetened beverages r049 determined bevq1 correlated reported intake determined food intake record energy total beverages r061 sugarsweetened beverages r059 p values 0001 reliability demonstrated correlations p0001 detected bevq1 bevq2 results bevq valid reliable rapid selfadministered dietary assessment tool