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Title: ADAPTATION OF A FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE (FFQ) TO ASSESS DIETS IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI DELTA REGION

Author
item MARAS, JANICE - TUFTS UNIVERSITY
item TUCKER, KATHERINE - TUFTS UNIVERSITY
item DAWKINS, NORMA - SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
item CHAMPAGNE, CATHERINE - PENNINGTON BIOMED RES CTR
item CONNELL, CAROL - UNIV SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
item GOOLSBY, SUSAN - ACHRI
item FORRESTER, IVIS - ALCORN STATE UNIV
item Bogle, Margaret

Submitted to: International Conference of Dietary Assessment Methods
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 9/17/2000
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The Lower Mississippi Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative (Delta NIRI) is a consortium of universities in LA, MS and AR, working with the USDA/ARS to improve the nutritional status in that region. A regionally appropriate FFQ was developed in order to assess dietary intake in Delta NIRI studies. This FFQ was adapted from one developed at Tufts University which was based on the Kristal/Block FFQ. 24-hr recalls from a Delta pilot study were used to rank and identify major food contributors to intake of each nutrient. The top five contributors to energy intake among Delta adults were soft drinks, fast food burgers, processed foods, bread, potato chips. These rankings were compared with those for the US population in the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals 1994-96 (CSFII). The top five energy sources among CSFII adults were bread, soft drinks, processed foods, candy, pasta. For Delta residents, whole milk ranked fifteenth; and low-fat milk was not a major contributor. Fried foods were consumed frequently and fruit and vegetables infrequently in this Delta Sample. The most common vegetable was mustard greens/collards which ranked second in contributor to vitamin A and third to vitamin C intake. Based on nutrient rankings, grits, poke greens, jambalaya, venison, hushpuppies, and cobbler were added to the food list. Locally based recipes were added to the database for Jambalaya, Gumbo and rice-based dishes. Cooking preparation questions were also modified. Portion sized in the Delta also differed. This adapted FFQ should provide improved dietary assessment capability in the Mississippi Delta.