OBJECTIVE To examine associations between self-reported discrimination and dietary intakes among South Asian (SA) people. METHODS Data from the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America study were used to analyze the relationship between self-reported discrimination and dietary behaviors (n = 866). Self-reported discrimination was measured with the 9-item continuous Every...

It is not currently known how dietary assessment in older persons is affected by cognition. In a 1997-2000 study, the authors assessed the validity and reproducibility of a modified Harvard self-administered food frequency questionnaire (SFFQ) among 118 Black and 114 White randomly selected participants, aged 68-99 years, of the Chicago Health and Aging Project. Participants completed multiple ...

self-reported measures of dietary intake are prone to measurement error that may obscure the relationship of diet and disease. this review addresses strategies to decrease errors during collection of dietary data and statistical approaches to deal with measurement issues once the data are collected.  examples from two us studies-- the women’s health initiative (whi) dietary modification trial a...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the observational study was to determine whether interviewer race influences food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) reporting accuracy in a Deep South, largely African American cohort. METHODS A secondary analysis was conducted to investigate the influence of interviewer race on energy reporting of 319 African Americans who participated in the Mississippi Communities for ...