Dietary Exposure	Reporting Method	Timeframe info	Collection Method	Available in Food Questionnaire Creator	Action
Macronutrient	Retrospective; Usual	1 Year	Food Frequency Questionnaire	No	Detailed Information	Web Link

Summary

This tools is a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) that was modified for the Australian diet and vernacular from an earlier FFQ of Willett et al. (1988). The FFQ contains 145-items and includes portion size estimates and questions on type of breakfast cereals and is designed to rank older Australians according to their mean daily glycaemic index (GI), glycaemic load (GL) and carbohydrate intake. The FFQ was used in the Blue Mountains Eye Study (BMES) and has been validated against weighed food diaries for most macro- and micronutrients but not for GI or GL.

Contact Information info

paul_mitchell@wmi.usyd.edu.au

Tool Website

Special Considerations

Seasonal variation was taken into account during analysis by weighting seasonal fruits and vegetables.

Last Updated info

19/04/2018

Software Required

Not reported

Training Required

Not reported

Instructions on use

Not reported

Administration Method

Self-administered

Data Analysis

Instructions on how the dietary data was analysed can be found in the publication

Author	Year	Comparator	Lifestage	Sex	Number of Nutrients Validated	Mean Difference	Variance Measured info	Correlation Coefficients	Percentage Agreement	Limits of Agreement	Special Considerations	Action
Barclay	2007	Weighed Food Diary	Adults, Elderly	Both	4	✓		✓	✓	✓	Subjects were randomly selected from Blue Mountains Eye Study (BMES), weighted to include more older people (65-85 years)	Detailed Information	Web Link