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    Energy and nutrient content of weight-loss diets published in high-circulation newspapers
    (ASOC ESPANOLA DIETISTAS NUTRICIONISTAS, 2021-09-30) GÜNEŞ, FATMA ESRA; Garipoglu, Gokcen; Aktac, Sule; Gunes, Fatma Esra
    Introduction: The press is one of the most effective methods to provide the public with health education and to increase knowledge levels related to health in society. Nutritional advice and weight loss diets are also frequently featured in newspapers. However, diets in newspaper limit food groups and/or nutrients to achieve faster results. This study aimed to assess diet lists published in newspapers in terms of energy and nutrient contents and to compare levels with requirements. Material and Methods: From 1th February 2018 to 31th January 2019, nutritional and diet news included in 10 newspapers with high circulation in Turkey were investigated and diets published in these newspapers were investigated. The energy, macro, and micronutrient contents were compared with the Turkey Nutrition Guide recommendations. Results: It appeared diet lists met 55.5% of energy requirements for women and 44.5% of energy requirements for men. Carbohydrate and protein contents of diets were below recommendations, while fat contents were identified to be above-recommended levels. Dietary fiber was determined to meet 81.2% of recommendations. For micronutrients, calcium and iron contents were below recommended levels. Conclusions: It appears weight-loss diets in newspapers are insufficient in terms of energy and some nutrients. Though these diets, which are easily accessible by a large portion of society, without expert control they may cause nutrient deficiencies in the long term.
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    Development and Validation of a Semi-Quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire to Assess Dietary Intake of Turkish School-Aged Children
    (INST ANIMAL REPRODUCTION & FOOD RESEARCH POLISH ACAD SCIENCES OLSZTYN, 2016-06-30) GÜNEŞ, FATMA ESRA; Gunes, Fatma Esra; Elmaciogiu, Funda; Aktac, Sule; Saglam, Duygu
    The aim of this study was to develop and validate a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) on the dietary intake of Turkish school-aged children. Fifty randomly selected students aged 7-12 from urban areas of Istanbul were included in this study. An FFQ, containing a list of 138 frequently consumed foods was developed. Dietary records (DRs) including three days, and FFQs were collected during autumn and spring. Daily consumption of each food group was assessed and the nutrient compositions of diet were calculated. The Pearson correlation coefficient, weighted kappa, the Bland-Altman scatter plots between averages of the reported (FFQ) and the references method (DR) were used as validity coefficient. The Pearson correlation, energy adjusted and attenuation coefficients of nutrient intake were calculated for energy (0.29; 0.11), protein (0.36-0.32; 0.21), carbohydrate (0.25-0.09; 0.15), fat (0.25-0.05; 0.13), and as for food groups, for meat group (0.29-0.21, 0.09), oil and margarine groups (0.21-0.02, 0.08), dairy group (0.52-0.58, 0.31), vegetable group (0.14-0.11, 0.09), fruit group (0.31-0.40, 0.09) and cereal group (0.33-0.34, 0.10), respectively. According to the kappa values, there is moderate and fair agreement between two methods. The Bland-Altman scatter plots showed an acceptable level of agreement between the two methods that DRs may be replaced with FFQ. The performance of the FFQ is likely to allow detection and sufficient assessment of nutritional status. The developed FFQ had validity coefficients similar to those of FFQs in previous studies.