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A Practical Guide for Estimating Dietary Fat and Fiber Using Limited Food Frequency Data

Raymond Y. Demers

Wayne State University

Paula C. Zemel

University of Tennessee

There are occasions when health promotion programs must be developed based on limited food intake data that are insufficient for estimating dietary fat and fiber intake. Health educators, however, often have sufficient knowledge to evaluate available food intake data as part of a nutrition education needs assessment. A methodology for estimating daily intake of dietary fat and fiber based on limited food frequency data is presented. This procedure involves identifying the medianportion of food items from National Food Consumption Survey data; determining the insoluble fiber and fat content of the food items; multiplying the fiber and fat content of the median portion by the daily consumption rate; summing all items and calculating mean and standard deviationsfor the entire sample. This method can provide baseline estimates of dietary patterns to health promotion policymakers interested in using existingfood intake information.

Evaluation & the Health Professions, Vol. 15, No. 3, 341-349 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/016327879201500306


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