American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 59, 1286-1290, Copyright © 1994 by The American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc

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Correlates of over- and underreporting of energy intake in healthy older men and women

RK Johnson, MI Goran and ET Poehlman
Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington.

The aim of this study was to determine whether variations in physiological characteristics were predictive of over- or underreporting of energy intake in older men and women. Total energy expenditure was predicted in 81 older men (66 +/- 6 y) and 56 older women (66 +/- 6 y) from a previously developed equation that uses the doubly labeled water method. The degree of over- or underreporting of energy intake was derived by subtracting predicted total daily energy expenditure from self-reported energy intake obtained from a 3-d diet record. Older women underreported energy intake (-2206 kJ/d +/- 1841) to a greater degree than did older men (-1301 kJ/d +/- 1908) (P < or = 0.01). In men, none of the physiological variables were significantly correlated with over- or underreporting of energy intake. Among the women, percent body fat was negatively correlated with underreporting of energy intake (r = -0.42, P = 0.001). Thus, the underreporting of energy intake increased with the amount of adiposity in women.

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