Use of Tape-Recorded Food Records in Assessing Children’s Dietary Intake

MICHAEL I. GORAN. Use of tape-recorded food records in assessing children’s dietary intake. Obes Res. 2000:8: 2–11. Background: Dietary assessment among children is partic-ularly problematic when techniques are dependent on mem-ory skills or advanced cognitive development. Objective: The current study explored the use of self-report by tape recorders to document children’s dietary intake immediately upon consumption, and compared this method with the traditional, interviewer-guided recall technique. In addition, the influence of body fatness and sociodemo-graphic characteristics on the accuracy of recall and tape-recorded food records was determined. Research Methods and Procedures: The sample included 30 black and white children aged 6.5 to 11.6 years (x # 5 9.5)