TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a short-item diet quality questionnaire for Indigenous mothers and their young children
T2 - The Menzies remote short-item dietary assessment tool
AU - Rohit, Athira
AU - Brimblecombe, Julie
AU - O'Dea, Kerin
AU - Tonkin, Emma
AU - Maypilama, Lawurrpa
AU - Maple-Brown, Louise
PY - 2018/6
Y1 - 2018/6
N2 - The importance of a healthy diet in facilitating optimal childhood development and preventing chronic disease cannot be overstated. Despite this, unhealthy food patterns frequently occur as early as 9 months of age and continue through childhood. Australian Bureau of Statistics data indicate Indigenous Australian children to have particularly concerning dietary patterns, with children aged 2–3 years three times more likely to consume carbonated sugary drinks than their non‐Indigenous counterparts (18% versus 5.8%, respectively).1 Early intervention to prevent or improve obesity‐related behaviours can have a positive impact. The ability to improve dietary outcomes depends primarily on an accurate assessment of dietary intake. Data reliability and compliance issues common in dietary assessment are exacerbated when working with Indigenous Australians living remotely due to existing tools using inappropriate language, being resource‐intensive and not incorporating culturally diverse foods and serving methods. The aim of this research was to develop a short‐item questionnaire to assess the dietary quality of mothers and their young children (2–4 years) in the remote Indigenous community (RIC) setting for the Pregnancy and Adverse Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia (PANDORA) longitudinal birth cohort study.2 PANDORA participants are Northern Territory women (both Indigenous and non‐Indigenous) with and without diabetes during pregnancy and their babies.
AB - The importance of a healthy diet in facilitating optimal childhood development and preventing chronic disease cannot be overstated. Despite this, unhealthy food patterns frequently occur as early as 9 months of age and continue through childhood. Australian Bureau of Statistics data indicate Indigenous Australian children to have particularly concerning dietary patterns, with children aged 2–3 years three times more likely to consume carbonated sugary drinks than their non‐Indigenous counterparts (18% versus 5.8%, respectively).1 Early intervention to prevent or improve obesity‐related behaviours can have a positive impact. The ability to improve dietary outcomes depends primarily on an accurate assessment of dietary intake. Data reliability and compliance issues common in dietary assessment are exacerbated when working with Indigenous Australians living remotely due to existing tools using inappropriate language, being resource‐intensive and not incorporating culturally diverse foods and serving methods. The aim of this research was to develop a short‐item questionnaire to assess the dietary quality of mothers and their young children (2–4 years) in the remote Indigenous community (RIC) setting for the Pregnancy and Adverse Neonatal Diabetes Outcomes in Remote Australia (PANDORA) longitudinal birth cohort study.2 PANDORA participants are Northern Territory women (both Indigenous and non‐Indigenous) with and without diabetes during pregnancy and their babies.
KW - healthy diet
KW - diet quality questionnaire
KW - Indigenous mothers
KW - young children
KW - dietary patterns
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/NHMRC/1032116
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/NHMRC/1078333
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/NHMRC/1078477
UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/NHMRC/631947
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048726106&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/ajr.12412
DO - 10.1111/ajr.12412
M3 - Article
VL - 26
SP - 220
EP - 224
JO - Australian Journal of Rural Health
JF - Australian Journal of Rural Health
SN - 1038-5282
IS - 3
ER -