Underreporting of energy intake is less common among pregnant women in Indonesia.

Full Abstract

OBJECTIVES:
To evaluate the ratio of reported energy intake to basal metabolic rate (EI/BMR) among pregnant Indonesian women, as well as identifying risk factors for being an underreporter.

DESIGN:
Longitudinal study of dietary intake, using six repeated 24-hour diet recalls each trimester. Basal metabolic rate was estimated from body weight and physical activity from occupation. The lower 95% confidence interval for plausible EI/BMR was calculated and the proportion of underreporters estimated. Risk factors for being an underreporter were assessed in multivariate logistic regression analyses.

SETTING:
Purworejo District, central Java, Indonesia.

SUBJECTS:
Pregnant women

RESULTS:
For the three trimesters, EI/BMR ratio was and (mean+/-standard deviation), respectively. The proportion of underreporters was 29.7%, 16.2% and 17.6%. Characteristics significantly associated with underreporting in at least one trimester included high body mass index and low education.

CONCLUSIONS:
Levels of underreporting were low among the pregnant Indonesian women during the second and third trimesters. The low EI/BMR ratio during the first trimester likely reflects a true low intake due to nausea, rather than underreporting. Risk factors for being an underreporter included those known from developed countries, i.e. obesity and low education.

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Author information

Author/s: Winkvist, Anna (A); Persson, Viveka (V); Hartini, T Ninuk S (TN);

Affiliation: Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden. anna.winkvist(-atsign-)epiph.umu.se

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Public health nutrition (Public Health Nutr), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Aug; vol 5 (issue 4) : pp 523-9

Dates: Created 2002/08/20; Completed 2002/11/26; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12186660, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Indonesia
Longitudinal Studies
Mental Recall
Nutrition Assessment
Pregnancy - metabolism; physiology; psychology
Risk Factors
Self Disclosure

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