Feasibility of community food item collection for the National Children's Study

The National Children's Study proposes to investigate biological, chemical, physical, and psychosocial environmental exposures and their role on health outcomes in pregnant women and children. One specific area of concern is contaminant exposure through the ingestion of solid foods. National fo...

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Published in:	The Science of the total environment Vol. 409; no. 2; pp. 307 - 313
Main Authors:	Jordan, Kristine C., Knuth, Marilyn L., Moyer-Mileur, Laurie J., Larson, Rodney R., Sherwood, Barbara E., McNutt, Suzanne, Quackenboss, James J., Viet, Susan M., Melnyk, Lisa J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier B.V 15-12-2010 [Amsterdam; New York]: Elsevier Science Elsevier
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Assessments Biological and medical sciences Child, Preschool Children Collection Communities Community Diet - statistics & numerical data Diet and nutrition Environmental Exposure - analysis Exposure Feasibility Studies Feeding Behavior Female Food - statistics & numerical data Food Analysis - methods Foods Health Health Surveys Households Humans Infant Male Medical sciences Middle Aged National Children's Study Pesticides Pesticides - analysis Pesticides, fertilizers and other agrochemicals toxicology Pregnancy Toxicology Utah Young Adult United States North America America USA, Utah, Salt Lake City USA, Utah Children National Children's Study Diet and nutrition Community Pesticides Human Agricultural chemical product Nutrition Feeding Chemical pollution Feasibility Child Public health Organic compounds Food Data gathering Chemical contamination
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Summary:	The National Children's Study proposes to investigate biological, chemical, physical, and psychosocial environmental exposures and their role on health outcomes in pregnant women and children. One specific area of concern is contaminant exposure through the ingestion of solid foods. National food contaminant databases may miss dietary exposures unique to specific communities and sources of food. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of community food item collection for the assessment of pesticide exposure in pregnant women and young children. A prospective observational design was used to test the food collection protocol in mothers (n = 45) of children aged 15–24 months in Salt Lake City, Utah. Foods for collection were based on: 1) frequency of different foods consumed by the target population as determined by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data; 2) child food frequency questionnaire; and 3) likelihood of pesticide contamination in the foods. Assessment measures included: demographics, environmental health survey, quality assurance checklist, and participant evaluation form. An average of three food items were obtained from 44 households, yielding a collection rate of 97.8%. Overall, 100% of the food samples were rated as acceptable. Moreover, a vast majority of mothers reported that the study was not burdensome (95.5%) and that preparing the food sample was easy (93.2%). This study suggests that the community food item collection methodology shows promise as a low-burden approach for capturing dietary exposures on a household level, and appears to be a feasible tool for large population studies to assess dietary exposures unique to specific communities. ► Community food item collection protocol shows promise for capturing dietary exposures households ► Study protocol appears to be a feasible tool for large population studies. ► Protocol may be a means to determine the exposure to pesticides and other toxins of communities
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ISSN:	0048-9697 1879-1026
DOI:	10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.10.018