Assessing peanut consumption in a population of mothers and their children in the uk validation study of a food frequency questionnaire.docVIP

ORIGINALARTICLE AssessingPeanutConsumptioninaPopulationofMothers andTheirChildrenintheUK ValidationStudyofaFoodFrequencyQuestionnaire AikateriniSo?anou-Katsoulis,MD,MRCPCH,MSc,1 DavidMesher,MSc,2 PeterSasieni,PhD,2 GeorgeDuToit,FRCPCH,3 AdamT.Fox,FRCPCH,3 andGideonLack,FRCPCH3 lengeinthis?eldofresearchistheaccuratedeterminationof 1 dietaryintake. Intheabsenceofavalidatedbiomarker,the Background: Food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) are essential tools to investigate the relationship between peanut consumption and the development of peanut allergy. The aim was to validate a 50-itemFFQfor