Comparison of the NHANES dietary screener questionnaire to the Automated Self-Administered 24-Hour Recall for Children in the Healthy Communities Study.

Background: A dietary screener questionnaire (DSQ) was used to assess dietary outcomes among children in the Healthy Communities Study (HCS), a study of the relationships between programs and policies to prevent child obesity and child diet, physical activity and weight outcomes.

Methods: To compare dietary intake estimates derived from the DSQ against those from the Automated Self-Administered 24-Hour Recalls for Children (ASA24-Kids) among children, a measurement error model, using structural equation modelling, was utilized to estimate slopes, deattenuated correlation coefficients, and attenuation factors by age and sex, ethnicity, and BMI status.

Participants/setting: A randomly selected sub-sample of HCS participants aged 4-15 years in 130 communities throughout the U.

Associations of community programs and policies with children's dietary intakes: the Healthy Communities Study.

Background: The impact of community-based obesity prevention efforts on child nutrition has not been adequately studied.

Objective: Examine relationships between number, type and intensity of community programs and policies (CPPs) and child nutrition.

Methods: An observational study of 5138 children (grades K-8) in 130 U.

Community characteristics modify the relationship between obesity prevention efforts and dietary intake in children: the Healthy Communities Study.

Background: The influence of community characteristics on the effectiveness of childhood obesity prevention efforts is not well understood.

Objective: Examine the interaction of community characteristics with the relationship between community programmes and policies (CPPs) and dietary intake.

Methods: An observational study of 5138 children in grades K-8 in 130 US communities was conducted in 2013-2015.

Objectives of community policies and programs associated with more healthful dietary intakes among children: findings from the Healthy Communities Study.

Background: Rational planning of community policies and programs (CPPs) to prevent obesity requires an understanding of CPP objectives associated with dietary behaviours.

Objective: The objective of the study is to identify objectives of CPPs associated with healthful dietary behaviours.

Methods: An observational study identified 4026 nutrition CPPs occurring in 130 communities in the prior 6 years.

Association between community characteristics and implementation of community programmes and policies addressing childhood obesity: the Healthy Communities Study.

Background: Little is known about whether characteristics of communities are associated with differential implementation of community programmes and policies to promote physical activity and healthy eating. This study examines associations between community characteristics (e.g.