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This review aims to evaluate the accuracy of dietary assessment tools that rely on parent reports to estimate young children's nutrient intake.

The validity of parent-report dietary assessment tools for estimating young children’s intake of macronutrients and micronutrients: A systematic review

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Systematic review evaluates macronutrient and micronutrient intake estimates from parent-reported dietary tools, suggesting improvements.

This review aims to evaluate the accuracy of dietary assessment tools that rely on parent reports to estimate young children's nutrient intake.
Conducted a systematic review of validation studies from databases including Ovid Medline, Embase, and Cochrane.
Included 66 articles focused on dietary assessment tools for children aged 1-10, with parent proxy-reports.
Assessed correlation between parent-reported tools and reference methods, noting significant methodological limitations.
66 articles analyzed; median sample size was 103.
Over 25% of studies found no significant correlation between assessment tools and reference methods.
Among valid studies, median correlation for macronutrients was 0.37 to 0.40, and 0.29 to 0.55 for micronutrients.

Barreiro et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Systematic review evaluates macronutrient and micronutrient intake estimates from parent-reported dietary tools, suggesting improvements.

This review aims to evaluate the accuracy of dietary assessment tools that rely on parent reports to estimate young children's nutrient intake.
Conducted a systematic review of validation studies from databases including Ovid Medline, Embase, and Cochrane.
Included 66 articles focused on dietary assessment tools for children aged 1-10, with parent proxy-reports.
Assessed correlation between parent-reported tools and reference methods, noting significant methodological limitations.
66 articles analyzed; median sample size was 103.
Over 25% of studies found no significant correlation between assessment tools and reference methods.
Among valid studies, median correlation for macronutrients was 0.37 to 0.40, and 0.29 to 0.55 for micronutrients.

Barreiro et al. (2026) studied this question.

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