Web-Based Dietary Assessment Questionnaire was developed as a surveillance instrument to measure dietary and physical activity behaviors in children and adolescents. This study was developed to evaluate the validity of food eating pattern from the elementary school version of the Web-Based Dietary Assessment Questionnaire. Validity was assessed by comparing food items selected on the questionnaire with food items reported from a single 24-hour recall covering the same reference period. To

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... fy and describe the major dietary eating patterns in the WT Cheney Elementary School and South Wood Elementary of the 4 th grade students in Pine Bluff Arkansas. Participants: Fourth-grade student volunteers (N = 87). Agreement between responses to Web-Based Dietary Assessment questionnaire items and reference values obtained through 24-hour dietary recall. Analysis the agreement between the questionnaire and the 24-hour recall was measured using Spearman correlation, percentage agreement, and kappa statistic. Correlation between Web-Based Dietary Assessment Questionnaire item responses and recall data ranged from .25 (bread and related products) to .67 (gravy). The percentage agreement ranged from 26% (bread and related products) to 90% (gravy). The kappa statistic varied from .06 (chocolate candy) to .60 (beans).Results from this study indicate that the Web-Based Dietary Assessment questionnaire can be administered in the classroom quickly and easily to measure many previous day dietary behaviors of fourth graders. However, questions addressing consumption of "vegetables," "candy," and "snacks" need further investigation Ying Hua Gao-Balch (2015) Validly web-based dietary assessment questionnaire adapted to evaluate eating patterns in American elementary school children Volume 1(2): 28-32