Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake

Rania Bajunaid; Chaoqun Niu; Catherine Hambly; Zongfang Liu; Yosuke Yamada; Heliodoro Aleman-Mateo; Liam J Anderson; Lenore Arab; Issad Baddou; Linda Bandini; Kweku Bedu-Addo; Ellen E Blaak; Carlijn V C Bouten; Soren Brage; Maciej S Buchowski; Nancy F Butte; Stefan G J A Camps; Regina Casper; Graeme L Close; Jamie A Cooper; Richard Cooper; Sai Krupa Das; Peter S W Davies; Prasangi Dabare; Lara R Dugas; Simon Eaton; Ulf Ekelund; Sonja Entringer; Terrence Forrester; Barry W Fudge; Melanie Gillingham; Annelies H Goris; Michael Gurven; Asmaa El Hamdouchi; Hinke H Haisma; Daniel Hoffman; Marije B Hoos; Sumei Hu; Noorjehan Joonas; Annemiek M Joosen; Peter Katzmarzyk; Misaka Kimura; William E Kraus; Wantanee Kriengsinyos; Rebecca Kuriyan; Robert F Kushner; Estelle V Lambert; Pulani Lanerolle; Christel L Larsson; William R Leonard; Nader Lessan; Marie Löf; Corby K Martin; Eric Matsiko; Anine C Medin; James C Morehen; James P Morton; Aviva Must; Marian L Neuhouser; Theresa A Nicklas; Christine D Nyström; Robert M Ojiambo; Kirsi H Pietiläinen; Yannis P Pitsiladis; Jacob Plange-Rhule; Guy Plasqui; Ross L Prentice; Susan B Racette; David A Raichlen; Eric Ravussin; Leanne M Redman; John J Reilly; Rebecca Reynolds; Susan B Roberts; Dulani Samaranayakem; Luis B Sardinha; Analiza M Silva; Anders M Sjödin; Marina Stamatiou; Eric Stice; Samuel S Urlacher; Ludo M Van Etten; Edgar G A H van Mil; George Wilson; Jack A Yanovski; Tsukasa Yoshida; Xueying Zhang; Alexia J Murphy-Alford; Srishti Sinha; Cornelia U Loechl; Amy H Luke; Herman Pontzer; Jennifer Rood; Hiroyuki Sagayama; Dale A Schoeller; Klaas R Westerterp; William W Wong; John R Speakman

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Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake

Rania Bajunaid, Chaoqun Niu, Catherine Hambly, Zongfang Liu, Yosuke Yamada, Heliodoro Aleman-Mateo, Liam J Anderson, Lenore Arab, Issad Baddou, Linda Bandini, Kweku Bedu-Addo, Ellen E Blaak, Carlijn V C Bouten, Soren Brage, Maciej S Buchowski, Nancy F Butte, Stefan G J A Camps, Regina Casper, Graeme L Close, Jamie A CooperRichard Cooper, Sai Krupa Das, Peter S W Davies, Prasangi Dabare, Lara R Dugas, Simon Eaton, Ulf Ekelund, Sonja Entringer, Terrence Forrester, Barry W Fudge, Melanie Gillingham, Annelies H Goris, Michael Gurven, Asmaa El Hamdouchi, Hinke H Haisma, Daniel Hoffman, Marije B Hoos, Sumei Hu, Noorjehan Joonas, Annemiek M Joosen, Peter Katzmarzyk, Misaka Kimura, William E Kraus, Wantanee Kriengsinyos, Rebecca Kuriyan, Robert F Kushner, Estelle V Lambert, Pulani Lanerolle, Christel L Larsson, William R Leonard, Nader Lessan, Marie Löf, Corby K Martin, Eric Matsiko, Anine C Medin, James C Morehen, James P Morton, Aviva Must, Marian L Neuhouser, Theresa A Nicklas, Christine D Nyström, Robert M Ojiambo, Kirsi H Pietiläinen, Yannis P Pitsiladis, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Guy Plasqui, Ross L Prentice, Susan B Racette, David A Raichlen, Eric Ravussin, Leanne M Redman, John J Reilly, Rebecca Reynolds, Susan B Roberts, Dulani Samaranayakem, Luis B Sardinha, Analiza M Silva, Anders M Sjödin, Marina Stamatiou, Eric Stice, Samuel S Urlacher, Ludo M Van Etten, Edgar G A H van Mil, George Wilson, Jack A Yanovski, Tsukasa Yoshida, Xueying Zhang, Alexia J Murphy-Alford, Srishti Sinha, Cornelia U Loechl, Amy H Luke, Herman Pontzer, Jennifer Rood, Hiroyuki Sagayama, Dale A Schoeller, Klaas R Westerterp, William W Wong, John R Speakman

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Abstract

Nutritional epidemiology aims to link dietary exposures to chronic disease, but the instruments for evaluating dietary intake are inaccurate. One way to identify unreliable data and the sources of errors is to compare estimated intakes with the total energy expenditure (TEE). In this study, we used the International Atomic Energy Agency Doubly Labeled Water Database to derive a predictive equation for TEE using 6,497 measures of TEE in individuals aged 4 to 96 years. The resultant regression equation predicts expected TEE from easily acquired variables, such as body weight, age and sex, with 95% predictive limits that can be used to screen for misreporting by participants in dietary studies. We applied the equation to two large datasets (National Diet and Nutrition Survey and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) and found that the level of misreporting was >50%. The macronutrient composition from dietary reports in these studies was systematically biased as the level of misreporting increased, leading to potentially spurious associations between diet components and body mass index.

Original language	English
Article number	100203
Pages (from-to)	58-71
Number of pages	14
Journal	Nature food
Volume	6
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01089-5
Publication status	Published - 13 Jan 2025

Funding

We also gratefully acknowledge funding from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (grant no. CAS 153E11KYSB20190015) and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Metabolic Health (ZDSYS20210427152400001) awarded to J.R.S. and from the US National Science Foundation (BCS-1824466) awarded to H.P. The funders played no role in the content of this paper. The IAEA Doubly Labeled Water (DLW) Database is generously supported by the IAEA, Taiyo Nippon Sanso and SERCON.

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Nutritional epidemiology
total energy expenditure
dietary reports
misreporting
bias

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Bajunaid, R., Niu, C., Hambly, C., Liu, Z., Yamada, Y., Aleman-Mateo, H., Anderson, L. J., Arab, L., Baddou, I., Bandini, L., Bedu-Addo, K., Blaak, E. E., Bouten, C. V. C., Brage, S., Buchowski, M. S., Butte, N. F., Camps, S. G. J. A., Casper, R., Close, G. L., ... Speakman, J. R. (2025). Predictive equation derived from 6,497 doubly labelled water measurements enables the detection of erroneous self-reported energy intake. Nature food, 6(1), 58-71. Article 100203. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-024-01089-5

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