Misreporting diet information could impact nutrition recommendations for Hispanics
Tuesday, October 21, 2014 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Faulty self-reporting of the food we eat can lead to incorrect conclusions about whether we are meeting dietary recommendations for certain essential nutrients, say researchers. A new study is the first to examine how accounting for the problem of misreporting affects nutrient intake estimates in the Hispanic community. Nearly one in three US residents is projected to be Hispanic in 2060.