American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 154, No. 12 : 1105-1106
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Subar et al. Respond to "A Further Look at Dietary Questionnaire Validation" and "Another Perspective on Food Frequency Questionnaires"
1 Applied Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
2 Biometry Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.
We thank Drs. Willett (1
) and Block (2
) for their thoughtful comments. Our goal in creating the Diet History Questionnaire was to improve the accuracy of food frequency questionnaires. Table 7 of our paper (3
) indicates that, in comparing food frequency questionnaires with recalls, we were successful but that the improvement was small. Although we should continue to improve food frequency questionnaires, we agree with Dr. Willett that perhaps there is a ceiling on their ability to accurately measure diet.
For surveillance and public health, knowledge of absolute intakes is essential, as indicated by Dr.
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