Development and Validation of the Beverages and Snacks Questionnaire for Malaysian Schoolchildren (BSQ-C)

Noor Fadzlina Hamd; Nyi Nyi Naing; Rohana Abdul Jalil; Shigeru Yamamoto

doi:10.21834/e-bpj.v4i12.1909

Authors

Noor Fadzlina Hamd Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, 20400 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu.
Nyi Nyi Naing Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, 20400 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.
Rohana Abdul Jalil Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
Shigeru Yamamoto Asian Nutrition and Food Culture Research Center, Jumonji University, 2-1-28 Sugasawa, Niiza, Saitama 352-8510, Japan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i12.1909

Keywords:

Beverages and snacks questionnaire (BSQ-C), Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), Snacks, Reliability

Abstract

The intake of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and snacks have changed and has associated with weight gain in children. However, it is challenging to measure the consumption of SSBs and snacks due to the limitation of existing tools. Aimed for this study was to develop and validate the beverages and snacks questionnaire for schoolchildren (BSQ-C). In testing for internal consistency, the value of Cronbachâ€™s alpha indicated that more than 0.70 is considered an acceptable internal consistency. In conclusion, the BSQ-C developed is valid and reliable to measure the pattern and behaviour of SSBs and snacks intake among schoolchildren.

Keywords: Beverages and snacks questionnaire (BSQ-C); Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs); Snacks; Reliability

eISSN: 2398-4287 Â© 2019. The Authors. It is published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer-review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v4i12.1909

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