[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 79 (Thursday, April 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20013-20014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10549]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Validation of a New 
Food Frequency Questionnaire

SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the National Institutes of Health 
(NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) will publish periodic summaries 
of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This proposed information 
collection was previously published in the Federal Register on December 
24, 1996, page 67839 and allowed 60-days for public comment. There were 
only two requests for additional information and no comments. The 
purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public 
comment. The National Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, 
and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information 
collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after 
October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control 
number.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: Validation of a New Food Frequency 
Questionnaire. Type of Information Collection Request: New. Need and 
use of Information Collection: The agency conducts and funds studies 
examining the relationship between diet and chronic diseases. This 
information collection is needed to validate and further refine a new 
diet history questionnaire to be used in studies of diet and disease. 
The new questionnaire will be validated against reference data from 
four non-consecutive 24-hour dietary recalls among a national sample of 
persons 20-70 years of age. The

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validity of the new questionnaire will be compared to two widely used 
food frequency questionnaires. As a further validation, biological 
nutrition measures from blood specimens will be obtained from a 20% 
sub-sample of participants. Frequency of response: One-time study. 
Affected public: Individuals or households. Types of Respondents: US 
adults 20-70 years of age. The annual reporting burden is as follows:

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                                                     Estimated                                       Estimated  
                                     Estimated       number of      Avg. burden      Estimated     total annual 
      Data collection form           number of     responses per     hours per      total hour     burden hours 
                                    respondents     respondent       response         burden         requested  
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Screener........................            2700               1           0.167           450.9           300.6
Recalls interview #1............            1620               1           0.75           1215.0           810.0
Recall interview #2.............            1563               1           0.5             781.5           521.0
Recall interview #3.............            1507               1           0.5             753.5           502.3
Recall interview #4.............            1451               1           0.5             725.5           483.7
New Questionnaire...............            1225               1           0.75            918.8           612.5
Food Questionnaire 1............             612               1           0.5             306.0           204.0
Food Questionnaire 2............             612               1           0.668           408.8           272.5
Opinion form....................            1225               1           0.167           204.6           136.4
Blood substudy..................             240               2           0.25            120.0            80.0
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    Total.......................            2700  ..............  ..............          5884.6          3923.0
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REQUEST FOR COMMENTS: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proposed performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (2) The 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the burden 
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

DIRECT COMMENTS TO OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding 
the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the 
estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, D.C. 
20503, Attention: Desk Officer for NIH. To request more information on 
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans 
and instruments, contact Amy F. Subar, Ph.D., Project Officer, National 
Cancer Institute, EPN 313, 6130 EXECUTIVE BLVD MSC 7344, BETHESDA MD 
20892-7344, or call non-toll-free number (301) 496-8500, or FAX your 
request to (301) 435-3710, or E-mail your request, including your 
address, to [email protected].

COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days of 
the date of this publication.

    Dated: April 9, 1997.
Nancie L. Bliss,
OMB Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 97-10549 Filed 4-23-97; 8:45 am]
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