[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 120 (Tuesday, June 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34190-34191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16586]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Biologic Specimen-Based 
Study of Dietary Measurement Error for Nutritional Epidemiology and 
Surveillance

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.

Proposed Collection

    Title: Biologic specimen-based study of dietary measurement error 
for nutritional epidemiology and surveillance. 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. The study will collect, on a sample of 400 
free-living men and women, 40-69 years of age, two 24-hour dietary 
recalls, two food frequency questionnaires, a physical activity 
questionnaire, a dietary screener questionnaire, and an opinion form. 
Respondents will receive a dose of doubly labeled water and provide 
spot urine samples to measure energy expenditure, will collect two 24-
hour urines to measure urinary nitrogen, and provide blood samples to 
measure biochemical measures of dietary intake. The data will be used 
to assess the magnitude and structure of dietary measurement error in 
dietary surveillance and nutritional epidemiologic studies. Frequency 
of response: One-time study. Affected public: Individuals or 
households. Types of Respondents: U.S. adults 40-69 years of age. The 
annual reporting burden is as follows:

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                                                                                                      Estimated 
                                                              Estimated                                 total   
                                                 Estimated    number of      Average     Estimated      annual  
                Data collection                  number of    responses   burden hours   total hour     burden  
                                                respondents      per      per response     burden       hours   
                                                              respondent                              requested 
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Screener......................................          400            1         0.167           67           67
24-hour recall #1.............................          400            1          .5            200          200
24-hour recall #2.............................          400            1          .5            200          200
Food frequency questionnaire #1...............          400            1         1              400          400
Food frequency questionnaire #2...............          400            1         1              400          400
Physical activity questionnaire...............          400            1          .25           100          100
Opinion forms.................................          400            1          .25           100          100
Dietry screener questionnaire.................          400            1          .167           67           67
Dosing with DLW/initial urine collections.....          400            1         4             1600         1600
Spot urine collections........................          400            1         0.25           100          100
Spot hr urine collection #1...................          400            1          .167           67           67
24-hr urine collection #2.....................          400            1          .167           67           67
Blood collection..............................          400            1          .25           100          100
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      Total...................................          400            1          .67         3,468        3,468
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There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no Operating or 
Maintenance Costs to report.

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.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: 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 on or before 
August 21, 1998.

    Dated: June 5, 1998.
Reesa Nichols,
NCI Project Clearance Liaison.
[FR Doc. 98-16586 Filed 6-22-98; 8:45 am]
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