Do prompting methods affect the accuracy of children 's school lunch recalls?
Among first-grade students, specific prompting (either preference, food category, or visual) may hurt more than help recall accuracy. Among fourth-grade students, prompting for food category yields small gains in recall accuracy with minimal losses. Validation studies are needed with larger sample sizes to determine prompting methods that produce more accurate dietary recalls from children of various socioeconomic status groups, other racial/ethnic groups, and at other meals.
We conclude that the weight loss seen after consumption of Hoodia gordonii is due to loss of both adipose and muscle mass.