Usefulness of a short food frequency questionnaire for screening of low intake of fruit and vegetable and for intake of fat

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 208-213

  Andersen, Lene F ^a   Johansson, Lars ^b   Solvoll, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b National Council on Nutrition and Physical Activity   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fat; Food questionnaire; Fruit; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; BASAL METABOLISM; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0036737668     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/12.3.208     Document Type: Article

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