Portion size adds limited information on variance in food intake of participants in the EPIC-potsdam study

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 510-515

  Noethlings, Ute ^a   Hoffmann, Kurt ^a   Bergmann, Manuela M ^a   Boeing, Heiner ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

Author keywords

EPIC Potsdam Study; Food frequency questionnaire; Portion size

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0037317535     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.2.510     Document Type: Article

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