Reliability of a dietary questionnaire on food habits, eating behaviour and nutritional knowledge of adolescents

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 753-763

  Turconi, G ^a   Celsa, M ^a   Rezzani, C ^a   Biino, G ^a   Sartirana, M A ^a   Roggi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Dietary questionnaire; Eating behaviour; Food habits; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET SURVEYS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; ITALY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0038391481     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601607     Document Type: Article

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