Validation of a semi-quantitative adolescent food frequency questionnaire applied at a public school in São Paulo, Brazil

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 629-635

  Slater, Betzy ^a   Philippi, S T ^a   Fisberg, R M ^a   Latorre, M R D O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Food frequency questionnaire; Nutritional assessment

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; IRON; RETINAL; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; MALE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BRAZIL; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0038527416     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601588     Document Type: Article

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