Sociodemographic differences in dietary habits described by food frequency questions - Results from Denmark

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1586-1597

  Dynesen, A W ^a,b   Haraldsdottir J ^b   Holm, L ^a,b   Astrup, A ^a,b  

^a Danish Nutrition Council   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dietary habits; Food frequency; Index; Sociodemographic differences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DIET; EATING HABIT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0346882690     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601728     Document Type: Article

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