Validation of a food frequency questionnaire to assess macro- and micro-nutrient intake among South Asians in the United Kingdom

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 160-168

  Sevak, Leena ^a,b   Mangtani, Punam ^a   McCormack, Valerie ^a   Bhakta, Dee ^a   Kassam Khamis, Tashmin ^c   Dos Santos Silva, Isabel ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Diet assessment methods; Food frequency questionnaire; Migrants; South Asians; Validation

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FOLIC ACID; PROTEIN; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VITAMINS;

EID: 3042575658     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-004-0454-6     Document Type: Article

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