Conventional energy and macronutrient variables distort the accuracy of children's dietary reports: Illustrative data from a validation study of effect of order prompts

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-41

  Baxter, Suzanne Domel ^a   Smith, Albert F ^b   Hardin, James W ^a   Nichols, Michele D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Energy; Fat; Macronutrients; Observation; Order prompts; Protein; Validation studies of dietary reports

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; DIET RECORDS; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33846098386     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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