Separate estimates of portion size were not essential for energy and nutrient estimation: Results from the southern community cohort food-frequency questionnaire pilot study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-251

  Schlundt, David G ^a,b   Buchowski, Maciej S ^a,b   Hargreaves, Margaret K ^b   Hankin, Jean H ^c   Signorello, Lisa B ^a,d   Blot, William J ^a,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Cohort studies; Food frequency questionnaire; Nutritional epidemiology; Portion sizes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PORTION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; UNITED STATES; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOOD; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIZE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34247619752     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007258574     Document Type: Article

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