Validation-study conclusions from dietary reports by fourth-grade children observed eating school meals are generalisable to dietary reports by comparable children not observed

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1057-1066

  Smith, Albert F ^a   Baxter, Suzanne Domel ^b   Hardin, James W ^b   Guinn, Caroline H ^b   Royer, Julie A ^b   Litaker, Mark S ^c  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

24 Hour dietary reports; Children; Methodology; Observation; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL;

CHILD; DIET RECORDS; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 34548450807     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007683888     Document Type: Article

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