Reproducibility of the School-based Nutrition Monitoring Questionnaire among Fourth-grade Students in Texas

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-27

  Penkilo, Monica ^a   George, Goldy Chacko ^b   Hoelscher, Deanna M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

diet survey; exercise; reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; TEXAS;

EID: 37449000649     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2007.04.375     Document Type: Article

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