Validating a nutrient profile model

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 371-378

  Arambepola, Carukshi ^a   Scarborough, Peter ^a   Rayner, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Healthiness of food; Nutrient profile; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; HEALTH SURVEY; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40549129063     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007000377     Document Type: Article

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