Dietary intake and development of a quantitative food-frequency questionnaire for a lifestyle intervention to reduce the risk of chronic diseases in Canadian First Nations in north-western Ontario

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 831-840

  Sharma, Sangita ^a   Cao, Xia ^a   Gittelsohn, Joel ^b   Ho, Lara S ^b   Ford, Elizabeth ^c   Rosecrans, Amanda ^b   Harris, Stewart ^c   Hanley, Anthony J G ^d   Zinman, Bernard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary assessment; First Nations; Food and nutrient intake; North western Ontario; Quantitative food frequency questionnaire

Indexed keywords

MARGARINE; SUGAR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BREAD; BUTTER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; FRUIT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PASTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RICE; RISK FACTOR; SUGAR INTAKE; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 40949100011     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007001218     Document Type: Article

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