Assessing Dietary Variety in Children: Development and Validation of a Predictive Equation

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 641-647

  Falciglia, Grace A ^a   Horner, Stacie L ^a   Liang, Juan ^a   Couch, Sarah C ^a   Levin, Linda S ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECALL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGY PHENOMENA; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL RECALL; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 62749167871     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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