Development and validation of the nutrient-rich foods index: A tool to measure nutritional quality of foods

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1549-1554

  Fulgoni III, Victor L ^a   Keast, Debra R ^b   Drewnowski, Adam ^c  

^a Nutrition Impact LLC   (United States)

^b Food and Nutrition Database Research Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; VITAMIN;

AGE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIET; ETHNICITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; GENDER; HEALTHY EATING INDEX; HUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT RICH FOOD INDEX; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PARAMETER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

ALGORITHMS; DIET; FOOD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67749101194     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.101360     Document Type: Article

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