Validation of a new hand-held electronic appetite rating system against the pen and paper method

Appetite

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 465-468

  Almiron Roig, Eva ^a   Green, Hilary ^a   Virgili, Robert ^a   Aeschlimann, Jean Marc ^a   Moser, Mireille ^a   Erkner, Alfrun ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electronic appetite rating system; Visual analogue scale

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; EPIGASTRIC FULLNESS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HAND HELD ELECTRONIC APPETITE RATING SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNGER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPER; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THIRST; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; APPETITE; EATING; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGER; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAPER; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SATIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; THIRST;

EID: 70449722783     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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