The HELENA online food frequency questionnaire: Reproducibility and comparison with four 24-h recalls in Belgian-Flemish adolescents

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 541-548

  Vereecken, C A ^a,b   De Bourdeaudhuij, I ^b   Maes, L ^b  

^a RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Food Frequency Questionnaire; Online; Recall; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; FAT; IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BREAD; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; CHILD NUTRITION; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; FAST FOOD; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON INTAKE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; POTATO; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEA; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIET; MEDICAL RECORD; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; BELGIUM; COMPUTERS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77952091429     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.24     Document Type: Article

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