Reproducibility and validity of a diet quality index for children assessed using a FFQ

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-144

  Huybrechts, Inge ^a   Vereecken, Carine ^a   De Bacquer, Dirk ^a   Vandevijvere, Stefanie ^b   Van Oyen, Herman ^b   Maes, Lea ^a   Vanhauwaert, Erika ^c   Temme, Liesbeth ^d   De Backer, Guy ^a   De Henauw, Stefaan ^a,e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c Flemish Institute for Health Promotion   (Belgium)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Department of Health Sciences   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Diet quality index; Food frequency questionnaires; Reproducibility; Validity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PARENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; PARENTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77954676558     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510000231     Document Type: Article

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