Comparison of a food frequency questionnaire with an online dietary assessment tool for assessing preschool children's dietary intake

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 502-510

  Vereecken, C ^a   Covents, M ^b   Maes, L ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Private Consultant ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Food frequency questionnaire; Food intake; Online; Preschool; Relative validity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGING; BELGIUM; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77956522896     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2009.01038.x     Document Type: Article

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