Construction and evaluation of a self-contained index for assessment of diet quality

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 794-802

  Leppälä, Johanna ^a   Lagström, Hanna ^a   Kaljonen, Anne ^a   Laitinen, Kirsi ^b  

^a Turku Institute for Child and Youth Research   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diet; diet quality; dietary guidelines; health promoting diet; index; validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY SERVICES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650456490     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810382476     Document Type: Article

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