The reliability and validity of a short FFQ among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous rural children

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 388-401

  Gwynn, Josephine D ^a   Flood, Victoria M ^b,c   D'Este, Catherine A ^a   Attia, John R ^a   Turner, Nicole ^d   Cochrane, Janine ^e   Wiggers, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d Durri Aboriginal Corporation Medical Service   (Australia)

^e Biripi Aboriginal Medical Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children; Australia; Indigenous; Short FFQ; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84857098840     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010001928     Document Type: Article

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