Assessing validity of a short food frequency questionnaire on present dietary intake of elderly Icelanders

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Eysteinsdottir, Tinna ^a,b   Thorsdottir, Inga ^a   Gunnarsdottir, Ingibjorg ^a   Steingrimsdottir, Laufey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Food frequency questionnaire; Nutrition; Validity

Indexed keywords

COD LIVER OIL; SUGAR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; COFFEE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HUMAN; MALE; MILK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OAT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POTATO; QUALITY OF LIFE; RYE; TEA; VALIDATION STUDY; VEGETABLE; ANIMAL; CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; ICELAND; INTERVIEW; MEAT; MEDICAL RECORD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

SECALE CEREALE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

AGED; ANIMALS; COD LIVER OIL; COFFEE; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; ICELAND; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEAT; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; TEA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84857970963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-12     Document Type: Article

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