A comparative validation of a child food frequency questionnaire using red blood cell membrane fatty acids

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 825-829

  Burrows, T ^a   Berthon, B ^b   Garg, M L ^c   Collins, C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Dietary assessment; food frequency; validation

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; VALIDATION STUDY;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FASTING; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINOLEIC ACID; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84863718104     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.26     Document Type: Article

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