Development of a food frequency questionnaire for Sri Lankan adults

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Jayawardena, Ranil ^a,b   Swaminathan, Sumathi ^c   Byrne, Nuala M ^a   Soares, Mario J ^c,d   Katulanda, Prasad ^b   Hills, Andrew P ^e  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adults; Development; FFQ; Food frequency questionnaire; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COOKING; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN INTAKE; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; COOKING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SRI LANKA; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84865539665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-11-63     Document Type: Article

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