Reliability and validity of a short FFQ for assessing the dietary habits of 2-5-year-old children, Sydney, Australia

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 498-509

  Flood, Victoria M ^a   Wen, Li Min ^b,c   Hardy, Louise L ^c   Rissel, Chris ^b,c   Simpson, Judy M ^c   Baur, Louise A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Health Promotion Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietary assessment; Pre school children; Repeatability; Validity

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVICES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET RECORDS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PARENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84896484753     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013000414     Document Type: Article

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