Online dietary intake estimation: Reproducibility and validity of the Food4Me food frequency questionnaire against a 4-day weighed food record

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages e190-

  Fallaize, Rosalind ^a   Forster, Hannah ^b   Macready, Anna L ^a   Walsh, Marianne C ^b   Mathers, John C ^c   Brennan, Lorraine ^b   Gibney, Eileen R ^b   Gibney, Michael J ^b   Lovegrove, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary assessment; Food frequency questionnaire; Food4Me; Reproducibility; Validity; Web based; Weighed food record

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIET; DIET RECORDS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907506813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3355     Document Type: Article

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