Development of the HELIUS food frequency questionnaires: Ethnic-specific questionnaires to assess the diet of a multiethnic population in the Netherlands

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 579-584

  Beukers, M H ^a,b   Dekker, L H ^a   De Boer, E J ^b   Perenboom, C W M ^c   Meijboom, S ^c   Nicolaou, M ^a   De Vries, J H M ^c   Brants, H A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; DUTCHMAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC SPECIFIC FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MOROCCAN; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SURINAMESE; TURK (PEOPLE); CALORIC INTAKE; DIET; ETHICS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; NETHERLANDS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84929043323     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2014.180     Document Type: Article

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