A systematic review of brief dietary questionnaires suitable for clinical use in the prevention and management of obesity, cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 997-1003

  England, C Y ^a   Andrews, R C ^a   Jago, R ^a   Thompson, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIEF DIETARY QUESTIONNAIRE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; RELATIVE VALIDITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; VEGETABLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEVICES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET; DIET THERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET SURVEYS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84940795808     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2015.6     Document Type: Review

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