An assessment of the test-retest reliability of the New Nordic Diet score

Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bjørnarå, Helga Birgit ^a   Hillesund, Elisabet Rudjord ^a   Torstveit, Monica Klungland ^a   Stea, Tonje Holte ^a   Øverby, Nina Cecilie ^a   Bere, Elling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adherence; Diet score; Dietary pattern; Health; New nordic diet; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIET; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; NEW NORDIC DIET; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 84940970063     PISSN: 16546628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/fnr.v59.28397     Document Type: Article

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