Development and validation of a food frequency questionnaire for dietary intake assessment among multi-ethnic primary school-aged children

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 687-694

  Fatihah, Fadil ^a   Ng, Boon Koon ^a   Hazwanie, Husin ^a   Karim Norimah, A ^a   Shanita, Safii Nik ^a   Ruzita, Abd Talib ^a   Poh, Bee Koon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Children; Dietary assessment method; FFQ; Reproducibility; Validation

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; FOOD; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; DIET; DIET RECORDS; ENERGY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84949998326     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2015190     Document Type: Article

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