Reliability and Validity of Food Frequency Questions to Assess Beverage and Food Group Intakes among Low-Income 2- to 4-Year-Old Children

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 931-939

  Koleilat, Maria ^a   Whaley, Shannon E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b City of Irwindale   (United States)

Author keywords

Food frequency questionnaire; Preschoolers; Reliability; Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); Validity

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGE; DIET; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VEGETABLE;

BEVERAGES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET SURVEYS; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POVERTY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84962109528     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2016.02.014     Document Type: Article

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