The 'diet quality index' and its applications

Diet Quality: An Evidence-Based Approach

Volumn 2, Issue , 2013, Pages 301-314

  Huybrechts, Inge ^a,b   Vereecken, Carine ^a   Vyncke, Krishna ^a   Maes, Lea ^a   Slimani, Nadia ^b   De Henauw, Stefaan ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Applications; Diet quality index; Dietary diversity; Equilibrium; Evaluation; Meal index; Quality; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982966480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-7315-2_21     Document Type: Chapter

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