Validity and Reliability of Photographic Diet Diaries for Assessing Dietary Intake Among Young Children

ICAN: Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-36

  Small, Leigh ^a   Sidora Arcoleo, Kimberly ^a   Vaughan, Linda ^b   Creed Capsel, Jessica ^c   Chung, Kuo yi ^d   Stevens, Carol ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c College of Education ^*  (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood obesity; diet; dietary intake; intake; photographs; preschool; visual estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997880624     PISSN: 19414064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941406408330360     Document Type: Article

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