Development and Reproducibility of a Food Frequency Questionnaire to Assess Diets of Older Children and Adolescents
Journal of the American Dietetic AssociationPublished 1 March 1995
Helaine Rockett, Anne Wolf, Graham A. Colditz
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A self-administered food frequency questionnaire has a reasonable ability to assess the eating habits of older children and adolescents over time and demonstrates reproducibility over a 1-year period.
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A self-administered food frequency questionnaire has a reasonable ability to assess the eating habits of older children and adolescents over time.
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