Nutrition and Healthy Eating
Comparison of Short Questions with Weighed Dietary Records
This analysis examines the performance of 16 short dietary questions in a population of Australian adults that is predominantly Anglo-Celtic. The questions address usual food intake over the preceding three months and include questions on intake of bread and cereals, vegetables and fruit, meat and milk and dairy foods.
Prepared by Dr Malcolm Riley, Ingrid HE Rutishauser and Dr Karen Webb, Australian Food and Nutrition Monitoring Unit for Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
2001
ISBN: 0 642 82047 3
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