Validation of a food frequency questionnaire for assessing dietary intake in a study of coronary heart disease risk factors in children

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A food frequency questionnaire for assessing dietary intake in a study of coronary heart disease risk factors in UK children was designed and validated. The self-administered questionnaire completed by parents or guardians asked about the frequency of children's consumption of 35 food items over the previous month. The food items emphasized on those with high fat and fiber contents. Results proved that the questionnaire is a valid instrument for classifying children into a wide range of patterns of consumption in an epidemiological study.

Methods, Testing, Nutrition surveys, Epidemiological research, Cross sectional studies, Questionnaires

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Weight-for-height in children aged 4-12 years. A new index compared to the normalized body mass index

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A new index of weight-for-height was derived from data obtained from the 1990 survey of the National Study of Health and Growth in Great Britain. Using triceps plus subscapular skinfold thickness, the index of (weight minus 9) over height raised to 3.7 was obtained where values for weight were in kilograms, height in meters. The index has stable variance for children aged four to twelve years old.

Evaluation, Measurement, Physiological aspects, Children, Body size, Body weights and measures, Nutrition, Nutritional assessment, Body, Human, Human body

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