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Lack of efficacy of a food-frequency questionnaire in assessing dietary macronutrient intakes in subjects consuming diets of known composition
Author(s) -
Ernst J. Schaefer,
J Augustín,
Mary M. Schaefer,
Helen Rasmussen,
José M. Ordovás,
Gerard E. Dallal,
Johanna Dwyer
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/71.3.746
Subject(s) - polyunsaturated fat , saturated fat , food frequency questionnaire , food science , dietary fat , composition (language) , zoology , food composition data , cholesterol , medicine , carbohydrate , unsaturated fat , animal fat , chemistry , biology , endocrinology , linguistics , philosophy , orange (colour)
We compared the validity of a semiquantitative food-frequency questionnaire in assessing intakes of macronutrients (absolute amounts and percentages of energy) by 19 subjects fed natural-food diets of known composition. In small subsets (n = 5 or 6), we also tested 3-d diet records.

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