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In rural areas, both FFQs overestimated energy and macronutrient intake compared to dietary recalls.
Rural practitioners should be aware of the potential overestimation of nutrient intake by the FFQs.
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In rural areas, compared to DRs, both FFQs overestimated energy and macronutrients.
Why this rating
Based on the study design with repeated measures.
Source
Development, reproducibility and validity of the food frequency questionnaire in the Poland arm of the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study
Mahshid Dehghan et al. · Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics · 2012
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-277x.2012.01240.x
cohort · n=146Cited 119×
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