Tool Information: FFQ (Suihua, North China)
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Full Nutrient, Food Groups | Usual; Retrospective | 9 months | Food Frequency Questionnaire | No | Detailed Information | Web Link |
Summary
This tool is a self-administered, semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire containing 86 food items grouped into 8 food groups. The tool was developed for adolescent females and developed in accordance with a previous model by Willett et al (1998)
Contact Information
Tool Website
Special Considerations
The tool was developed to include foods that included the traditional Chinese diet. Updates to the food composition tables and databases may be required to use this tool due to ingredient variation. The study used coloured photographs to determine portion size consumption.
Last Updated
05/12/2017
Software Required
Not reported
Training Required
Not reported
Instructions on use
Not reported
Administration Method
Interviewer administered
Data Analysis
Instructions on how the dietary data was analysed can be found in the publications and the website
Author | Year | Comparator | Lifestage | Sex | Number of Nutrients Validated | Mean Difference | Variance Measured | Correlation Coefficients | Percentage Agreement | Limits of Agreement | Special Considerations | Action | |
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Xia | 2011 | 24hr recall | Adolescents | Female Only | 13 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Subjects were adolescent females (12-18yrs) from a multi-level cluster sample from 3 middle schools in the Suihua district of Heilongjiang Province of China | Detailed Information | Web Link |