Validation of a quantitative web-based food frequency questionnaire to assess dietary intake in the adult Emirati population.

Najoua El MesmoudiAyesha S Al DhaheriJack FeehanLily StojanovskaHabiba I Ali

Published in: PloS one (2022)

The AE-FFQ is an acceptable tool for ranking UAE adults (aged 18 to 50) according to their dietary intake to investigate the role of Emirati dietary patterns on health and disease. Caution is needed for assessing absolute intake, however, given the bias observed in assessing group-level agreement.

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