| Usefulness of the food habits questionnaire in a worksite setting. | |
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PMID: 12559062 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: To examine the validity and reliability of the 24-item Food Habits Questionnaire (FHQ) in a worksite setting. DESIGN: In a longitudinal design, subjects in a 9-month worksite intervention program completed the FHQ pre- and postintervention. A randomly selected subsample also completed 2 sets of 4-day food records. SETTING: Three locations within a multisite industrial equipment company. PARTICIPANTS: Subjects (N = 178) self-selected to participate in the program and completed the FHQ. Mean age was 40.7+/-10.6, 60% were male, and 82% were white, and there were 15 occupational categories. Thirty-two subjects completed 2 sets of 4-day food records. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: To examine the validity and reliability of the FHQ total scale and subscales in a worksite setting with both men and women from varying socioeconomic levels. ANALYSIS: Cronbach a coefficient to estimate internal consistency for the total scale and the subscales, Pearson correlation coefficients to estimate test-retest reliabilities and criterion validity. RESULTS: For the 5 subscales, findings showed generally low internal consistency, moderate test-retest reliability, and low to moderate correlations with food record results. Psychometric properties for the total score of the FHQ included satisfactory internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and criterion validity. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: The FHQ subscales did not perform well and need to be more fully developed. Therefore, the FHQ may best be used as a total scale score to indicate fat-related behaviors. |
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Authors:
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Mary P Spoon; Paul G Devereux; Jamie A Benedict; Carolyn Leontos; Nora Constantino; David Christy; Gwenn Snow |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of nutrition education and behavior Volume: 34 ISSN: 1499-4046 ISO Abbreviation: J Nutr Educ Behav Publication Date: 2002 Sep-Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-01-31 Completed Date: 2003-03-21 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101132622 Medline TA: J Nutr Educ Behav Country: Canada |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 268-72 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Nutrition, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA. spoonm@unce.umr.edu |
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Adult Coronary Disease / diet therapy* Dietary Fats Energy Intake / physiology Female Food Habits / psychology* Humans Longitudinal Studies Male Questionnaires* Reproducibility of Results Workplace / psychology* |
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0/Dietary Fats |
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