Florence Verghese
Biographic Data
| ID | 7253480 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Florence Verghese |
| GIVEN NAMES | Florence |
| FAMILY NAME | Verghese |
| SIGNATURE | VERGHESE F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Development and testing of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire for use in Kerala, India
Objective: To develop and test a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for use in rural areas of Kerala, India. Design: Based on food use and market surveys of the study area, a quantitative 81-item interviewer-administered FFQ was developed. A validation study was conducted consisting of 24-h diet recalls (24HR) administered on 8 days randomly selected over an entire year and two administrations of the FFQ, one at the beginning of the l-year period…
Determinants of accuracy in estimating the weight and volume of commonly used foods
Inaccuracy of dietary self‐reports may result from an inability to estimate portion sizes of foods. To determine the influence of cultural factors, 162 subjects at three study locations in rural India and 100 subjects in Massachusetts, USA were asked to estimate weights and volumes of four commonly used food items. Compared with their Massachusetts counterparts, subjects in India evinced errors in their estimates of food weights which averaged on…
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Development and testing of a quantitative food frequency questionnaire for use in Kerala, India
Objective: To develop and test a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for use in rural areas of Kerala, India. Design: Based on food use and market surveys of the study area, a quantitative 81-item interviewer-administered FFQ was developed. A validation study was conducted consisting of 24-h diet recalls (24HR) administered on 8 days randomly selected over an entire year and two administrations of the FFQ, one at the beginning of the l-year period…
Determinants of accuracy in estimating the weight and volume of commonly used foods
Inaccuracy of dietary self‐reports may result from an inability to estimate portion sizes of foods. To determine the influence of cultural factors, 162 subjects at three study locations in rural India and 100 subjects in Massachusetts, USA were asked to estimate weights and volumes of four commonly used food items. Compared with their Massachusetts counterparts, subjects in India evinced errors in their estimates of food weights which averaged on…
Demography (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nutritional Studies and Diet (2 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (2 works) · Statistics (2 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (1 work)