title: Usefulness of the food habits questionnaire in a worksite setting.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the validity and reliability of the 24-item Food Habits Questionnaire (FHQ) in a worksite setting.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three locations within a multisite industrial equipment company.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  METHODS
  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
  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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA. spoonm@unce.umr.edu
authors.forename: Mary P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Spoon
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Devereux
authors.forename: Jamie A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Benedict
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leontos
authors.forename: Nora
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Constantino
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Christy
authors.forename: Gwenn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Snow
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000178:diet therapy*; D004041:Dietary Fats; D002149:Energy Intake / Q000502:physiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats