title: New technologies applied to food frequency questionnaires: a current perspective.
abstract: The food frequency questionnaires are widely used in epidemiological researches like dietary assessment method. Traditionally, they have been self-administered in paper but the use of information and communication technologies has led to develop Internet and computerized food frequency questionnaires. It is the objective of this article to offer a global perspective of the new technologies applied to FFQ. It will be presented the purpose of the food frequency questionnaire, the number of strengths of the web-based surveys versus print-surveys and finally, a description of the manuscripts that have used web-based and computerized FFQ.
authors.affiliation: CUINA Group, Food Technology Department, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. pugarse@tal.upv.es
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: García-Segovia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: González-Carrascosa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martínez-Monzó
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Serra-Majem
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D004034:Diet Surveys / Q000379:methods*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires