Food Frequency Questionnaire

 



Click for Description Apples, bananas, pears, oranges, grapes, strawberries, blueberries, etc. Include fresh fruits and frozen fruits with no added sugar. Please do not include preserved or dried fruits or fruit juice in your estimates.

One serving equals: 1 small apple or ½ large banana (approximately 1 cup, size of a small fist); 1 cup mandarin oranges, melon or raspberries; ¾ cup blueberries; 1½ cup whole strawberries.

Click for Description Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, broccoli, carrots, green beans, cabbage, spinach, arugula, and other leafy vegetables. Include raw or cooked non-starchy vegetables. Please do not include starchy vegetables (such as potatoes) and fried vegetables in your estimates.

One serving equals: 1 cup raw vegetables (e.g. tomatoes, baby carrots, celery, green peas); ½ cup cooked vegetables (such as broccoli and spinach); 1 cup arugula

Click for Description Examples: Legumes - cooked or canned beans, lentils, chickpeas or peas; miso, tofu, tempeh, hummus Nuts - almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, peanuts, etc. Seeds - sesame, sunflower, pumpkin, flax seeds, etc.

One serving equals: ½ cup of cooked or canned legumes; ⅓ hummus or bean dip; ½ cup tofu; ¼ cup tempeh; a small handful of nuts or seeds

Click for Description Examples: Fresh water fish or sea water fish (e.g. salmon, sardines, trout, Atlantic, Pacific mackerel etc.) and seafood. Include canned fish/seafood in your estimates.

One serving equals: 3 oz. of cooked or canned fish (about the size of a deck of cards); a palm-size piece of raw fish

Click for Description Examples: Whole grain bread, whole grain bread roll, muesli, unsweetened ready to eat cereal, cooked grits/porridge, brown rice, whole grain pasta, corn tortilla. Please do not include white bread, white roll or bagels; white rice or pasta; or wheat tortilla in your estimates.

One serving equals: 1 slice of whole grain bread; ½ cup cooked cereal (oats, oatmeal, quinoa); ½ cup cooked brown rice or whole grain pasta; 1 small corn tortilla; ½ cup cooked grits; 1 cup ready-to-eat cereal flakes

Click for Description Examples: White bread; white roll, bagel or English muffin; white rice or pasta, wheat tortilla. Please do not include whole grains considered in the above question (such as whole grain bread or bread roll).

One serving equals: 1 slice white bread; ½ roll; ½ small white bagel or English muffin; ½ cup cooked white rice or pasta; 1 small wheat tortilla

Click for Description Examples: Low-fat milk (1%) or fat-free (skim) milk or soy milk; yogurt with reduced fat content; low fat cheese, mozzarella, cottage cheese.

One serving equals: 1 cup low fat or skim milk; ¾ cup (6oz.) yogurt low fat; 1 pre-packaged slice low fat cheese; 1½ oz. mozzarella

Click for Description Examples: 2% milk or whole milk; butter; cream; cream cheese; cheese with not reduced-fat content; yogurt with 2% or higher milk fat; ice cream. Butter, coconut oil or shortening used for cooking. Please do not include low fat dairy in the above question in your estimates.

One serving equals: 1 cup 2% milk and whole milk; ¾ cup (6 oz.) yogurt; 1 pre-packaged slice of cheese; 2 oz. processed cheese; ½ cup ice cream; 1 teaspoon butter, shortening or coconut oil.

Click for Description Examples: Commercial sweets, candies, cookies, cakes, pastries, sweet snacks.

One serving equals: 1.5 oz. gummi candy (e.g. Haribo); 3 pcs hard candy (e.g. Werther's); 1 small piece of cake or pastry; 1 medium doughnut or sweet snack; 2-3 sweet biscuits or cookies (about 1 oz.).

Notes:

Total score is out of 90

Target score > 69

Score is modified from Lara-Breitinger KM, Medina Inojosa JR, Li Z, Kunzova S, Lerman A, Kopecky SL, Lopez-Jimenez F. Validation of a Brief Dietary Questionnaire for Use in Clinical Practice: Mini-EAT (Eating Assessment Tool). J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 Jan 3;12(1):e025064. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.025064. Epub 2022 Dec 30. PMID: 36583423; PMCID: PMC9973598.