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Relationship between Dietary Factors & Food Items on the Dietary Screener Questionnaire
Each of the 26 items on the screener was selected because of its relationship to one or more dietary factors of interest in dietary guidance. This relationship is depicted below.
Dietary Factor |
Food Item |
Fruits and vegetables (cup equivalents per day) |
Fruit |
Fruit juice |
Salad |
Fried potatoes |
Other potatoes |
Dried beans |
Other vegetables |
Tomato sauce |
Salsa |
Pizza |
Added sugars (tsp per day) |
Soda |
Fruit drinks |
Cookies, cake, pie |
Doughnuts |
Ice cream |
Sugar/honey in coffee/tea |
Candy |
Added sugars from sugar-sweetened beverages (tsp per day) |
Soda |
Fruit drinks |
Sugar/honey in coffee/tea |
Dairy (servings per day) |
Milk |
Cheese |
Ice cream |
Pizza |
Whole grains (servings per day) |
Cereal |
Cereal type |
Whole grain bread |
Popcorn |
Whole grain rice |
Calcium (mg) |
All or nearly all foods |
Fiber (gm) |
All or nearly all foods |
Red meat (times per day) |
Red meat |
Processed meat (times per day) |
Processed meat |
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