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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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01 Aug 2011
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