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. 2023 Feb 28;15(5):1215. doi: 10.3390/nu15051215

Table 2.

HFIAS questions.

Questions Frequency
1: In the past four weeks, did you worry that your household would not have enough food? 0 = No, 1 = Rarely, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Often
2: In the past four weeks, were you or any household member not able to eat the kinds of foods you preferred because of a lack of resources? 0 = No, 1 = Rarely, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Often
3: In the past four weeks, did you or any household member have to eat a limited variety of foods due to a lack of resources? 0 = No, 1 = Rarely, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Often
4: In the past four weeks, did you or any household member have to eat some foods that you really did not want to eat because of a lack of resources to obtain other types of food? 0 = No, 1 = Rarely, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Often
5: In the past four weeks, did you or any household member have to eat a smaller meal than you felt you needed because there was not enough food? 0 = No, 1 = Rarely, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Often
6: In the past four weeks, did you or any household member have to eat fewer meals in a day because there was not enough food? 0 = No, 1 = Rarely, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Often
7: In the past four weeks, was there ever no food to eat of any kind in your household because of lack of resources to get food? 0 = No, 1 = Rarely, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Often
8: In the past four weeks, did you or any household member go to sleep at night hungry because there was not enough food? 0 = No, 1 = Rarely, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Often
9: In the past four weeks, did you or any household member go a whole day and night without eating anything because there was not enough food? 0 = No, 1 = Rarely, 2 = Sometimes, 3 = Often