Table 1.

Food Patterns Equivalents Database (FPED) 2011–2012 Modified Food Groups: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007–2012 (n = 8317). ^{1, 2}.

FPED 2011–2012 Food Group	Modified FPED 2011–2012 Subgroups
Fruits	Citrus, melons, and berries Other fruits Fruit juice
Vegetables	Dark-green vegetables Tomatoes Other red and orange vegetables Potatoes Other starchy vegetables Other vegetables Beans and peas are computed as vegetables
Grains	Whole grains Refined grains
Protein foods	Meat (beef, veal, pork, lamb, game) Cured meat (frankfurters, sausage, corned beef, cured ham and luncheon meat made from beef, pork, poultry) Organ meat (from beef, veal, pork, lamb, game, poultry) Poultry (chicken, turkey, other fowl) Seafood high in n-3 fatty acids Seafood low in n-3 fatty acids Eggs Soybean products (excludes Ca-fortified soy milk and mature soybeans) Nuts and seeds
Dairy	Milk (includes Ca-fortified soy milk) Yogurt Cheese
Oils	Oils
Solid fats	Solid fats
Added sugars	Added sugars
Alcoholic drinks	Alcoholic beverages

¹ Data from three cycles of NHANES, 2007–2008, 2009–2010, and 2011–2012, were concatenated into one analytic data file, NHNAES 2007–2012. ² Food intake data were condensed into 28 food groups.