Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Diet Assoc. 2011 Jan;111(1):124–130. doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2010.10.009

Appendix 1. Snack and Beverage Food Frequency Questionnaire: Parents as Teachers Teen Program.

The following lists refer to the beverages and snack foods that you drank or ate over the past week (last seven days). If you don't know what the food or beverage is, you probably didn't eat or drink it.

Questions
Over the past week, how many days did you drink/eat [item]: (response options: None – Every day) On the days when you drank/ate the following [item], on average, how many times did you drink/eat [item] throughout the day and night? (response options: 1–15) Each time you drank/ate [item], how much did you usually drink/eat?
Item Portion size response options
water

  • 8 oz (1 cup)

  • 12 oz (1.5cups)

  • 16.9 oz (.5liter)

  • 4 oz (.5 cup)

  • 20 oz (2.5cups)

  • 4 oz (3cups)

  • 32 oz (approx. 1liter)
regular soft drinks, soda or pop (such as cola, pepper type, dew type, white, root beer, orange, grape or other fruit flavor)

  • 8 oz (1 cup)

  • 1 small fountain cup

  • 1 medium fountain cup (1.2 liter)

  • 20oz bottle

  • 1 liter

  • 1 large fountain cup

  • 1 supersize fountain cup
diet soft drinks, soda or pop (such as cola, pepper type, dew type, white, root beer, orange, grape or other fruit flavor)
100% juice with no added sugar (such as orange juice, apple juice, or pineapple juice) Don’t include fruitade, punch, Kool-Aid, sports drinks, or other fruit flavored drinks.

  • small juice box (4 oz)

  • regular juice box or pouch (6.75oz)

  • 1cup (8oz)

  • 10oz bottle

  • 14oz bottle

  • 16oz bottle (2 cups)
regular fruitade or fruit punch (such as lemonade, Frutopia, Hi-C, Hawaiian Punch, or other noncarbonated fruit drinks)
light or sugar-free fruitade or fruit punch (such as lemonade, limeade, Hi-C, Hawaiian Punch, or other noncarbonated fruit drinks)
regular sports drinks (such as Gatorade, PowerAde, or AllSport) Don’t include light sports drinks.

  • 8 oz (1 cup)

  • 1 small fountain cup

  • 1 medium fountain cup (1.2 liter)

  • 20oz bottle

  • 1 liter

  • 1 large fountain cup

  • 1 supersize fountain cup
light sports drinks (such as Propel Fitness Water, or PowerAde Option)
2% or whole milk

  • ½ cup (4oz)

  • 1 small carton (8oz)

  • 1 small fountain cup (12oz)

  • 1 chug or nesquik bottle (16oz)

  • 1 medium fountain cup

  • 1 large fountain cup
skim, ½%, or 1% milk
flavored milks with 2% or whole milk
flavored milks with skim, or 1% milk
sweetened teas

  • 8 oz (1 cup)

  • 1 small fountain cup

  • 1 medium fountain cup (1.2 liter)

  • 20oz bottle

  • 1 liter

  • 1 large fountain cup

  • 1 supersize fountain cup
unsweetened or diet teas
coffee or espresso

  • 1 shot espresso

  • 1 double shot espresso

  • 1 cup (8oz)

  • 1 tall cup (12oz)

  • 1 grande cup (16oz)

  • 1 vente cup (20oz)
potato chips, tortilla chips, corn curls, corn puffs or corn chips Don’t include baked chips.

  • 100 calorie pack

  • 1 small snack bag (1oz)

  • ½ grab bag (1.5oz)

  • 1 vending bag (2oz)

  • 1 grab bag (3 oz)

  • 1 regular bag (11oz)

  • 1 family size bag
baked potato chips or tortilla chips
regular popcorn

  • 100 calorie pack

  • 1 mini snack microwave bag

  • ½ regular microwave bag

  • 1 regular microwave bag

  • 1 small theatre popcorn

  • 1 medium theatre popcorn

  • 1 large theatre popcorn
light popcorn
pretzels

  • 100 calorie pack

  • 1 small snack bag (1oz)

  • ½ grab bag (1.5oz)

  • 1 vending bag (2oz)

  • 1 grab bag (3 oz)

  • 1 big bag (8oz)

  • 1 big bag (16oz)
crackers

  • 100 calorie pack

  • ½ snack bag (11 crax)

  • 1 snack bag or 22 crax (1oz)

  • ½ grab bag or 33 crax (1.5oz)

  • 1 grab bag (3 oz)

  • 1 regular box (9oz)

  • 1 large box (16oz)
granola bars

  • 1/2 granola bar

  • 1 granola bar

  • 2 granola bars

  • 3 granola bars

  • 4 granola bars
snack cakes, donuts, or toaster pastries

  • 1/2 snack cake or pastry

  • 1 snack cake or pastry

  • 2 snack cake or pastry

  • 3 snack cake or pastry

  • 4 snack cake or pastry
cookies

  • 100 calorie pack

  • 3 sandwich cookies or 9 minis (1oz)

  • 6 sandwich cookies or 18 minis (2oz)

  • 1 bakery sized cookie – 3.5”Diameter

  • 2 bakery sized cookie –3.5”Diameter

  • 3 bakery sized cookie –3.5”Diameter

  • 4 bakery sized cookie –3.5”Diameter
chocolate candy

  • 1 fun siz bar, 4 kisses or 2 minis (.7oz)

  • 2 fun siz bar, 8 kisses or 4 minis (1.4oz)

  • 1 chocolate bar or ¼ cup M&Ms (1.5oz)

  • 1 regular candy bar or 1 bag M&Ms (1.75oz)

  • 1 king size bar or ½ cup of M&Ms (3.5oz)
hard candy or taffy

  • 3 jolly ranchers or starbursts, 2 twizzlers or 1/8 cup skittles (.5oz)

  • 6 jolly ranchers or starbursts, 4 twizzlers or ¼ cup skittles (1oz)

  • 9 jolly ranchers or starbursts, 6 twizzlers or 1/3 cup skittles (1.5oz)

  • 12 jolly ranchers or starbursts, 8 twizzlers or 1 bag skittles (2oz)

  • 18 jolly ranchers or starbursts, 16 twizzlers or ¾ cup skittles (3oz)
French fries

  • small size fry

  • 1 medium size fry

  • 1 large size fry

  • extra large fry
pizza

  • ½ personal pan

  • 1 personal pan

  • 1 slice (1/8 of large pizza)

  • 2 slices of large pizza

  • 3 slices of large pizza

  • 4 slices of large pizza
cereal

  • 100 calorie pack

  • ½ cup

  • 1 variety pack box

  • 1 cup

  • 2 cups

  • 3cups

  • 4 cups
canned or fresh fruits

  • 1/2 small fresh fruit or ¼ cup fruit chunks

  • 1 small fresh fruit or 1/2 cup fruit chunks

  • 1 medium fresh fruit or 1 cup fruit chunks

  • 1 large fresh fruit or 2 cups fruit chunks
canned or raw vegetables

  • ¼ cup cooked or ½ cup raw vegetables

  • ½ cup cooked or 1 cups raw vegetables

  • ¾ cup cooked or 1-½ cups raw vegetables

  • 1 cup cooked or 2 cups raw vegetables

Chug: Dean’s Food Company, Sharpsville, PA

Kraft Foods, Inc, Northfield, IL.

Coca-Cola Co, Atlanta, GA.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Plano, TX.

Pepsico, Purchase, NY.

All Sport Inc, Austin, TX.

Nesquik: Nestle, Glendale, CA

Jolly Ranchers: Hershey Company, Hershey, PA

Starbursts: Mars, Inc., McLean, VA

Twizzlers: Hershey Company, Hershey, PA

Skittles: Mars, Inc., McLean, VA