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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2012 Nov;43(5):490–497. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.06.033

Table 2.

Fast-food Subcategory Coding Schema

  1. Entire Menu: Includes all foods, drinks, desserts, and condiments on lunch/dinner menu

  2. Entrées
    1. Meat/fish sandwich (includes hamburger, cheeseburger, chicken sandwich, fish sandwich, roast beef, "fresh" sandwich, pita sandwich, hot dog)
    2. Chicken (includes chicken nuggets, tenders, pieces)
    3. Entree salad (no dressing)
    4. “Mexican” entree (includes tacos, burrito, fajita)
  3. Sides
    1. French fries/fried potatoes
    2. Other fried food (e.g., onion rings, egg rolls, mozzarella sticks)
    3. Side salad (e.g., lettuce salad, coleslaw, potato salad)
    4. Soup/chili
    5. Bread (e.g., biscuits, corn bread, cheese bread)
    6. Nonfried potato
    7. Other sides (e.g., nachos, baked beans, green beans)
  4. Drinks
    1. Hot drinks (e.g., coffee, hot chocolate, “coffee drinks”)
    2. Sugar-sweetened drinks (e.g., regular soft drinks, lemonade, sweetened iced tea, juice drinks)
    3. Diet soft drinks
    4. 100% juice
    5. Milk (e.g., low-fat milk, chocolate milk)
    6. Shakes or slush drink
    7. Unsweetened iced tea
  5. Condiments
    1. Salad dressing
    2. Ketchup
    3. Other condiments (e.g., mustard, mayonnaise, jelly, salsa, tartar sauce, croutons)
  6. Desserts
    1. Ice cream
    2. Pie
    3. Cookies
    4. Cake (single serving)