Table 2.

Food grouping used in the dietary pattern analyses

Food groups	Food items
Refined grains	White bread, pasta
Whole grains	Dark bread, corn flakes, groats
Vegetables	Red beetroots, raw white cabbage, broccoli, carrots, garlic, onions, tomatoes, green leafy vegetables
Fruit	Apples, bananas, oranges, seasonal fruits (berries)
Nuts	Nuts
Whole milk	Whole milk
Low-fat milk	Low-fat milk
Cottage cheese	Cottage cheese
Yogurt	Yogurt
Hard cheese	Hard cheese
Fish	Fish
Chicken	Chicken
Eggs	Eggs
Red meat	Pork, beef, liver
Cold cured meat	Bacon, ham, sausages, frankfurters
Lard	Lard
Butter	Butter
Vegetable oils	Rapeseed, soya, sunflower oil, olive oil, and other oils
Margarine	Margarine
Mayonnaise	Mayonnaise
French-fries	French-fries
Boiled potatoes	Boiled potatoes
Bigos	Bigos (sauerkraut, sausage and meat stew)
Fried foods	Fried foods
Sugar and sweets	Sugar, chocolate and chocolate-products, candies, cakes, cookies
Fruit juice	Fruit juice
Diet carbonated soft drinks	Diet carbonated soft drinks
Coca cola	Coca cola or other beverages of this type
Alcoholic beverages	Beer, fruit wine, grape wine, vodka
Coffee	Coffee
Tea	Tea