Table 3.

Questions about muscle foods in the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Brigham and Women’s semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire ¹.

Used to Infer Consumption 2 by Asking Respondents the Following Prompted Question: “Please Fill in Your Average Total Use, during the Past Year, of Each Specified Food.”
Bacon (2 slices)
Chicken or turkey sandwich or frozen dinner
Other chicken or turkey, with skin (3 ounces)
Other chicken or turkey, including ground without skin (3 ounces)
Beef or pork hot dogs (1)
Chicken or turkey hot dogs or sausages (1)
Salami, bologna, or other processed meat sandwiches
Other processed meats, e.g., sausage, kielbasa, etc. (2 ounces or 2 small links)
Hamburger, lean or extra lean (1 patty)
Hamburger, regular (1 patty)
Beef, pork, or lamb as a sandwich or mixed dish, e.g., stew, casserole, lasagna, frozen dinner, etc.
Pork as a main dish, e.g., ham or chops (4–6 ounces)
Beef or lamb as a main dish, e.g., steak, roast (4–6 ounces)
Liver: beef, calf or pork (4 ounces)
Liver: chicken or turkey (1 ounces)
Canned tuna fish (3–4 ounces)
Breaded fish cakes, pieces, or fish sticks (1 serving, store bought)
Shrimp, lobster, scallops, clams as a main dish (1 serving)
Dark meat fish e.g., tuna steak, mackerel, salmon, sardines, bluefish, swordfish (3–5 ounces)
Other fish, e.g., cod, haddock, halibut (3–5 ounces)

¹ Adapted from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Brigham and Women’s semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire, 2007 version, available at [10], titled “2007 Booklet FFQ”. ² In FFQ, 1 ounce ≈ 28 g.