Table 2.
Food Group/Dietary Items | Criteria for 1 Point |
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Vegetables: raw or cooked: cabbage, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, carrot, pepper, spinach, endive, lettuce, leek, celery, parsley, tomato, cucumber, cabbage, zucchini, pumpkin, eggplant, beets, parsnips, onion, garlic, radish, turnip, artichoke, asparagus, salads with mixed vegetables | Greater than median intake (times/day) * |
Fruit: apricots, cherries, nectarines, peaches, plums, grapes, kiwis, oranges, mandarins, grapefruit, lemons, pomelos, pineapple, watermelon, melon, fresh dactyls, fresh figs, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, currants, bananas, apples, pears, avocado | Greater than median intake (times/day) * |
Whole grains: whole-grain bread, whole-grain groats, brown rice, wholemeal pasta | Greater than median intake (times/day) * |
Fish: freshwater fish (perch, panga, trout, carp, eel,) and marine fish (cod, salmon, sardines, hake, herring, tuna, mackerel, halibut) | Greater than median intake (times/day) * |
Legumes: fresh or canned: corn, green beans, dry seeds of legumes in dishes: beans, soybeans, peas, chickpeas, hummus | Greater than median intake (times/day) * |
Nuts and seeds: peanuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, almonds, pistachios, cashews, coconut, chestnuts,pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, wheat germ | Greater than median intake (times/day) * |
Ratio of vegetable oils (rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, linseed oil, olives) to animal fat (butter, cream, lard) instead of ratio of monounsaturated to saturated fat | Greater than median intake (times/day) * |
Red and processed meat: red meat (pork, beef, veal), venison, sausages, ham, liver, entrails, bacon, pate | Lower than median intake (times/day) * |
* The reference median of the food frequency consumption in the initial control sample (Table 3).