Table 1 (Suggested Online-Only Table).
Foods in each food group, derived from a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnairea completed by parental proxy for 355 low-income preschoolers attending Head Start
Food Groups | Foods |
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Potatoes | Potatoes; sweet potatoes or yams |
French fries | French fries, fried potatoes, tater tots |
Soup | Vegetable soup; other soup |
Vegetables | Corn; peas; tomatoes, tomato sauce, salsa; peppers; carrots; broccoli; green beans; spinach; mixed vegetables; squash; zucchini; cabbage, coleslaw, cauliflower; lettuce salad |
Rice | Rice |
Legumes | Beans |
Fruit | Banana; peaches; fruit cocktail, mixed fruit; orange or grapefruit; apple or pear; applesauce; grapes; strawberries; melon; pineapple; raisins or prunes |
Juice | orange juice or grapefruit juice; other juice |
Cheese | Cheese |
Yogurt | Yogurt |
Milk | Milk |
Peanut butter and other nuts | Nuts; peanut butter |
Hot Cereal | Hot cereal, grits |
Cold Cereal | Cold cereal |
Bread | Bread, toast, roll or pita; English muffin or bagel; biscuit; cornbread or tortilla |
Salty snacks | Chips; popcorn or pretzels; crackers; |
Mixed dish | Macaroni and cheese; pizza; spaghetti or other pasta; tacos, burritos |
Processed meat | Hot dogs; sausage; cold cuts; fried chicken or turkey; bacon |
Non-processed meat | Hamburger; other chicken or turkey; pork or ham; roast beef or steak; liver, organ meats |
Fish | Canned tuna; fried fish, fish sticks; other fish |
Spreads with fat | Mayonnaise; salad dressing; butter; margarine |
Eggs | Eggs |
Breakfast pastries | Donut; sweet roll or muffin; pancake, waffle or French toast |
Sweetened dairy | Hot chocolate; ice cream; pudding |
Sweets | Cookies or brownies; cake or cupcake; pie; chocolate or candy bar; other candy |
Sugar-sweetened beverages | Fruit drinks; soda, soft drink, pop (not sugar free); other juice |
Diet soda | Soda, soft drink, pop (sugar free) |
Food frequency questionnaire used was the Harvard Service Food Frequency Questionnaire