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. 2019 Dec 26;14(12):e0225101. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225101

Table 1. Composition of the ten food groups related to NCDs.

Food Groups Foods and beverages included
Fruits (excluded fruit juice) All kinds of fruits, excluding the ones used to prepare natural juice (e.g.: mango, papaya, apples, pear, banana)
Vegetables Vegetables and green leaves (e.g.: tomato, kale, cucumber, okra, arugula, cauliflower, broccoli, squash)
Legumes/Beans Beans, chicken peas, green peas
Nuts and Seeds Nuts (e.g.: almonds, Brazil nuts, cashew, peanuts, pecans, walnuts) and Seeds (e.g.: pumpkin seeds, sunflower, flaxseeds, sesame seed, linseed, quinoa)
Whole Grains products Cookies, crackers, bread, whole pasta, brown rice, whole flour, breakfast cereal, oats
Fish and Seafood Fish (e.g.: tuna, white fish, salmon, canned fish (sardine)) and Seafood (e.g.: clams, mussel, crab, snails, oyster, lobster, prawns, shrimp)
Yogurt High and low-fat yogurt
Red Meat Pork meat, beef, lamb
Processed Meats Hamburger, meatballs, sausage, bacon, ham, bologna, salami. Included cold cuts.
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSB):
    SSB purchased ready-to-drink All kind of ready-to-drink beverage with added sugar (e.g.: powder juice, nectar, sodas, energy drinks, teas, flavored water)
    SSB homemade (or do not purchased ready-to-drink) All kind of homemade beverage with added sugar (e.g.: tea, coffee, milk, mate, fruit juices)