Eating habits |
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1. How often do you skip breakfast more than once a week? |
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2. How often do you skip lunch more than once a week? |
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3. How often do you skip evening meals more than once a week? |
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4. How often do you take snack instead of meals? |
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Fruits and vegetables |
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5. How often do you eat >5 portions of fruit and/or vegetables? Remember that fruit juice only counts as 1 portion a day, regardless of how much you drink. The same applies to dried fruit. Potatoes count as starchy foods and not as vegetables. As a guide, a portion is about a handful
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6. How often do you eat >4 different varieties of fruit each week? |
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7. How often do you eat >4 different varieties of vegetables each week? |
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Fats |
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8. How often do you choose low-fat products when available? |
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9. How often do you eat fried foods (such as stew, crisps and snacks, or fish and chips)? |
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10. How often do you opt for lean cuts of meat or remove visible fat - for example, removing the skin on chicken or the rind on (bacon) pork? |
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11. How often do you eat oily fish? Examples of oily fish include salmon, mackerel, herring, sardines, scumbia, and fresh tuna
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12. How often do you include unsalted nuts and seeds (e.g., groundnut) in your diet? |
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Starchy foods |
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13. How often do you base your main meals around starchy foods? For example, yam, foo-foo, potatoes, pasta, rice or bread
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14. How often do you choose wheat bread or rolls rather than white bread? |
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15. How often do you regularly eat wholegrain cereals (e.g. quacker oat), with no added sugar? |
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16. How often do you include pulses in your diet? For example, beans, okpa, fio-fio and lentils
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Sugar |
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17. How often do you eat sugar-coated breakfast cereals or add sugar to your breakfast cereals (e.g. Golden morn)? |
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18. How often do you add sugar to your drinks? |
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19. How often do you drink sweet fizzy (soft) drinks? |
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20. How often do you eat cakes, sweets, chocolate, or biscuits at work? |
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Salt |
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21. How often do you add salt to food during cooking? |
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22. How often do you add salt to meals at the table? |
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23. How often do you eat savory snacks at work? For example, crisps, or salted nuts |
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24. How often do you eat preprepared meals? For example, preprepared sandwiches, ready meals, or canned soups |
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25. How often do you eat processed meats such as ham or bacon, sugar, or smoked fish? |
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Fluids |
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26. How often do you drink up to 3 L(5-6 satchets) of water daily? |
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27. How often do you take sugary fizzy (soft) drinks? |
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28. How often do you drink >2-3 units of alcohol a day if you’re a woman or more than 3-4 (1 bottle of beer) units of alcohol a day if you’re a man? |
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