Table 1.

Food categories consumed by early adolescents aged 10–13 years.

Dairy category: Dairy 1 + dairy sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) 2

1 Cheese (or foods made with cheese including macaroni and cheese, alfredo, tacos, pizza, sandwich, bean and cheese burrito, egg and cheese bagel); white milk; yogurt; M&M YoCrunch 2 Chocolate milk; vanilla strawberry Nesquick; ice cream milk shake

Fruits and vegetables category: total fruits 3 + whole fruits 4 + vegetables 5

3 Oranges (including mandarin); juice (orange, cranberry, apple, 100% juice Capri-Sun); grapes; pomegranate; mango; Gogo-squeeze applesauce; banana; cantaloupe; apple; pineapple; pears; strawberries 4 Orange (including mandarin); grapes; pomegranate; mango; Gogo-Squeeze applesauce; banana; cantaloupe; apple; pineapple; pears; strawberries 5 Tomato/marinara sauce (on spaghetti); pizza sauce on pizza; carrots; tomato; beans/legumes (including bean dip); broccoli; lettuce; corn; sub sandwich w/vegetables; potatoes (sweet potatoes, potato salad, mashed); cabbage; okra soup; V8

Unhealthy food category: sweet 6 + salty snack 7 + non-dairy SSBs 8

6 Sports drinks (Gatorade; Powerade); punch (Hi-C, Pog passion fruit juice, orange drink, Aloe Vera King juice); soda; sweet tea 7 Ice cream; sweetened grains (pop-tart, funnel cake, chocolate-covered pretzels, corn bread, muffins, donut, granola bar); candy (M&Ms, Mentos, Lifesavers, Starburst, Twix, Tootsie rolls, sucker, push pop); pie; marshmallows; cookies/bars; brownie; cake; trail mix bar; Fruit by the Foot; fruit-flavored snacks; chocolate syrup; jelly 8 Crackers (CheezIt, round butter crackers); pizza bites/rolls/bagels; chips (Pringles, Doritos, barbecue chips, tortilla chips, hot fries, Hot Cheetos, Funyuns, Lay’s Stax); popcorn; pretzels; tater tots

The numbers 1 to 8 represent the food categories and types of foods in each category.