62-itemFFQ-6®

The qualitative-type questionnaire, with a cafeteria of 6 answers to choose from, it contains questions about dietary habits and the list of 62 food items and allows for a description of the respondent's habitual diet in the last 12 months. The respondents can choose from 6 categories of food consumption frequency: (1) never or almost never, (2) once a month or less frequently, (3) several times a month, (4) several times a week, (5) daily, (6 ) several times a day.

The data obtained is in a qualitative data format and can be transformed into semi-quantitative data that reflects the daily frequency of food consumption (times/day).

Based on the collected data, respondents can be ranked in relation to food consumption and/or their characteristic dietary patterns (DPs) can be identified.