FIVeQ®

The qualitative questionnaire, with a cafeteria of 2 answers to choose from (yes/no), it contains the list of 63 food items and relates to the habitual consumption of foods during the last week. The Food Intake Variety Index (FIVeI) is calculated on the basis of 60 food items, excluding alcohols (beer, wine, vodka), which numerically characterizes the variety of respondent’s weekly diet. FIVeI is calculated as the number of food items eaten during the week (0-60 food items/week) and allows to rank respondents.