CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • Vol 23, No 7, August 2012
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AFRICA
FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE
INSTRUCTIONS: Circle the subject’s answer. Fill in the amount and times eaten in the appropriate columns.
I shall now ask you about the type and the amount of food you have been eating in the last few months. Please tell if
you eat the food, how much you eat and how often you eat it. We shall start with maize meal porridge.
FOOD
DESCRIPTION
AMOUNT
TIMES EATEN
CODE
AMOUNT/
DAY
Per
day
Per
week
Per
month
Seldom/
never
PORRIDGE AND BREAKFAST CEREALS AND OTHER STARCH
Maize-meal porridge
Stiff (pap)
3400
Maize-meal porridge
Soft (slappap)
3399
Maize-meal porridge
Crumbly (phutu)
3401
Ting
Mabella
Stiff
3437
Mabella
Soft
Oats
3239
Other cooked porridge
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Breakfast cereals
Brand name of cereals at home now:
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Do you pour milk on your porridge or cereal? 1 Yes 2 No
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If yes, how much milk
Do you put sugar on your porridge or cereal? 1 Yes 2 No
If yes, how much sugar
3989
3989
3989
Samp
Bought/Self ground
3250
Samp and beans
Give ratio of samp:beans
3402 (1:1)
Samp and peanuts
Give ratio of samp:peanuts
3250 (samp)
Rice
White
3247
Brown
3315
Maize rice
3250
Pasta
Macaroni
Spaghetti
Other specify: �����������������
3262
Pizza
Home-made: specify topping
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3353
(base+ch)
Bought: specify topping
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3353
(base+ch)
You are being very helpful. Can I now ask you about meat?
