that you have eaten including drinks, snacks, sauces, spices ,and salad dressings will need to be recalled. There is no right or wrong answer in this interview, you only need to tell me what you have actually eaten. Do you have any questions? If not, let’s start. Interview steps:
1.
[Quickly record all food and drink items consumed in the previous day in the “Quick List of
Food Items”]
Please tell me everything you ate or drank all day yesterday, from 6 o’clock yesterday morning until 6 o’clock this morning.Include all you ate and drank at home and away—even snacks. [Do not interrupt unnecessarily.]
[When respondent stops, ask:] Anything else? Now, I’m going to ask you more details about the foods and beverages you just listed. I want you tell me “when”, “which occasion”, “what”, “how much” and “where” you ate all your foods yesterday. When I ask about amounts, you can use these measuring guides and food pictures for the size or weight of foods. (If at respondent’s home) Please use any of your own cups, mugs, or bowls to estimate the amount of food you ate or drank at home yesterday, or check any package labels that may be helpful. When you remember anything else you ate or drank as we go along, please tell me. 2. a. About what time did you (eat/drink) the food? b. What would you call this occasion? 3. Query about the food eaten: [GO TO FIB Q.2]
a. Transfer the Quick List Food to Column 2A, cross out the food in Quick List.
Probe for the additions to the food/drink.
b.
Ask about the ingredients and details.
What was the (food) you (ate/drank) made of?
