Prototype Notebook: Short Questions on Dietary Intake, Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors

This compendium includes 128 survey questions used in previous research to assess dietary knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors for low-income populations over the age of 18. Questions on nine topics—including fruits and vegetables; grains, legumes, and fiber; variety; fat; calcium food sources; nonalcoholic beverages; knowledge, attitudes; and behaviors—are drawn from a literature review. Each question is presented using a common template that includes citations, data sources, and characteristics, such as question reliability, validity, sensitivity to change, availability in other languages, mode of administration, use in populations with low-income and/or low-education levels, relation to nutrition and health outcomes, and availability of comparative data.