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Table 1 Distribution of frequency scores in each food item (n = 355)

From: Cross-cultural validity of a dietary questionnaire for studies of dental caries risk in Japanese

Food item

% distribution of frequency scores

 

0 (never)

1 (rarely)

2 (1/wk)

3 (2-3/wk)

4 (1/dy)

5 (2-3/dy)

6 (4+/dy)

Solid sugars

       

Donuts, or muffinns

52.7

40.3

3.9

2.5

0.6

0

0

Pudding or custard

39.0

49.4

6.8

4.5

0.3

0

0

Bread filled with bean

63.3

30.8

2.3

3.4

0.3

0

0

jam or fruit jam

Bar of sweet jellied

90.7

7.9

1.1

0.3

0

0

0

adzuki-bean paste

Solid and starchy sugars

       

Rice cake

74.9

20.8

2.8

1.1

0.3

0

0

Bun with a bean-jam filling

48.2

45.1

4.8

2.0

0

0

0

Popcorn

89.0

10.5

0.3

0.3

0

0

0

Rice cracker

40.0

44.8

7.0

7.0

0.8

0.3

0

Chocolate

31.1

46.9

8.5

11.9

1.7

0

0

Liquid and semisolid sugars

       

Cold drink

27.7

41.5

5.9

15.0

7.6

1.7

0.6

Soda (not diet)

43.2

39.5

5.4

8.5

2.3

0.8

0.3

Ice cream or sorbet

15.5

48.2

13.8

18.3

3.9

0.3

0

Sticky and slowly dissolving sugars

       

Hard candy

37.7

41.1

2.0

10.1

5.1

3.1

0.8

Gum (not sugar-free)

64.8

23.1

4.2

3.7

1.4

1.7

1.1

Sugar or honey in coffee/tea

49.4

19.9

4.3

10.5

13.9

1.4

0.6

Sticky candy (caramel)

82.0

15.2

1.1

1.1

0.3

0.3

0

Other

       

Cheese

24.4

45.9

10.5

15.6

2.8

0.6

0.3

Plain yoghurt

56.4

17.3

5.4

11.9

8.5

0.3

0.3

Sugared yoghurt

27.9

29.9

11.7

20.2

9.4

0.9

0

Bread

4.3

15.1

8.2

30.4

36.9

2.8

2.3

Rice

1.2

2.7

0.6

4.4

17.7

69.3

4.1

Plain cereal

95.2

3.4

0.9

0.6

0

0

0

Sugared cereal

86.9

10.2

1.1

0.9

0.9

0

0

Lactic acid drink

37.5

35.2

8.5

10.5

7.4

0.3

0.6

Canned fruit

68.5

23.9

4.0

3.1

0.6

0

0

Dried fruit

76.6

14.1

2.0

2.8

3.7

0.6

0.3

Banana

26.3

42.9

8.5

16.1

4.5

0.6

1.1

Milk

11.6

11.9

3.4

22.0

36.2

13.0

2.0

Fruit juice

51.0

28.6

5.4

8.2

4.5

1.7

0.6

Cocoa

64.9

19.8

4.5

5.1

5.4

0.3

0

Sugar added to cereal

98.9

1.1

0

0

0

0

0

Jam, jelly or syrup

57.6

22.3

4.2

9.6

5.6

0.3

0.3

Jello (not sugar-free)

60.6

30.0

3.0

5.1

0.6

0.6

0

Cookies

43.6

43.9

6.2

4.8

1.4

0

0

Cakes or pies

27.6

65.4

5.4

1.7

0

0

0

Chips

38.0

50.1

8.2

3.4

0.3

0

0

Breath mints

82.3

12.4

1.7

1.7

1.7

0.3

0

Cough drops

94.9

2.8

0.6

0.6

0

0.8

0.3

  1. Due to rounding error, some totals are not 100%.