Research Article

Canadians’ Dietary Intake from 2007 to 2011 and across Different Sociodemographic/Lifestyle Factors Using the Canadian Health Measures Survey Cycles 1 and 2

Table 3

The list of missing foods in the CHMS Cycles 1 and 2 nutrition questionnaire (based on intake of food in Canada and Health Canada food list) [19].

Food groupsMissing foods in the CHMS dietary questionnaire

Meat and alternatives(i) Pulses/legumes (except dried beans) and some foods made of them such as hummus and tofu
(ii) Poultry (such as chicken, turkey, and duck) and game birds
(iii) Game meat (such as deer, moose, caribou, and elk)
(iv) Other meats such as deli meat, goat, rabbit, bison/buffalo, and veal.

Milk products(i) Block/processed cheese (such as cheddar, mozzarella, Swiss, and feta)
(ii) Other types of cheese such as cottage, quark, goat cheese, and paneer
(iii) Buttermilk
(iv) Kefir
(v) Pudding/custard
(vi) Yoghurt drink

Grains products(i) Brown pasta and white pasta
(ii) Brown rice and white rice
(iii) Crackers, popcorn, pancakes, pretzels, and waffles
(iv) Oatmeal, quinoa, bulgur, couscous, cornmeal, buckwheat, barley, rye, amaranth, millet, sorghum, triticale, or any other grains
(v) Aggregated foods such as pizza

Vegetables and fruits

Dietary fat(i) Butter
(ii) Margarine
(iii) Unsaturated vegetable oils such as canola, corn, flaxseed, olive, peanut, soybean, and sunflower

Beverages(i) Coffee
(ii) Tea

Based on the 1992 Canada’s Food Guide [12] and reported by Garriguet [3].