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Table 1 Food groups contribution to whole grain FFQ (n = 156)

From: Development, validity and reproducibility of a whole grain food frequency questionnaire in Malaysian children

Food groups

Total items

Percentage of contribution (%)

Examples

Bread, cake and muffin

7

4.5

Whole grain bread, whole meal paratha, whole wheat cake

Biscuit, cookie and chip

33

21.1

Jacob’s Weetameal, McVitie’s digestive biscuit, Tesco Oaties

Ready-to-eat cereal, muesli and snack bar

87

55.8

Yogood Crunchy muesli, Weetabix Oatibix flakes, Kellogg’s Mueslix

Hot cereal drink

19

12.2

Ecobrown’s whole grain rice drink, Nestle Nestum with brown rice, Quaker oat cereal drink

Rice, noodle and pasta

5

3.2

Brown rice, brown rice noodle, brown rice porridge

Other whole grain products

5

3.2

Barley, corn, quinoa

  1. Each type and brand of whole grain food item contained different amount of whole grain