Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; Fruit and Vegetable Section 1 (6 items)
https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/questionnaires/index.htm

• “These next questions are about the fruits and vegetables you ate or drank during the last 30 days. Please think about all forms of fruits and vegetables including cooked or raw, fresh, frozen, or canned. Please think about all meals, snacks, and food consumed at home and away from home.” [R2a, R2a1 R2a2, R2b, R2b1–R2b4]
  Respondents are asked to report consumption as times per day, week, or month:
  • 100 percent PURE fruit juices
  • Fruit, including fresh, frozen, or canned fruit (not counting juice)
  • Cooked or canned beans (not including long green beans)
  • Dark green vegetables
  • Orange-colored vegetables
  • Other vegetables

Calculate total daily fruit consumption based on responses to questions 1 and 2, and total daily vegetable consumption based on questions 3–6.

Fruit and Vegetable Checklist (6 items)

Chapter 1: Outcome Surveys for Outcome Impact Evaluation

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CCDPHP/DCDIC/NEOPB/CDPH%20Document%20Library/RES_CompendiumofSurveys.pdf

• Fruit: How much do you eat each day? [R2a]
  • Responses: None; ½ cup; 1 cup; 1½ cups; 2 cups; 2½ cups; 3 cups or more
• Vegetables: How much do you eat each day? [R2b]
  • Responses: None; ½ cup; 1 cup; 1½ cups; 2 cups; 2½ cups; 3 cups or more

National Cancer Institute (NCI) Fruit & Vegetable Intake Screeners from the Eating at America’s Table Study

All Day Screener (19 items) [R2a, R2a1, R2a2, R2b, R2b1]
https://epi.grants.cancer.gov/diet/shortreg/instruments/eats_all-day.pdf

10 foods, 2 questions for each except “mixtures that included vegetables” does not ask for amount; 100 percent juice, fruit, lettuce salad, French fries, other white potatoes, cooked dried beans, other vegetables, tomato sauce, vegetable soups)

• Over the last month, how many times per month, week, or day did you drink/eat [food]?
  • Responses: Never, 1-3 times last month, 1-2 times per week, 3-4 times per week, 5-6 times, per week, 1 time per day, 2 times per day, 3 times per day, 4 times per day, 5 or more times per day
• Each time you ate/drank [food], how much did you usually eat/drink?
  • Responses: Varies depending on the item

By Meal Screener (27 questions) [R2a, R2a1, R2a2, R2b, R2b1] https://epi.grants.cancer.gov/diet/shortreg/instruments/eats_by-meal.pdf

More detailed and somewhat more accurate than the All Day Screener as evaluated by 24-hour recall.

Same question format as above for juice, salad, French fries, white potatoes, and beans. Then, for each meal, the respondent is asked to “divide your waking hours into three time periods: MORNING, LUNCHTIME AND AFTERNOON, and SUPPERTIME AND EVENING” and “Please think about the foods you ate during each of those time periods over the last month.” For each time period, four questions are asked. Responses are the same for vegetables and fruit:

• Think about all the foods you ate at your [TIME OF DAY] meal and snacks over the last month. On how many days did you eat fruit for your [TIME OF DAY] meal or [TIME OF DAY] snacks? Count any kind of fruit—fresh, canned, and frozen. Do not count juices
  • Responses: Never, 1-3 days last month, 1-2 days per week, 3-4 days per week, 5-6 days per week, every day
• When you ate fruit in the [TIME OF DAY], what is the total amount of fruit that you usually ate in a [TIME OF DAY]?
  • Responses: Less than ½ cup, ½ to 1cup, 1 to 2 cups, more than 2 cups
• Think about all the foods you ate at your [TIME OF DAY] meal and snacks over the last month. On how many days did you eat vegetables for your [TIME OF DAY] meal or [TIME OF DAY] snacks? Do not count lettuce salads, white potatoes, cooked dried beans, vegetables in mixtures, such as in sandwiches, omelets, casseroles, and rice. Count all other vegetable
• When you ate vegetables in the [TIME OF DAY], what is the total amount of vegetables that you usually ate in a [TIME OF DAY]?

Youth Risk Behavior Survey

https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/index.htm

• During the past 7 days, how many times did you eat potatoes? (Do not count French fries, fried potatoes, or potato chips.) [LT2b]
  • Responses: A. I did not eat potatoes during the past 7 days; B. 1 to 3 times during the past 7 days; C. 4 to 6 times during the past 7 days; D. 1 time per day; E. 2 times per day; F. 3 times per day; G. 4 or more times per day
• During the past 7 days, how many times did you eat carrots? [LT2b, LT2b3]
  • Responses: I did not eat carrots during the past 7 days; B. 1 to 3 times during the past 7 days; C. 4 to 6 times during the past 7 days; D. 1 time per day; E. 2 times per day; F. 3 times per day; G. 4 or more times per day
• During the past 7 days, how many times did you eat green salad? [LT2b]
  • Responses: I did not eat green salad during the past 7 days; B. 1 to 3 times during the past 7 days; C. 4 to 6 times during the past 7 days; D. 1 time per day; E. 2 times per day; F. 3 times per day; G. 4 or more times per day
• During the past 7 days, how many times did you eat other vegetables? (Do not count green salad, potatoes, or carrots) [LT2b]
  • Responses: I did not eat other vegetables during the past 7 days; B. 1 to 3 times during the past 7 days; C. 4 to 6 times during the past 7 days; D. 1 time per day; E. 2 times per day; F. 3 times per day; G. 4 or more times per day

California Youth Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey

(condensed version of the School and Physical Activity Nutrition project [SPAN] survey) 4th–8th Grades

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/cpns/Pages/Chapter1RequiredSurveysforImpactOutcomeEvaluation.aspx

• Yesterday, did you eat fruit? Include fresh, frozen, or canned. Do not count fruit juice. [R2a]
  • Responses: No, I didn’t eat any fruit yesterday; Yes, I ate fruit 1 time yesterday; Yes, I ate fruit 2 times yesterday; Yes, I ate fruit 3 times yesterday; Yes, I ate fruit 4 times yesterday; Yes, I ate fruit 5 or more times yesterday
• Yesterday, did you eat any vegetables? Vegetables are all cooked and uncooked vegetables; salads; and boiled, baked, and mashed potatoes. Do not count French fries or chips. [R2b]
  • Responses; No, I didn’t eat any vegetables yesterday; Yes, I ate vegetables 1 time yesterday; Yes, I ate vegetables 2 times yesterday; Yes, I ate vegetables 3 times yesterday; Yes, I ate vegetables 4 times yesterday; Yes, I ate vegetables 5 or more times yesterday.

6th to 8th Grade EFNEP Nutrition Education Survey

Youth 6-8 Survey: https://connect.extension.org/g/efnep/resource/efnep-youth-6-8-survey-9-23-14-2-txt

Scoring and Data Entry Instructions: https://connect.extension.org/g/efnep/resource/6-8-scoring-and-data-entry-instructions-txt

• Yesterday, how many times did you eat fruit, not counting juice? Include fresh, frozen, canned, and dried fruits. If you ate 2 different fruits in a meal or a snack, count them as 2 times. [R2a]
  • Responses: None; 1 time; 2 times; 3 times; 4 or more times
• Yesterday, how many times did you eat vegetables, not counting French fries? Include cooked vegetables, canned vegetables, and salads. If you ate 2 different vegetables in a meal or a snack, count them as 2 times. [R2b]
  • Responses: None; 1 time; 2 times; 3 times; 4 or more times