How to Record a Four Day Food Record

1. How to Record a Four Day Food Record For the Study: Nutritional Intake and Quality of Life after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

2. Keeping Your Food Record Key Tips: • Record everything you eat and drink each day for four days • Remember to include at least one weekend day in your recording • Record the time when food/beverages are consumed

3. Keeping Your Food Record • Record the date at the top of each page • Be as detailed as you can when recording food/beverages consumed • It is important to record the amount of food/beverages consumed for each day • There are no right or wrong answers and you will not be judged on your answers

4. How to record the amount of food/beverages consumed

5. 1 light bulb = ½ cup ½ cup of rice and mashed potatoes

6. 1 medium baked potato ½ cup carrots 1 deck of cards = 3 oz 3oz of meat

7. 1 medium piece of fruit ½ cup fruit ½ cup of cut up fruit or 1 medium piece of whole fruit 1 handful is ½ cup

8. 1 egg = ¼ cup ¼ cup

9. 1 fist = ¾ cup ¾ cup of cereal

10. Two thumbs = 11/2 oz 1 dice = 1 tsp

11. 1 tablespoon 1 teaspoon

12. 1 cup

13. Mixed Foods

14. Remember to record snacks

15. Thank you for your time!