4000 for Health

Food model booklet

Published by the Victorian Government Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria Copyright State of Victoria 2009 This publication is copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968. Authorised by the State Government of Victoria, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. May 2009. This Food Model Book has been adapted from material provided by the United States Department Of Agricultural Research Service, Food Surveys Research Group, and from the Food Model Booklet developed from the 2007 Australian Childrens Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey, funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and the Australian Food and Grocery Council. Their generosity is gratefully acknowledged.

To help you with the interview

Table of Contents
The drawings and photographs in this booklet are used to describe amounts of food and beverages you ate and drank yesterday.

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To help you with the interview

The 24-hour time period for yesterdays food intake; frequently forgotten foods and eating occasions; photographs of household spoons; and measuring cups and measuring spoons.

Six pages with drawings of cups and mugs, glasses and drink bottles, labeled at the top with codes, M1 to M3, G1 to G17, and DB1 to DB3. Coloured lines and letters represent different amounts.

Beverage containers for beverages such as water, tea, coffee, cocoa, milk, soft drinks, juice, beer, wine and spirits.
Food containers
for foods such as cereal, soup, stew, take-away and canned food. Five pages with drawings of bowls, take-away containers and cans, labeled at the top with codes B1 to B4, PC1 to PC5, and C1 to C5. Coloured lines and letters represent different amounts.

for foods such as spreads, sauces, casseroles, vegetables, pasta, and rice. There are 3 small mounds or pats shown next to knives. Then, there are four pages of larger mounds (including hot chips), labeled as MD4 to MD12, to help you visualise your food on a plate. Use part of a mound, a single mound, or more than one mound to describe how much you ate.

Shapes and mounds

Rings for round foods such as pancakes, apples, oranges, and muffins.

A set of different coloured rings, labeled as R1 to R10, that range in size from about 3cm to 23 cm across. Use any ring, or a size in between two rings, to describe your food. Thickness on the opposite page, there is a ruler ranging from 1 cm to 25 cm, for describing your food. Dont worry about in-between amounts. You can give the interviewer a number between 1 and 25.

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Grid for foods such as lasagne, meatloaf, steak, and cake slices.

A 16cm grid. To use the grid, imagine your food placed in a corner by the start. Use the numbers on the side of the grid to describe the length and width of your food. Thickness on the opposite page, a ruler ranging from 1cm to 25cm for describing the height of your food.

for foods such as pie, cake, and pizza. The wedge is to help you visualise your food on a plate. To use the wedge, first place the arrow on the bottom line. Refer to the number on the bottom line to tell the interviewer the length of the food. Then, imagine the tip of your slice of food in the corner by the star. With your finger on the number at the bottom of the wedge, move the arrow up until the space between the arrow and the bottom line looks like the size of your piece of food. Tell the interviewer the letter closest to the arrow. You dont need to worry about the wedge width calculator on the opposite page. Thickness on the opposite page, a ruler ranging from 1cm to 25cm for describing the height of your food.

Wedge

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Meat cuts and chicken pieces

Use the photographs of common cuts of beef, pork, lamb and chicken pieces to tell the interviewer what types of meat you ate. The meat cuts are labeled with codes BM1 to BM6 (beef), PM1 to PM2 (pork), LM1 to LM4 (lamb) and CM1 to CM3 (chicken). You can use these codes to help describe the types of meat you ate.

Frequently forgotten foods

The divider page repeats the list of forgotten foods from page 3. The next six pages have photographs of some of these frequently forgotten foods as well as some other food items. The photographs show various sizes of potato chips, chocolate, yoghurt, soft drinks, juices ... to help you describe how much of these items you had. Each item has a code to help you describe it to the interviewer. There are also drawings of a rectangle, a cylinder, a wedge and a sphere that may help you to describe how much you had. There is also space to make notes to describe the food measures you commonly use.

page 1

Yesterdays food intake

12 midnight 11.59 p.m night after 6 p.m 6 a.m Noon yesterday

night before

Night

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Midnight to Midnight

page 2

Frequently forgotten foods

Tea, coffee, soft drinks, milk, juice or water Beer, wine, spirits or other drinks Biscuits, ice cream, lollies, chocolate or other sweet foods Potato chips, nuts, crackers, popcorn, pretzels or other snack foods Fruit, vegetables or cheese Bread, bread rolls or wraps Vitamin, mineral or other supplements

Eating occasions
Breakfast, Lunch Dinner, Supper Brunch, Snack Drink Something else

MS1 MS2 MS3 MS4

20ml 5ml 2.5ml 1.25ml

MC1
250ml

MC2
125ml

MC3
80ml

MC4
60ml

Spoons (Level, Rounded & Heaped)

Teaspoon Tablespoon

H1

5ml

H4

20ml

H2

7ml

H5

26ml

H3

9ml

H6

33ml

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Spoons
(Tablespoon) 20ml

S1

(Dessertspoon) 10ml

S2

(Soupspoon) 10ml

S3

(Large teaspoon) 8ml

S4

(Teaspoon) 5ml

S5

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Beverage containers
2

M3
340ml 340ml

A
250ml

B
130ml

C
75ml

M2
300ml

M1
250ml 250ml

300ml

A
250ml

B
175ml

A
175ml

B
100ml

C
75ml 35ml

C D

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250ml

G1

250ml

A
200ml

B
125ml

C
60ml

G3
435ml 435ml

G2
300ml

320ml

B
300ml

A
230ml 200ml

B
150ml

C
75ml

75ml

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G4
275ml 275ml

A
200ml

B
125ml

C
50ml

G6
750ml 750ml

G5
500ml 570ml 500ml

A
355ml

B
255ml

350ml

C
160ml

100ml

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G10
325ml

325ml

G9
325ml

200ml

G8
250ml

A A
250ml

325ml

C
200ml

100ml

G7
60ml

200ml

B C D

A B C

60ml 45ml 30ml

B
100ml

100ml

50ml

C D

50ml

50ml

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G13
165ml

G16
165ml
275ml

G17
375ml

G12
100ml

A
100ml 50ml 25ml

G14
100ml
250ml

G15
260ml

A
260ml 200ml 100ml 50ml

275ml 200ml 100ml 50ml

A B C D

375ml

300ml

A B C

B C

50ml

G11
15ml

A B C D

250ml 200ml 100ml 50ml

A B C D

B C D

200ml 100ml

A B C

15ml 10ml 5ml

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DB3
725ml

DB2
525ml

DB1
400ml

725ml

A A B
400ml

525ml

675ml

B
250ml

500ml

C C
300ml

425ml

125ml

75ml

175ml

200ml

page 10

Food containers

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500ml

B1

500ml

A
320ml

B
125ml

C
25ml

B2
375ml

375ml

A B C D

280ml 110ml 40ml

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B3
1.2L

1.2L

A B C D

630ml

310ml

80ml

B4
1.25L

1.25L

A
810ml

B
375ml

C
120ml

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PC1
250ml

250ml

A B C D

175ml 125ml 60ml

PC3
720ml

PC2
360ml

720ml

A
500ml

B
360ml

A B C D

340ml 300ml

C
175ml

200ml

100ml

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PC5 PC4
550ml 700ml

A A B C D
550ml 350ml 200ml 100ml

700ml

B C D E

500ml 350ml 200ml 100ml

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C1
125ml

C3
225ml

A B C D

125ml

C2
94ml 180ml

A B A B C D
180ml 135ml 90ml 45ml

225ml

169ml

62ml

C D

112ml

31ml

56ml

C4
425ml

800ml

C5

A B

425ml

800ml

319ml

600ml

212ml

400ml

106ml

200ml

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Shapes and mounds

MD1

1ml

MD2

5ml

MD3

10ml

page 17

MD4

1 tablespoon

MD7

3/4 cup

MD5

1/4 cup

MD6

1/2 cup

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MD8

1 cup

MD9

1.5 cups

page 19

MD10

2 cups

page 20

MD11

75g

MD12

150g

page 21

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Rings

page 23

page 24

R1 3cm

R2 5cm

R3 8cm

R4 10cm

R5 13cm

R6 15cm

R7 18cm

R9 20cm R10 23cm

page 25

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Grid

page 27

page 28

page 29

page 30

Wedge

page 31

Wedge width calculator

Cms
10 11.5 13 15.5 18 20.5 23

A
2 2.25 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5

B
4 4.5 5 6 7 8 9

C
5 5.75 6.5 8 9.25 10.5 12

D
6 7 8 9.5 11 12.5 14

E
7.5 8.5 9.75 12 13.5 15.5 17.5

F
8.5 9.5 11 13.5 15.5 17.5 19.5

G
10 11.5 12.75 15.5 18 20.5 23

H
14 16.5 18 22 25.5 29 32

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G F E

D C B

10

11.5 13

15.5

18

20.5

23
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Meat cuts and chicken pieces

Beef
BM1
Topside

Beef
BM5
Scotch filet

BM6
Eye filet

BM2
Rump steak

Pork
BM3
Bolar blade

PM1
Forequarter

BM4
T-bone

PM2
Loin

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Lamb
LM1
Forequarter

Chicken pieces
Double breast

CM1
1 Breast

Drumette

LM2
Chump Drumette Tip

CM2
Whole wing

LM3
Loin Thigh

CM3
Whole leg

LM4
French cutlet

Drumstick

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Frequently forgotten foods

Tea, coffee, soft drinks, milk, juice or water Beer, wine, spirits or other drinks Biscuits, ice cream, lollies, chocolate or other sweet foods Potato chips, nuts, crackers, popcorn, pretzels or other snack foods Fruits, vegetables or cheese Bread, bread rolls or wraps Vitamin, mineral or other supplements

See over for some of these forgotten foods and other food items.

MK1
1.0L

MK2
1.0L

MK3
1.0L

MK4 MK5 MK6

1.0L 1.0L 1.0L

MK7
300ml

MK8 MK9
500ml 500ml

MK10 MK11
600ml 1.0L

MK12
1.0L

MK13
1.0L

MK14
2.0L

Brands shown are for reference purposes only

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Y1
150g

Y2
200g

Y3
200g

Y4
250g

Y5
300g

Y6
380g

Y7
500g

T1
95g

T2
105g

T3
175g

T4
425g

Brands shown are for reference purposes only

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FD1
375ml

FD2
385ml

FD3
600ml

FD4
1.25L

FD5
1.5L

FD6
2.0L

FD7
250ml

FD8
2.25L

JD1
200ml

JD2
250ml

JD3
350ml

JD4
300ml

JD5
375ml

JD6
1.0L

Brands shown are for reference purposes only

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ED1
250ml

ED2
330ml

ED3
500ml

ED4
575ml

ED5
600ml

AD1
187ml

AD2
250ml

AD3
300ml

AD4
375ml

AD5
500ml

AD6
750ml

AD7
750ml

Brands shown are for reference purposes only

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BG1
13.2g

BG2
20g

BG3
52g

BG4
62g

BG5
78g

BG6
195g

MB1
22g

MB2
31g

MB3
37.5g

MB4
37g

MB5
100g

Brands shown are for reference purposes only

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CH10
85g 1 square = 4.5g 1 square = 5g

CH9
55g

CH8
18g

CH7
60g

CH6
44.5g

CH5 CH1
250g

CH2
150g

CH3
40g

CH4
15g

37g

CP1
45g

CP2
100g

CP3
170g

CP4
175g

CP5
200g

CP6
250g

Brands shown are for reference purposes only

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Shapes for volume calculations

L W W L H

Food measures I commonly use

Square or rectangle
(3 dimensions required) L = Length W = Width H = Height

Wedge

(3 dimensions required) L = Length W = Width H = Height/Thickness

D D L (or H)

Cylinder

(2 dimensions required) D = Diameter L = Length/Height

Sphere

(1 dimension required) D = Diameter

Useful conversions
Solid measures Metric 20g 60g 125g 180g 250g 500g 1kg Imperial 3/4 oz 2 oz 4 oz 6 oz 8 oz 16 oz (1 lb) 32 oz (2 lb) Liquid measures Cups 1/4 cup 1/3 cup 1/2 cup 2/3 cup 3/4 cup 1 cup 1.5 cups 2 cups 4 cups Metric 60ml 80ml 125ml 160ml 185ml 250ml 325ml 500ml 1 litre Imperial 2 fl oz 2.5 fl oz 4 fl oz 5 fl oz 6 fl oz 8 fl oz 12 fl oz 16 fl oz 32 fl oz Oven temperatures Gas Mark 1/4 1/2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Fahrenheit 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 Celsius 110 130 140 150 170 180 190 200 220 230 240 very hot moderately hot hot very moderate moderate cool Description Very cool/very slow

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