Table 9 Questions and tools for quickly assessing CKD patient’s dietary habits

Do you

1. Usually shop and prepare your own food?

2. Read food nutrition labels?

3. Think that a dietary treatment could be a therapy

In an average week, how often do you:

Usually/Often

Sometimes

Rarely/Never

Does not apply to me

4. Skip breakfast?

5. Eat a meal take out restaurants?

6. Drink milk and yogurt?

7. Put the cheese on your pasta?

8. Eat beef, pork, chicken, turkey?

9. Eat fish?

10. Use regular processed meats?

11. Use sauce as ketchup and mayonnaise?

12. Eat high sodium processed foods like canned soup or frozen/packaged meals, chips?

13. Add salt to foods during the cooking or at the table?

14. Drinks soft drink like soda and cola?

15. Eat nuts, peanuts, pistachio nuts

16. Do less than 30 total minutes of physical activity 3 days a week or more?

17. Eat pulse

dried

frozen