Table 2 Food groups used for dietary pattern analysis

Processed meat

Sausages

Red meat

Beef, lamb, burgers

Organ meat

Brain, liver, heart, kidney, tripe, offal

Fish

All types of fish, canned tuna

Poultry

Chicken

Egg

Eggs

Low fat dairy

Low fat milk, yoghurt, dough, curd

High fat dairy

High fat milk, full fat yoghurt, chocolate milk, cheese, ice cream, clotted cream

Fruits

Different kind of fresh fruits, dry fruits, fruit conserves

Cruciferous vegetables

All types of Cruciferous vegetables

Yellow vegetables

Cooked and raw carrots, pumpkin.

Green leafy vegetable

Lettuce, Spinach

Other vegetables

All other type of vegetables

Tomato

Tomato

Legumes

Different kind of beans, peas, lentil

Potato

Cooked potato

French fries

French fries

Whole grains

Dark Iranian bread including barbari, sangak, taftoon, barely

Refined grains

White bread including lavash, baguette, rice, pasta, vermicelli

Snacks

Biscuits, crackers, chips, cheese snacks

Nuts

Roasted and salted Walnuts, peanuts, hazelnuts, pistachio, almonds, seeds

Solid oils

Hydrogenated vegetable oil, animal oil, margarine, butter, mayonnaise

Olive

Olive oil, olive

Liquid oil

All other type of liquid oils

Vegetable pickles

All type of vegetable pickles

Pastries

All types of cookies, cakes and pastries

Sugars

Different kinds of tranditional sweets, candies, honey, jam, marmalade

Tea

Tea

Coffee

Coffee

Pizza

All types of Pizza

Natural fruit juice

All types of natural fruit juices

Soft drinks

All types of cola drinks, industrial juice