| Summary: | The aim of the NORBAGREEN study was to examine consumption of vegetables, fruit, bread, and fish with a comparable method in the Nordic and the Baltic countries and to produce a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for this purpose. The FFQ was modified from the validated FFQ of the Nordgront project (1996–1998). Computer Assisted Telephone Interviews (CATI) in the Nordic countries and Paper Assisted Personal Interviews (PAPI) in the Baltic countries were used. The interviews were co-ordinated by the TOY Research (Finland). The number of completed interviews was 8,397 (approx. 1,000 persons/country, age 15–74 years). The samples were country representative by sex, age, and area. Validation studies were carried out in Lithuania and Finland. Vegetables were consumed most often in Sweden, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania. Fruit were consumed more often in the Nordic countries (excl. Iceland) than in the Baltic countries. Less than 15% of respondents consumed vegetables and fruit (in total) five a day or more. The proportion of respondents who consumed bread at least 5–6 slices a day varied from 10 to 60% between countries, most was consumed in Finland, Norway and the Baltic countries. 25–65% of respondents consumed fish twice a week or more and the consumption was highest in Norway and Iceland. [.].
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