Table 3: Description of the meal quality index with an illustrative example. Meal data from six periods of the day, three hours each, assessed in structural interviews

	Before 08	08 - 11	11 - 14	14 - 16	16 - 19	After 19
Just something to drink; for example, coffee, beer, juice or milk	1	1	1	1	1	1
A drink and snacks and/or a biscuitetc	2	2	2	2	2	2
A drink and a sandwich	3	3	3	3	3	3
A meal with yoghurt and/or cereals and/or porridge and/or a sausage, etc.	4	4	4	4	4	4
A full meal with meat or fish, potatoes or pasta, etc.	5	5	5	5	5	5	Meal quality index
Sums	4	1	5	0	4	3	17
Example in yellow