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Table 2 Questions about breakfast content (a) and question on frequency of taking nutritionally well-balanced breakfast (b) and answers after Gomyo and Hasegawa[17]

From: The relationship between consumption of tyrosine and phenylalanine as precursors of catecholamine at breakfast and the circadian typology and mental health in Japanese infants aged 2 to 5 years

(a): Q. Indicate all the types of foods that your child regularly eats for breakfast. For numbers 11, 13, 14, 22, 29, please write the type of food often eaten (for example, beef, mackerel, herring, banana)

(b): Q. How frequently does your child take a nutritionally well-balanced breakfast that consists of carbohydrates, a main dish (protein resources) and a side dish (vitamin and minerals)?

(1)Rice

A.

(2)Bread

(1) Everyday,

(3)Noodles

(2) 4 or 5 days/week,

(4)Potatoes

(3) 2 or 3 days/week,

(5)Cereal

(1) 0 or 1 day/week

(6) Eggs

 

(7) Fermented soybeans ('natto’)

 

(8) Tofu

 

(9) Soymilk

 

(10) Miso soup

 

(11) Meat (____________)

 

(12) Processed meat (for example, ham, bacon)

 

(13) Fish (____________)

 

(14) Dried fish (____________)

 

(15) Seaweed

 

(16) Milk

 

(17) Milk products (for example, yogurt, cheese)

 

(18) Lactic acid drink

 

(19) Brightly colored vegetables

 

(20) Other vegetables

 

(21) 100% vegetable juice

 

(22) Fruit (___________)

 

(23) 100% fruit juice

 

(24) 100% vegetable and fruit juice

 

(25) Coffee

 

(26) Black tea

 

(27) Green tea

 

(28) Other juice

 

(29) Nutritional supplements (_________)

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