Welcome to the HSPH Nutrition Department's File
Download Site

This website provides information about the Harvard School of Public Health and the Brigham and Women's semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaires (ffqs).

The first download site, Adult general documentation, pertains to the adult ffqs. The second site, coding manuals, is password protected and will be released to specified users. The third site, Children/Adolescent-related files, pertains to the children and adolescent and African American ffqs. The fourth site, nutrient tables, contains some of the nutrient information used to analyze the different ffqs. The last site, oxalate information, includes information on the oxalate content of foods in our database.

The general documentation site contains pdf samples of the adult ffqs available for your current use, the 80out, 2007 grid and 2007 booklet as well as the original grid, 88GP, and booklet, 97GP, ffqs. Although the analysis programs still exist for the 88GP and the 97GP, they are no longer being updated. We will continue to process submitted 88GP and 97GP ffqs. All new investigators must choose from the 80out, 2007 grid or 2007 booklet ffqs. We no longer supply blank 88GP or 97GP ffqs.

Due to the large volume of investigators interested in using the questionnaires and the subsequent questions, we request that you PLEASE read the posted material carefully for general questions. We suggest that you print the information found at the site. If you view on screen, you will need to place the cursor on each page to view the contents in the information packet file.

If you choose to use the adult ffqs for your study, they must be ordered using the billing form 2007 at the general documentation site. The ffqs are optically scanned. Also at this site, there is a Frequently Asked Question and Information Packet file that will provide necessary information to you.

The Children/Adolescent-related site contains pdf samples of the YAQ, African American and Harvard Service ffqs. Please read the website overview file that describes the questionnaires and the files found on this site including the ordering and billing information.

The nutrient tables site requires that you register. If you have previously download our nutrient tables, click where specified and we will try and find your information so that you do not have to register again. Due to our current staffing, we regrettably will not be able to answer individual questions pertaining to the nutrient tables. Extensive quality assurance procedures have been applied to the tables, we hope you find them satisfactory. If you have general questions or want to compare the data to other internet sources, try some of these sites:

The oxalate information includes tables of the oxalate content of foods, a diet plan example and chart with alternatives for foods that are high in oxalate. To have a better understanding of how to use the tables, we suggest downloading and viewing the oxalate table instructions first.