Food Noise Questionnaire (FNQ) Translations Hub
Information on Usage and Translations of the Food Noise Questionnaire (FNQ)
Welcome to the Food Noise Questionnaire (FNQ) Hub. This website facilitates the sharing of the Original English and translated versions of the FNQ among researchers, practitioners, and community members worldwide.
The Food Noise Questionnaire (FNQ) is subject to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the Contribution is properly cited, the use is noncommercial, and no modifications or adaptions are made. If you would like to use FNQ or its translations in your studies, you must determine whether your project meets the criteria for use under the license agreement. We cannot provide guidance on whether your project meets the criteria. Please either discuss with your legal team or the publisher for additional clarification regarding the license terms, potential commercial use considerations, or commercial licensing options. For more information, please see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0.
Citation of the original study (Diktas et al., 2025) is required in all publications involving the Food Noise Questionnaire (FNQ) or any translated versions of the questionnaire:
Proper Citation: Diktas, H.E., Cardel, M.I., Foster, G.D., LeBlanc, M.M, Dickinson, L.S, Ables, E.M., Chen, X., Nathan, R., Shapiro D., Martin C.K. (2025)Development and validation of the Food Noise Questionnaire (FNQ). Obesity, 33(2), 289-297. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.24216 PMID: 39828656 PMCID: PMC11774004
Permission is not needed to use the translated survey from the research team that completed the translation. Translations have not been validated by Pennington Biomedical. Please contact the research team to discuss the status of the validation of that particular translation or should you have any questions about the translation methods, etc.
In addition to the translations detailed below, the FNQ is currently being translated into Icelandic, Arabic (Saudi Arabia), French, Latvian and Chinese. To request translation of a language that has not been listed on the above or the below list, please reach out to Alexandra.Nauta@pbrc.edu for permission to translate FNQ in another language.
Food Noise Questionnaire (FNQ) and Available Translations:
Diktas, H.E., Cardel, M.I., Foster, G.D., LeBlanc, M.M, Dickinson, L.S, Ables, E.M., Chen, X., Nathan, R., Shapiro D., Martin C.K. (2025) Development and validation of the Food Noise Questionnaire (FNQ). Obesity, 33(2), 289-297. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.24216 PMID: 39828656 PMCID: PMC11774004
