Table 1.

Questions and responses from the EMA questionnaire focusing on toddler diet and the proportion of dependent EMA responses among low-income mother–toddler dyads (n 249), urban and suburban Maryland, USA, 2007–2010

Factor	Question	Response options and dichotomization	Prevalence of affirmative responses for variable of interest
Fruit and vegetable consumption	Is your child eating any of the following?	No fruit and/or vegetables: (i) cookies or other sweet foods/desserts; (ii) chips or other salty foods; (iii) French fries, chicken nuggets or other fried foods; (iv) none of the above v. Fruits and/or vegetables: (i) fruit; (ii) vegetables (not including French fries)	38·4 %† (fruits and/or vegetables)
Snack consumption	What is your child eating?	Meal v. Snack	40·1 %† (snack)
SSB consumption	What is in the cup or bottle?	No SSB: (i) whole milk; (ii) low-fat or skimmed milk; (iii) breast milk/formula; (iv) water; (v) diet soda or other diet drink; (vi) juice, 100 % v. SSB: (i) juice or other sweetened drink (like iced tea or Kool Aid®); (ii) regular soda	7·2 %† (SSB)

EMA, ecological momentary assessment; SSB, sugar-sweetened beverages.

^† n 883 eating episodes and n 1586 drinking episodes.