Table 2.

Mean self-reported food intakes and cooking confidence scores, and changes in these between before, immediately afterwards and 6 months after the Ministry of Food (MoF) course, Leeds, UK, 2010–2014

	Before		Immediately after		Difference between before & immediately after course		6 months after		Difference between before & 6 months after course		Difference between immediately after & 6 months after course
	Mean	95 % CI	Mean	95 % CI	Mean	95 % CI	Mean	95 % CI	Mean	95 % CI	Mean	95 % CI
Portions of F&V/d†
n 795§	2·7	2·6, 2·8	3·4	3·3, 3·5	0·6***	0·6, 0·7	–		–
n 462||	2·7	2·5, 2·8	3·4	3·3, 3·5	0·7***	0·6, 0·8	4·1	4·0, 4·3	1·5***	1·3, 1·6	0·7***	0·6, 0·8
Frequency of snacks/d†
n 795§	2·0	1·9, 2·1	1·7	1·6, 1·8	−0·4***	−0·4, −0·3	–		–
n 462||	2·0	1·9, 2·1	1·6	1·5, 1·8	−0·4***	−0·5, −0·2	1·1	1·0, 1·2	−0·9***	−1·0, −0·8	−0·5***	−0·6, −0·4
Cooking confidence score‡
n 795§	2·7	2·6, 2·8	4·1	4·0, 4·2	1·4***	1·3, 1·5	–		–
n 462||	2·7	2·6, 2·8	4·1	4·1, 4·2	1·4***	1·3, 1·6	4·4	4·4, 4·5	1·7***	1·6, 1·9	0·3***	0·2, 0·4

F&V, fruit and vegetables.

***P<0·001.

^†Where portions of F&V and number of snacks consumed were ‘7+’, these were counted as ‘7’ in the analyses.

^‡Participants were asked to score their confidence in cooking between 0 and 5.

^§For all 795 MoF participants who completed the course and the questionnaires before and immediately after the course.

^||For 462 MoF participants who completed questionnaires at three time points.