Table 2.
Associations between food items logged by children aged 6–12 years and food items logged by their parents in a week (n 264), by meal, using Kendall’s τ B coefficient; Ticino, Switzerland, April–June 2014
| Meal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food item | Breakfast (n 264) | Morning snack (n 261) | Lunch (n 264) | Afternoon snack (n 263) | Dinner (n 262) | After dinner (n 263) |
| Water | 0·78 | 0·31 | 0·45 | 0·56 | 0·48 | 0·60 |
| Fruit | 0·74 | 0·63 | 0·60 | 0·67 | 0·65 | 0·69 |
| Vegetables | −0·004NS | 0·71 | 0·56 | 0·44 | 0·56 | 0·30 |
| Starchy foods | 0·83 | 0·75 | 0·60 | 0·65 | 0·63 | 0·64 |
| Whole grains | 0·58 | 0·71 | 0·31 | 0·82 | 0·54 | NA |
| Meat | 0·65 | −0·009NS | 0·60 | 0·64 | 0·55 | NA |
| Fish | NA | NA | 0·68 | NA | 0·75 | NA |
| Eggs | 0·85 | 0·81 | 0·71 | 0·57 | 0·75 | 1·00 |
| Legumes, tofu, quorn | NA | NA | 0·64 | NA | 0·73 | NA |
| Dairy products | 0·72 | 0·58 | 0·59 | 0·68 | 0·53 | 0·65 |
| Fats & oils | 0·78 | 0·67 | 0·52 | 0·38 | 0·53 | 0·32 |
| Sauces & dressings | NA | NA | 0·49 | NA | 0·62 | NA |
| Fat meat | 0·86 | 0·70 | 0·50 | 0·48 | 0·53 | 0·50 |
| Fast food | NA | NA | 0·66 | 0·40 | 0·64 | NA |
| Junk food | 0·69 | 0·76 | 0·47 | 0·74 | 0·41 | 0·60 |
| Sweets | 0·74 | 0·67 | 0·52 | 0·57 | 0·54 | 0·63 |
| Sugar drinks | 0·83 | 0·64 | 0·6 | 0·59 | 0·63 | 0·20 |
| Puff pastry | NA | NA | 0·83 | −0·004NS | 0·86 | NA |
| Coffee | 0·59 | NA | 1·00 | 0·32 | 1·00 | NA |
NA, food not consumed/sample size too small.
Values are significant at P<0·01 except those marked NS.