Table 4.

Kendall’s τ _B values of food items logged by children aged 6–12 years and food items logged by their parents in a week (n 264), by class at school; Ticino, Switzerland, April–June 2014

Education	Elementary school					Middle school
Grade	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	1st	2nd
n	26	30	51	60	40	39	15
Water	0·41**	0·52**	0·38**	0·52**	0·71**	0·48**	0·78**
Fruit	0·48**	0·77**	0·63**	0·61**	0·68**	0·75**	0·93**
Vegetables	0·14	0·43**	0·57**	0·59**	0·54**	0·68**	0·66**
Starchy foods	0·50**	0·62**	0·70**	0·67**	0·61**	0·80**	0·82**
Whole grains	NA	NA	0·83**	0·61**	0·71**	0·39**	NA
Meat	0·006	0·40**	0·51**	0·70**	0·36**	0·65**	0·42**
Fish	0·29	0·40**	0·69**	0·50**	0·65**	0·71**	0·80**
Eggs	0·39*	0·64**	0·60**	0·60**	0·69**	0·81**	0·76**
Legumes, tofu, quorn	0·44*	0·49**	0·63**	0·81**	0·50**	0·76**	0·37
Dairy products	0·51**	0·50**	0·51**	0·59**	0·72**	0·74**	0·86**
Fats & oils	0·35*	0·45**	0·51**	0·60**	0·55**	0·51**	0·53**
Sauces & dressings	0·16	0·29	0·68**	0·49**	0·57**	0·56**	0·53*
Fat meat	0·20	0·39**	0·44**	0·48**	0·61**	0·53**	0·75**
Fast food	0·42**	0·71**	0·56**	0·49**	0·74**	0·66**	0·73**
Junk food	0·75**	0·52**	0·60**	0·68**	0·61**	0·67**	0·87**
Sweets	0·30*	0·52**	0·64**	0·65**	0·65**	0·60**	0·82**
Sugar drinks	0·07	0·49**	0·67**	0·61**	0·65**	0·79**	0·85**
Puff pastry	0·71**	0·76**	0·72**	0·93**	0·86**	0·92**	0·79**
Coffee	0·39*	NA	0·55**	0·69**	0·54**	1·00**	1·00**

NA, not assessable as no child in the class reported having eaten this food.

*P<0·05, **P<0·01.