Table 5.
κ 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 | 0·04 | 0·13** | 0·21** | 0·19** | 0·21** | 0·24** | 0·52** |
| Fruit | 0·08 | 0·17** | 0·15** | 0·19** | 0·40** | 0·38** | 0·61** |
| Vegetables | −0·06 | 0·22** | 0·18** | 0·18** | 0·28** | 0·26** | 0·13 |
| Starchy foods | 0·12** | 0·16** | 0·11** | 0·16** | 0·22** | 0·26** | 0·30** |
| Whole grains | NA | NA | 0·55** | 0·42** | 0·66** | 0·17 | NA |
| Meat | 0·02 | 0·19** | 0·12* | 0·30** | 0·19** | 0·52** | 0·22* |
| Fish | 0·09 | 0·32** | 0·60** | 0·44** | 0·52** | 0·69** | 0·71** |
| Eggs | 0·31* | 0·37** | 0·68** | 0·49** | 0·61** | 0·79** | 0·72** |
| Legumes, tofu, quorn | 0·38** | 0·44** | 0·58** | 0·70** | 0·45** | 0·75** | 0·32 |
| Dairy products | 0·08* | 0·03 | 0·00 | 0·19** | 0·26** | 0·32** | 0·21** |
| Fats & oils | −0·06 | 0·01 | 0·11* | 0·25** | 0·23** | 0·32** | 0·15 |
| Sauces & dressings | 0·14 | 0·14 | 0·56** | 0·36** | 0·60** | 0·52** | 0·52** |
| Fat meat | 0·07 | 0·21 | 0·28** | 0·35** | 0·29** | 0·44** | 0·49** |
| Fast food | 0·57** | 0·45** | 0·45** | 0·50** | 0·57** | 0·75** | 0·71** |
| Junk food | 0·53** | 0·44** | 0·34** | 0·60** | 0·39** | 0·53** | 0·83** |
| Sweets | 0·07 | 0·04 | 0·13** | 0·14** | 0·18** | 0·21** | 0·50** |
| Sugar drinks | 0·62 | 0·28** | 0·20** | 0·33** | 0·32** | 0·48** | 0·74** |
| Puff pastry | 0·57** | 0·69** | 0·64** | 0·85** | 0·83** | 1·00** | 0·83** |
| Coffee | 0·37** | NA | 0·49** | 0·48** | 0·55** | 0·74** | 1·00** |
NA, not assessable as no child in the class reported having eaten this food.
*P<0·05, **P<0·01.