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. 2016 Jul 5;19(17):3106–3113. doi: 10.1017/S1368980016001488

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.