Table 2.

Associations between helping with food preparation in the home and fruit and vegetable preference and self-efficacy among grade 5 children in Alberta, Canada (n 3398)

	Preference for fruits		Preference for vegetables		Self-efficacy
	β	95 % CI	β	95 % CI	β	95 % CI
Frequency of preparing home meals – unadjusted model*
Never†	–	–	–	–	–	–
Once per month	0·35	0·15, 0·55	0·30	−0·03, 0·62	1·24	0·65, 1·83
1–3 times per week	0·63	0·45, 0·80	0·56	0·27, 0·85	1·98	1·46, 2·51
Once per day	0·63	0·44, 0·83	0·68	0·37, 1·00	2·28	1·76, 2·81
Several times per day	0·76	0·52, 0·99	1·05	0·73, 1·38	3·07	2·46, 3·68
Frequency of preparing home meals – adjusted model*‡
Never†	–	–	–	–	–	–
Once per month	0·35	0·15, 0·54	0·26	−0·05, 0·58	1·11	0·52, 1·70
1–3 times per week	0·62	0·44, 0·79	0·52	0·24, 0·81	1·74	1·21, 2·26
Once per day	0·62	0·42, 0·82	0·65	0·34, 0·96	2·02	1·50, 2·55
Several times per day	0·74	0·51, 0·98	1·02	0·69, 1·35	2·88	2·27, 3·49

*Random-effects regression models with children nested within schools were used to test for associations.

†Reference level.

‡Analyses were adjusted for gender, annual household income, parental education attainment and geographic residency. Results were weighted to represent provincial estimates of the grade 5 student population in Alberta.