Table 3.
Associations between children's dietary intakes at home and selected food behaviours, New York City, 2005–2006
| Family meals: ≤6 d/week* | Home-prepared meals: ≤6 d/week† | Meals at fast-food restaurants: never‡ | Meals at other types of restaurants: never§ | Eating while watching TV∥ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's dietary intakes | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI |
| Fruit | ||||||||||
| <1 time/d | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – |
| ≥1 time/d | 0·62 | 0·32, 1·18 | 0·39 | 0·21, 0·72 | 0·83 | 0·36, 1·88 | 1·98 | 0·90, 4·36 | 0·89 | 0·49, 1·63 |
| 100 % fruit juice | ||||||||||
| <1 time/d | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – |
| ≥1 time/d | 0·52 | 0·28, 0·97 | 0·65 | 0·35, 1·20 | 1·01 | 0·46, 2·24 | 1·93 | 0·85, 4·40 | 0·47 | 0·25, 0·85 |
| Vegetables | ||||||||||
| <1 time/d | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – |
| ≥1 time/d | 0·60 | 0·30, 1·20 | 0·33 | 0·17, 0·62 | 0·91 | 0·39, 2·12 | 1·65 | 0·76, 3·62 | 0·72 | 0·39, 1·34 |
| French fries | ||||||||||
| Never | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – |
| ≥1 time/week | 1·19 | 0·48, 2·95 | 1·46 | 0·62, 3·41 | 0·24 | 0·09, 0·60 | 0·31 | 0·12, 0·81 | 1·49 | 0·65, 3·42 |
| Fruit drinks | ||||||||||
| ≤2 times/week | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – |
| ≥3 times/week | 0·73 | 0·37, 1·45 | 0·92 | 0·48, 1·78 | 0·42 | 0·16, 1·12 | 1·28 | 0·55, 3·00 | 2·33 | 1·20, 4·51 |
| Soft drinks | ||||||||||
| Never | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – |
| ≥1 time/week | 1·03 | 0·55, 1·94 | 1·54 | 0·82, 2·88 | 0·50 | 0·22, 1·16 | 0·94 | 0·42, 2·07 | 0·72 | 0·39, 1·30 |
| Desserts | ||||||||||
| ≤2 times/week | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – |
| ≥3 times/week | 1·32 | 0·70, 2·45 | 1·26 | 0·67, 2·35 | 0·68 | 0·30, 1·55 | 1·20 | 0·54, 2·66 | 2·84 | 1·52, 5·30 |
| Snacks | ||||||||||
| ≤2 times/week | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – | 1·00 | – |
| ≥3 times/week | 0·84 | 0·42, 1·68 | 2·02 | 1·00, 4·07 | 0·76 | 0·32, 1·84 | 0·88 | 0·37, 2·11 | 3·20 | 1·59, 6·41 |
TV, television.
*Reference category: frequency of consuming family meals daily.
†Reference category: frequency of consuming meals prepared at home daily.
‡Reference category: frequency of consuming meals from fast-food restaurants ≥1 d/week.
§Reference category: frequency of consuming meals from other restaurants ≥1 d/week.
∥Reference category: ‘no’ responses to the question on eating during TV viewing.