Table 3.
Median scores for the healthy eating index of mothers (HEI-SG-M) and children (HEI-SG-C), and percentage of participants with maximum and minimum scores for components of the healthy eating index, Singaporean mothers (18–50 years old) and their children (6–24 months old) (n = 486)
| Components | Mother cohort | Child cohort | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Median (IQR) | Zero score % (n) | Max score % (n) | Mean | Median (IQR) | Zero score % (n) | Max score % (n) | |
| Rice and alternative | 86.4 ± 15.5 | 91.5 (77.5–100) | 0.0 (0) | 33.5 (163) | 76.2 ± 23.6 | 80.5 (59.7–100) | 0.2 (1) | 30.2 (147) |
| Wholegrains | 34.1 ± 33 | 23.1 (6.3–54.7) | 8.4 (41) | 9.7 (47) | 29.4 ± 37.3 | 6.6 (0–52.9) | 43.2 (210) | 11.9 (58) |
| Meat and alternative | 98.8 ± 5.1 | 100 (100–100) | 0.0 (0) | 90.7(441) | 73.8 ± 30.8 | 89.3 (52.5–100) | 2.7 (13) | 39.1 (190) |
| Dairy and alternative | 63.6 ± 34.5 | 66.8 (34.3–100) | 3.1 (15) | 34 (165) | 71 ± 18.1 | 71 (58.7–83.5) | 0.0 (0) | 10.3 (50) |
| Vegetables | 62.8 ± 25.4 | 60.8 (41.9–84.2) | 0.0 (0) | 15.2 (74) | 75.3 ± 29.1 | 89 (52.9–100) | 1.4 (7) | 44.9 (218) |
| Fruit | 63.5 ± 30.6 | 64.1 (37.7–100) | 0.2 (1) | 26.1 (127) | 61.6 ± 32.9 | 62.6 (33.2–100) | 2.3 (11) | 27.6 (134) |
| Sodium | 0.2 ± 3.1 | 0(0.0–0.0) | 99.2 (482) | 0.0 (0) | 76.1 ± 42.7 | 100 (100–100) | 23.9 (116) | 76.1 (370) |
| Total fat | 47.3 ± 34.5 | 45.9 (15.9–77.1) | 14.8 (72) | 12.6 (61) | 67 ± 44.7 | 100 (0–100) | 28.2 (137) | 60.3 (293) |
| Saturated fat | 71.3 ± 18.1 | 71.4 (59.1–84) | 0.0 (0) | 8.6 (42) | 20.1 ± 31.4 | 0 (0–38.6) | 63.0 (306) | 0.0 (0) |
| Added sugar | 46.7 ± 40.2 | 43.5 (0–91.7) | 29.8 (145) | 20.4 (99) | 92.9 ± 12.9 | 97.2 (92.9–99.2) | 0.6 (3) | 9.3 (45) |
| Overall (total) | 57.5 ± 11.6 | 57.5 ± 11.6 | 64.3 ± 11.7 | 64.3 ± 11.7 | ||||