Table 1.
Comparison of servings of food and beverage categories by the Eating and Physical Activity Questionnaire (EPAQ) and 24 hr-recall methods (n = 90)
| EPAQ | 24 hr-recall | |||||
| Food/Beverage groups | Consumption % | Servings Mean (95% CI) | Consumption % | Servings Mean (95% CI) | Significance (p-value)a | rhob |
| Vegetables | 90 | 1.4 (1.2-1.6) | 86 | 1.7 (1.5-2.0) | n.s. | 0.74 |
| Packaged Snacks | 40 | 0.4 (0.3-0.5) | 37 | 0.5 (0.3-0.6) | n.s. | 0.60 |
| Fruit | 93 | 2.0 (1.8-2.4) | 91 | 2.1 (1.8-2.4) | n.s. | 0.66 |
| Chocolate/Confectionary | 39 | 0.4 (0.3-0.5) | 32 | 0.4 (0.3-0.6) | n.s. | 0.57 |
| Cake/Sweet Biscuits | 53 | 0.6 (0.5-0.8) | 57 | 0.7 (0.6-0.9) | n.s. | 0.60 |
| Water | 99 | 3.2 (2.8-3.5) | 94 | 4.0 (3.6-4.4) | 0.001 | 0.59 |
| Fruit Juice | 49 | 0.6 (0.4-0.8) | 42 | 0.9 (0.6-1.2) | n.s. | 0.88 |
| Cordial/Soft Drink | 36 | 0.6 (0.4-0.8) | 32 | 0.7 (0.4--0.9) | n.s. | 0.82 |
| Plain Milk | 82 | 1.7 (1.4-1.9) | 81 | 2.1 (1.7-2.4) | n.s. | 0.65 |
| Flavoured Milk | 21 | 0.3 (0.2-0.5) | 22 | 0.6 (0.3-0.8) | n.s. | 0.74 |
a Kruskal Wallis test between EPAQ and 24-hr recall; n.s. not significant; bSpearman correlations (rho) between 24 hr-recall and EPAQ, all p < 0.001