TABLE 3.
Respondent’s perceptions of their child’s eating habits
| Question | Overall, % |
|---|---|
| How would you rate your child’s eating habits? | |
| Poor | 2.6 |
| Fair | 14.8 |
| Good | 56.7 |
| Excellent | 25.8 |
| On average, how many servings of fruit and vegetables (excluding potatoes) does your child consume daily? | |
| 0 | 1.0 |
| 1–2 | 24.3 |
| 3–5 | 57.9 |
| 6 or more | 16.0 |
| On average, how many times per week does your child eat breakfast? | |
| 0 | 0.5 |
| 1–2 | 2.1 |
| 3–5 | 5.0 |
| >5 | 92.7 |
| On average, how many times per week does your family eat supper prepared outside of the home? | |
| <1 | 43.6 |
| 1–2 | 53.5 |
| 3–5 | 2.5 |
| On average, how many times per week does your child eat supper in front of the television? | |
| 0 | 59.2 |
| 1–2 | 24.5 |
| >3 | 15.9 |
| On average, how many cans/bottles/cups of soft drinks, sports drinks, or fruit-flavoured drinks that are not 100% fruit juice does your child consume per week? | |
| 0 | 30.9 |
| 1–3 | 42.1 |
| 4–6 | 13.6 |
| 7 or more | 12.4 |
| On average, on how many days per week does your child eat fast foods? | |
| 0 | 47.1 |
| 1–2 | 50.4 |
| 3–5 | 2.2 |
| To what extent do you agree that your child influences your purchase of unhealthy foods? | |
| Strongly disagree | 9.9 |
| Disagree | 24.9 |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 14.5 |
| Agree | 34.1 |
| Strongly agree | 16.1 |
The sum of responses may not always add up to 100%; responses less than 1% may not have been reported. Multiple responses were possible for certain questions