Table 2.

Distribution of Potential Barriers to Healthy Eating and Physical Activity (n = 115)

	Disagree	Agree “A Little”/ “A Lot”	Agree “A Little”	Agree “A Lot”
Variable	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Healthy eating barriers
Promise candy or other food treats to get child to behave	90 (78.3)	25 (21.7)	15 (13.0)	10 (8.7)
Healthy food costs too much	67 (58.3)	48 (41.7)	28 (24.3)	20 (17.4)
Child doesn’t like healthy food	73 (63.5)	42 (36.5)	35 (30.4)	7 (6.1)
Healthy meals take too long to prepare	102 (88.7)	13 (11.3)	10 (8.7)	3 (2.6)
Child likes to eat in front of television or at the computer	58 (50.4)	57 (49.5)	32 (27.8)	25 (21.7)
Physical activity barriers
Take away outdoor/indoor play time when child misbehaves	51 (44.3)	64 (55.7)	43 (37.4)	21 (18.3)
Hard to find time to play outside with child	56 (49.1)	58 (50.8)	38 (33.3)	20 (17.5)
Takes too much time and money to have child involved with sports programs	67 (58.3)	48 (41.7)	36 (31.3)	12 (10.4)
Child feels that s/he will get teased when playing outside or on a team	100 (87.0)	15 (13.1)	8 (7.0)	7 (6.1)
Too busy to drive child to activities and sports	97 (84.3)	18 (15.6)	12 (10.4)	6 (5.2)