Table 2.

Food preparation behaviors in emerging adulthood (EAT-II) by involvement in food preparation during adolescence (EAT-I).

% of participants who report engaging in food preparation-related behaviors at least weekly as emerging adults (in EAT-II)	Percent of participants who report helping to prepare food for dinner as adolescents (in EAT-I)
	Never N=420	At least 1–2 times in the past week N=892	P-value
Buying fresh vegetables	19.4%	33.9%	<0.001
Writing a grocery list	12.0%	21.4%	<0.001
Preparing a green salad	29.1%	28.5%	0.83
Preparing a dinner with chicken, fish or vegetables	44.9%	52.4%	0.01
Preparing an entire dinner for two or more people	28.5%	41.0%	<0.001