Table 1.

Summary of outcome measures used in the study

Key targets in C4L1	Outcome measures used in evaluation study2
	Attitudinal and intention to change3	Child behaviour4	Parent behaviour5
Reduce fat intake (especially saturated)	Snack mainly on healthy foods	Snacks	Keeping track of snack foods (e.g. crisps, cheesy crackers)/ high-fat foods
	Limit high-fat foods eaten at mealtimes
Reduce added sugar intake	Snack mainly on healthy foods	Sugary drinks	Keeping track of sweet things (e.g. sweets, ice-cream, cake, biscuits, chocolate)
	Limit number of sugary drinks	Snacks
	Avoid sugary breakfast cereals
Control portion size	Not to eat too much food
Achieve 5 portions of fruit and vegetables per day	Eat 5 or more portions of fruit and vegetables	Fruits	Modelling of eating healthy foods
		Vegetables
3 regular mealtimes per day	Eat 3 meals at regular times
Reduce snacking	Eat no more than 2 snacks	Snacks
At least 1 hour of moderate intensity physical activity per day	Spend at least 60 minutes being active	Number of days child is physically active for at least 60 minutes	Keep track of child physical activity Modelling of being active
Reduce sedentary time	Limit time spent watching TV/ on computer	Hours of TV/ video/ computer on a typical weekday/ weekend day

¹As described in ref 3; ²These are the outcome measures included in the questionnaire at follow-up, details of questionnaire scoring are provided in the Additional file 1: Table S1; ³Parents’ attitudes to their child’s behaviour each day (comprised ratings of importance and ease of carrying out each behaviour) and intention to change; ⁴Frequency of consumption of each food or of child doing 60 minutes of physical activity in a day; ⁵Parent rating of these behaviours.