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. 2013 Aug 7;8(8):e71482. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071482

Table 1. Child and parental assessments of the child’s eating habits and their agreements at baseline, after 3 months, and after 24 months of intervention program; concordance is displayed by Cohen’s kappa and agreement proportions as percentages.

Child response
Baseline 3 months 24 months
Yes No Total Yes No Total Yes No Total
Feeling hungry most of the time
Parental response
Yes 5 4 9 0 2 2* 2 4 6
No 7 10 17 3 20 23 1 18 19
Total 12 14 26 3* 22 25 3* 22 25
Kappa 0.13 –0.11 0.34
Agreement (%) 58 80 80
Positive agreement (%) 48 0 44
Negative agreement (%) 65 89 89
Frequent eating
Parental response
Yes 14 2 16 5 1 6* 4 8 12
No 3 7 10 4 16 20 0 13 13
Total 17 9 26 9* 17 26 4* 21 25
Kappa 0.59 0.54 0.34
Agreement (%) 81 81 68
Positive agreement (%) 85 67 50
Negative agreement (%) 74 86 79
Binge eating
Parental response
Yes 8 7 15 0 4 4* 1 3 4*
No 5 6 11 2 20 22 2 19 21
Total 13 13 26 2* 24 26 3* 22 25
Kappa 0.08 –0.11 0.17
Agreement (%) 54 77 80
Positive agreement (%) 57 0 29
Negative agreement (%) 50 87 88

Statistically significant differences (p<0.05; McNemar Test) from baseline in respective group’s assessments are indicated (*).