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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2013 Oct;34(8):10.1097/DBP.0b013e3182a509df. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e3182a509df

Table 2.

Sample questions from the mother and from the child Health Knowledge Questionnaire.

Target Question
Mother To plot your BMI, you need to know 4 things. These are:
A. Age, Gender, Weight, Diet
B. Height, Weight, Gender, Age
C. Age, Height, Exercise, Gender

How many servings of fruits and vegetables are you supposed to eat each day?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
E. Five

According to doctor, you are not supposed to spend more than ___ hours watching TV or doing
other sedentary activity.
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
E. Five

One bottle of pop is always one serving, and one bag of chips is always one serving.
A. True
B. False

According to doctor, you are supposed to get ___ minutes of exercise every day.
A. Thirty
B. Forty five
C. Sixty

Child It is important for children to eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. When we talk about fresh fruits and vegetables, most of them should be the actual fruit and vegetable and not just juice. How much juice should children drink per day?
A. 0-6 oz
B. 7-12 oz
C. 13-18 oz
D. 19-24 oz

What are the two appropriate drinks for a child under the age of 2? Choose two:
A. Juice
B. Water
C. breastmilk/formula/milk
D. pop

Children under the age of two should watch ___hours of TV per day, and children between the ages of two and five should watch no more than __ hours of TV per day.
A. 1, 3
B. 1, 4
C. 0, 2
D. 0, 4