Table 3.
Descriptive statistics and correlations for children’s fruit and vegetable consumption and family environment variables.
| Variable | M (SD) | r with 1 |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Children’s fruit and vegetable consumption° | 39.40 (26.84) | --- |
| 2. Availability of fruit and vegetables | 4.35 (0.81) | 0.26** |
| 3. Accessibility of fruit and vegetables | 4.37 (0.90) | 0.20** |
| 4. Parental modelling of fruit and vegetables# | 3.81 (0.83) | 0.15* |
| 5. Effectiveness of modelling§ | 3.89 (0.63) | 0.17** |
| Family mealtime environment | ||
| 6. TV | 0.00 (0.79) | -0.05 |
| 7. Time | 0.00 (0.65) | 0.05 |
| Parenting style | ||
| 8. Perceived responsibility | 4.42 (0.66) | 0.10 |
| 9. Perceived parent weight | 3.16 (0.37) | -0.12 |
| 10. Perceived child weight | 3.02 (0.36) | 0.04 |
| 11. Parents’ concern about child’s weight | 2.56 (1.32) | 0.02 |
| 12. Restriction | 3.44 (0.94) | 0.05 |
| 13. Pressure to eat | 3.58 (1.03) | 0.00 |
| 14. Monitoring | 4.19 (1.02) | 0.12 |
° Consumption was measured in terms of frequency and ranged from 0-120 times per month
# the Parent Modelling Questionnaire was used in this analysis
§ the Parental Dietary Modelling Questionnaire was used in this analysis.
** P<0.01 (two-tailed)
*P<0.05 (two-tailed); N varied between 225 and 229.