Table 2.
Distribution of the Parent’s Responses to the Stage of Change (SOC) and Readiness Questions.
| Stage of Change % |
Readiness % |
Mean (sd)* | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Criterion | n | PC | C | PR | A | M | Already Do It | n | 0–2 | 3–4 | 5–6 | 7–8 | 9–10 | Already Do It | |
| Fruits and Vegetables | 282 | 1.1 | 10.3 | 27.7 | 12.1 | 48.9 | NA | 285 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 4.9 | 22.8 | 47.0 | 23.9 | 8.8 (1.5) |
| TV | 278 | 10.4 | 16.9 | 17.3 | 12.9 | 42.4 | NA | 282 | 5.7 | 7.1 | 12.8 | 14.5 | 34.5 | 25.5 | 7.3 (2.9) |
| TVBed | NA | 279 | 25.1 | 5.7 | 13.3 | 5.4 | 14.7 | 35.8 | 4.4 (3.9) | ||||||
| Physical Activity | 281 | 3.6 | 9.6 | 21.0 | 20.6 | 45.2 | NA | 283 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 8.5 | 13.8 | 53.7 | 21.2 | 8.7 (1.9) |
| Sugary Drinks | 280 | 8.2 | 20.4 | 13.2 | 18.6 | 21.4 | 18.2 | 283 | 4.2 | 7.4 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 36.4 | 24.4 | 7.5 (2.8) |
| Fruit Juice | 283 | 23.0 | 21.9 | 17.7 | 14.1 | 18.7 | 4.6 | 284 | 7.7 | 10.6 | 23.6 | 20.8 | 28.5 | 8.8 | 6.7 (2.8) |
NA indicates that it was not asked; PC, Precontemplation Stage; C, Contemplation Stage; PR, Preparation Stage; A, Action Stage; M, Maintenance Stage; Behavioral criterion for fruit and vegetables was to provide your child with 5 servings of fruits and vegetables every day; TV, limit your child to 2 hr or less of TV every day; TVBed, readiness to remove TV from the bedroom; physical activity, help your child get 1 hour of moderate intensity physical activity; sugary drinks, limit your child to 1 serving per week of sugary drinks; fruit juice, limit your child’s juice intake to no more than 6 ounces of 100% fruit pure juice each day.
Mean (SD) excludes the ‘already do it’ response option.