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. 2015 Jun 23;15:579. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1884-1

Table 2.

Top 20 most frequently given unique responses in word-association exercise

Most frequent
% n Cum %
1 Vegetables 9 121 9
2 Fruit 8 114 17
3 Protein 5 62 22
4 Water 4 60 26
5 Fruit & vegetables 3 46 29
6 Exercise 3 44 32
7 Carbohydrates 3 36 35
8 Vitamins 2 32 37
9 Salad 2 30 39
10 Fish 2 26 41
11 Low fat 2 25 43
12 Balance 2 25 45
13 5 a day 2 23 47
14 Fats 1 20 48
15 Low calorie 1 19 49
16 Meat 1 18 50
17 Healthy 1 17 51
18 Portion size 1 14 52
19 Fibre 1 12 53
20 Food groups 1 12 54

Results are pooled for all four prompt-terms

Cum, Cumulative percentage