Table 2.
Food behaviour item | Factor loading | Mean response (n 82)† | sd |
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Fruit and Vegetable sub-scale | Factor 1 | ||
1. ¿Come frutas o verduras entre comidas?/Fruit or veg as snacks‡,§ | 0·63 | 2·9 | 0·8 |
2. ¿Cuántas porciones de fruta come cada día?/Svgs of fruit each day∥ | 0·76 | 3·4 | 0·8 |
3. Durante el día ¿come diferentes frutas?/More than one kind of fruit each day¶ | 0·76 | 2·8 | 0·9 |
4. ¿Cuánta fruta come cada día?/Cups of fruit each day†† | 0·63 | 2·3 | 0·6 |
5. ¿Come diferentes verduras cada día?/More than one kind of veg each day¶ | 0·56 | 2·9 | 0·8 |
6. ¿Cuántas porciones de verduras come cada día?/Svgs of veg each day∥ | 0·67 | 3·4 | 0·8 |
7. ¿Come más de dos porciones de verduras en su comida principal?/More than 2 svgs of veg at main meal§ | 0·51 | 2·6 | 0·9 |
8. ¿Qué cantidad de verduras come cada día?/Cups of veg each day†† | 0·55 | 2·2 | 0·6 |
9. ¿Come dos verduras o más en su comida principal?/Two or more veg at main meal§,‡‡ | 0·66 | 2·8 | 0·8 |
Does not load on any factor at >0·50: | |||
10. La semana pasada, ¿comió frutas cítricas como naranja, mandarina o toronja o tomó jugo de esas frutas?/Citrus fruits or citrus juice during past week§§ | 0·24 | 2·7 | 0·7 |
Milk/Dairy sub-scale | |||
11. ¿Toma leche?/Drink milk§ | N/A | 3·1 | 0·9 |
12. ¿La semana pasada, tomó leche o puso leche en su cereal?/Drink milk or use milk on cereal in past week§§ | N/A | 2·8 | 0·5 |
Food Security item | |||
13. ¿Se le acaba la comida antes del fin del mes?/Run out of food before end of month∥∥ | N/A | 2·5 | 1·1 |
Diet Quality sub-scale | Factor 2 | ||
14.La semana pasada, ¿comió pescado?/Fish during past week§§ | 0·58 | 1·8 | 1·0 |
15.¿Quita la piel del pollo?/Take skin off chicken¶ | 0·72 | 3·2 | 1·0 |
16. ¿Considera la información nutritiva de la etiqueta al momento de seleccionar los alimentos que comprará?/Use label when food shopping¶ | 0·61 | 2·4 | 1·0 |
17. ¿Cómo cree que son sus hábitos de alimentación?/Rate eating habits¶¶ | 0·55 | 2·7 | 0·6 |
Fast Food sub-scale | Factor 3 | ||
18. ¿Comió frituras o botanas fritas ayer?/Fried snacks yesterday††† | 0·75 | 2·4 | 0·9 |
19. ¿Comió alimentos fritos ayer?/Fried food yesterday††† | 0·69 | 2·2 | 1·0 |
20. ¿Comió comida rápida ayer?/Fast food yesterday††† | 0·62 | 2·8 | 0·6 |
Sweetened Beverages sub-scale | Factor 4 | ||
21. ¿Toma bebidas de frutas, bebidas deportivas o ponches?/Drink fruit drinks, sport drinks or punch‡‡‡ | 0·51 | 2·5 | 1·0 |
22. ¿Toma refrescos que no son de dieta?/Drink regular soda‡‡‡ | 0·82 | 3·0 | 0·9 |
Does not load on any factor at >0·50: | |||
23. ¿Comió carne o cerdo ayer?/Red meat or pork yesterday††† | 0·07 | 2·1 | 1·0 |
veg, vegetables; svgs, servings; N/A, not applicable.
All items were re-coded on a 4-point scale, with a higher score indicating more favourable behaviour. Dichotomous items with mean >2·6 and all other items with mean >3 were considered to have little potential to reflect behaviour change.
English translation not included in questionnaire; provided here for the reader's convenience.
Every day = 4, often = 3, sometimes = 2, no = 1.
Open-ended question: 0 servings = 1, 1 serving = 2, 2 servings = 3, >2 servings = 4.
Almost always = 4, often = 3, sometimes = 2, no = 1.
3 cups or more = 4, 2·5 cups = 3·5, 2 cups = 3, 1·5 cups = 2·5, 1 cup = 2, 0·5 cup = 1·5, none = 1.
Administered to a subset of the sample only (n 76).
Yes = 3, no = 1.
Almost always = 1, often = 2, sometimes = 3, no = 4.
Excellent = 4, poor = 1.
Yes = 1, no = 3.
Every day = 1, often = 2, sometimes = 3, no = 4.