Table 3.
Parent Estimation of Food Costs and Portions Sizes Compared to Actual Food Costs and Portion Sizes
| Estimated M (SD) |
Actual1 | Difference2 (estimated-actual) M (SD) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Costs, USD | |||
| Homemade | $9.55 ($4.46) | $3.68 | $5.87 ($4.46)a |
| Fast food | $12.86 ($3.56) | $9.10 | $3.76 ($3.56)a,b |
| Take-out | $8.63 ($3.30) | $6.25 | $2.38 ($3.30)b,c |
| Frozen meals | $7.35 ($3.16) | $6.38 | $0.97 ($3.16)d |
| Portions | |||
| Chicken, grams | |||
| Child | 127.01 (49.90) | 85.05 | 41.96 (49.90)a |
| Parent | 249.76 (77.11) | 85.05 | 164.71 (77.11)b |
| Corn, liters | |||
| Child | 0.08 (0.03) | 0.12 | −0.04 (0.03)a |
| Parent | 0.14(0.04) | 0.12 | 0.02 (0.04)b |
Abbreviations: M, mean; SD, standard deviation; USD, US dollars
1
Actual costs are based on purchase price in November 2013 in Cincinnati, OH and actual portions are based on standard portion sizes (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2010).
2
Difference means with the same letter are not significantly different from each other.