Table 2. Key terms used by parents to describe their child’s physical activity levels.

Activity categories	Key terms
Very active	“Very”; “High”; “70/30 active”; “Very busy”; “Does a lot of activities”; “Really”; “Extremely”; “Constantly/always on the go”; “Doesn’t often sit still”
Moderately active	“Normal active child”; “Half and half”; “Moderately”; “Bit more than average”; “Fairly”; “Medium”; “Pretty”; “As physically active as I can get her”; “Relatively”; “Quite active”; “Mostly physically active”
Less active	“Not very”; “Academic”