Table 2.
Youth’s Responses to Social Support Questions measuring Friend’s and Parent’s Support for Healthy and Unhealthy Eating, and Support for Healthy Eating Questionnaire Summed Scores (n=278)
| How often do your friends/parents: | Relationship | Never (%) |
Rarely (%) |
Some- times (%) |
Often (%) |
Very Often (%) |
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| Questions related to support for healthy eating: | ||||||
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| Give you ideas on how to eat healthier foods? |
Friends | 45 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 7 |
| Parents | 5 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 23 | |
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| Offer you low-fat snacks? | Friends | 40 | 22 | 19 | 12 | 7 |
| Parents | 11 | 13 | 33 | 29 | 15 | |
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| Encourage you to stay away from high-fat foods or sweets? |
Friends | 51 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 5 |
| Parents | 8 | 11 | 25 | 25 | 31 | |
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| Talk with you about eating more healthy foods? |
Friends | 47 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 6 |
| Parents | 8 | 10 | 26 | 22 | 35 | |
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| Questions related to support for unhealthy eating: | ||||||
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| Offer you high-fat foods or sweets? | Friends | 15 | 13 | 26 | 25 | 22 |
| Parents | 21 | 27 | 37 | 9 | 6 | |
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| Encourage you to eat high-fat foods or sweets? |
Friends | 28 | 18 | 27 | 18 | 10 |
| Parents | 50 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 2 | |
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| Say nice things about the sweet or high fat foods you were eating? |
Friends | 17 | 12 | 22 | 20 | 29 |
| Parents | 27 | 19 | 30 | 14 | 10 | |
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| Social Support for Healthy Eating Questionnaire Summed Scores (range 0-16)a | Total (M+SD) | |||||
| Friend Support for Healthy Eating | 4.6±3.9 | |||||
| Parent Support for Healthy Eating | 10.1+3.4 | |||||
a
Scores are summed responses to the 4 support for healthy eating questions using a 5-point likert response rating how often friends/parents perform tasks from never=0 to very often=4.