Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for the home environment features (N=15; n [%] who responded yes or mean [SD]).
| Home environment feature | HEIa | SenseCam | |
| Food availability, n (%) | |||
| Fresh fruit | 15 (100) | 15 (100) | |
| Tinned fruit | 6 (40) | 0 (0) | |
| Dried fruit | 9 (60) | 4 (27) | |
| Frozen fruit | 3 (20) | 0 (0) | |
| Fresh vegetables | 14 (93) | 15 (100) | |
| Tinned vegetables | 14 (93) | 7 (47) | |
| Frozen vegetables | 13 (87) | 4 (27) | |
| Savory snacks | 10 (67) | 8 (53) | |
| Sweet snacks | 12 (80) | 6 (40) | |
| Confectionery | 10 (67) | 4 (27) | |
| Fruit juice | 8 (53) | 11 (73) | |
| Squash | 5 (33) | 4 (27) | |
| Fizzy drinks | 2 (13) | 4 (27) | |
| Smoothies | 3 (20) | 1 (7) | |
| Skimmed/semiskimmed milk | 10 (67) | 13 (87) | |
| Full-fat milk | 5 (33) | 6 (40) | |
| Food variety, mean (SD) | |||
| Fresh fruit | 3.5 (1.4) | 4.5 (2.3) | |
| Tinned fruit | 0.6 (0.9) | 0 (0) | |
| Dried fruit | 1.9 (1.9) | 0.3 (0.6) | |
| Frozen fruit | 0.2 (0.4) | 0 (0) | |
| Fresh vegetables | 6.3 (3.0) | 6.7 (3.1) | |
| Tinned vegetables | 3.9 (1.7) | 0.8 (1.0) | |
| Frozen vegetables | 1.7 (1.4) | 0.3 (0.5) | |
| Savory snacks | 1.1 (1.1) | 0.7 (0.7) | |
| Sweet snacks | 1.5 (1.1) | 0.7 (1.1) | |
| Confectionery | 0.9 (0.8) | 0.3 (0.5) | |
| Food displayed, n (%) | |||
| Any fruit | 15 (100) | 14 (93) | |
| Ready-to-eat vegetables | 2 (13) | 0 (0) | |
| Savory snacks | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Sweet snacks | 3 (20) | 2 (13) | |
| Confectionery | 1 (7) | 1 (7) | |
| Fruit juice | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Squash | 2 (13) | 3 (20) | |
| Fizzy drinks | 1 (7) | 0 (0) | |
| Smoothies | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| Family meals, n (%) | |||
| Breakfast | 11 (73) | 11 (73)b | |
| Lunch | 12 (80) | 10 (67)c | |
| Dinner | 11 (73) | 12 (80)b | |
| Child eating while watching TV, n (%) | |||
| Breakfast | 0 (0) | 2 (13)d | |
| Lunch | 0 (0) | 0 (0)e | |
| Dinner | 1 (7) | 1 (7)d | |
| Snacks | 5 (33) | 2 (13)f | |
| Activity facilities, n (%) | |||
| Garden | 12 (80) | 10 (67) | |
| Garden equipment | 2 (17) | 1 (8)g | |
| Household media equipment, mean (SD) | |||
| Number of TVs | 1.5 (1.1) | 1.6 (1.1) | |
| Number of VCR/DVD players | 1.5 (1.0) | 1.3 (0.9) | |
| Number of computers | 2.4 (1.0) | 1.6 (0.9) | |
| Number of games consoles | 0.7 (1.0) | 0.2 (0.6) | |
| Presence of cable or satellite, n (%) | 9 (60) | 3 (20)h | |
| Child’s bedroom media equipment, n (%) | |||
| TV | 2 (13) | 3 (20)i | |
| Computer | 1 (7) | 1 (7)i | |
| Console | 2 (13) | 1 (7)i | |
| Caregiver TV viewing (hours), mean (SD) | |||
| Weekday | 1.7 (1.3) | 1.2 (0.7)j | |
| Weekend | 2.4 (1.67) | 1.5 (0.81)k | |
aHEI: Home Environment Interview.
bTwo cases were coded as missing: 1 participant did not wear the SenseCam during breakfast time and 1 participant said during the semistructured interview that they had modified their mealtime routine.
cThree cases were coded as missing: 2 participants did not wear the SenseCam during lunchtime and 1 participant had modified their mealtime routine.
dData were missing in 3 cases: 1 did not wear the SenseCam at breakfast/dinner time, 1 said in the semistructured interview that they had modified their mealtime routine, and the third did not have breakfast/dinner with their children during the wearing period.
eData were missing in 5 cases: 2 did not wear the SenseCam at lunchtime, 1 said that they had modified their mealtime routine, and the last 2 did not have lunch with their children during the wearing period.
fData were missing in 1 case where the caregiver did not wear the SenseCam around their child.
gThree cases were coded as missing as the garden wasn’t fully visible during the wearing period.
hIt was only possible to determine the presence or absence of cable or satellite in 4 cases; the remaining cases were coded as missing.
iTwo cases were coded as missing because the child’s bedroom was not visible during the wearing period.
jData were missing in 6 cases where the caregiver did not wear the SenseCam for all of the weekday periods (morning/afternoon/evening).
kData were missing in 7 cases where the caregiver did not wear the SenseCam for all of the weekend periods (morning/afternoon/evening).