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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2017 Aug 31;120:23–31. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.08.021

Table 2.

Items measuring perceived significance of diet and exercise.

Item number Questions
1 Imagine that in the future, you adopt a diet that is unhealthier than your current diet. How much would this increase your own personal chances of becoming obese (or remaining obese)?
2 Imagine that in the future, you become physically less active than you currently are. How much would this increase your own personal chances of becoming obese (or remaining obese)?
3 On the following scale, please rate how important you believe healthy diet is.
4 On the following scale, please rate how important you believe regular exercise is.
5 To what extent would the kind and the amount of foods you eat influence your body weight?
6 To what extent would the amount of physical exercise you get influence your body weight?