Table 1.
Measure | r (Pearson’s correlation) |
---|---|
Family food rules | |
I’m allowed to buy whatever I want from fast food joints | 0.85 |
I can eat whatever I like at home | 0.87 |
During meal times, I’m allowed to put the TV on | 0.79 |
I’m expected to eat all the foods served even if I don’t like them | 0.89 |
At mealtimes I have to follow certain rules | 0.91 |
Accessibility to food at home | |
Vegetables are served at dinner | 0.84 |
There is plenty of food at home | 0.58 |
Availability of food at home | |
Potato chips or other salty snack foods | 0.64 |
Soft drink (e.g. Coke) | 0.82 |
Chocolate or other lollies (sweets) | 0.88 |
Cakes/pastries/donuts/biscuits | 0.71 |
Fruits | 0.92 |
Vegetables | 0.72 |
Fruit juice | 0.76 |
Domestic cooking responsibility | |
The domestic help makes all the food at home | 0.56 |
My mother makes all the food at home | 0.66 |
My father makes all the food at home | 0.35 |
aAll the correlations except for the last item i.e. “My father makes all the food at home” were statistically significant at p < 0.01