Table 2.

Results of food security tool completed by parents of children with cystic fibrosis.

	Always	Most of the time	Sometimes	Never	Prefer not to answer
In the last 12 months, have you worried whether your food would run out before you got money to buy more?	2	0	12	29	0
In the last 12 months, has the food you bought lasted until you had money to buy more?	23	11	7	2	0
In the last 12 months, have you or other adults in the household cut the size of your meals or skipped meals because there wasn't enough money for food?	0	1	6	36	0
In the last 12 months, how often did you serve punch or water with a meal because you didn't have money to buy milk?	0	1	3	39	0
In the last 12 months, have you or your children eaten with friends or relatives because you didn't have money to buy food?	0	0	6	37	0
In the past 12 months, have you bought all the basic foods (meat, milk, cheese, fruits and vegetables) your family eats without worrying about the cost of the food?	20	14	7	2	0
In the last 12 months, have you bought extra foods (butter, sour cream, peanut butter) for your child with CF without worrying about the cost of the extras?	20	14	6	3	0
In the past 12 months has your child with CF used liquid food supplements that are taken by mouth?	16	7	9	10	1
In the past 12 months, have you had to decide between buying medications and food for your CF child?	0	0	3	40	0
In the past 12 months, has your child with CF used any type of feeding given by a tube into the stomach?	6	1	0	34	2