TABLE 1.

Characteristics of school-age children who participated in observational feeding study to examine the validity of ASA24 (N = 100)¹

Characteristic	%
Gender, age	—
Girl	49
10 y	3
11 y	26
12 y	16
13 y	4
Boy	49
10 y	5
11 y	20
12 y	15
13 y	9
Other/prefer not to answer	2
12 y	2
Eating habits2	—
Poor	4
Fair	19
Good	37
Very good	21
Excellent	4
Don't know/unsure	13
Prefer not to answer	2
Family affluence3	—
Low/medium	23
High	58
Not stated	19
Weight perception4	—
Underweight	18
About the right weight	54
Overweight	11
Don't know/prefer not to answer	17

¹ASA24, Automated Self-Administered 24-Hour Dietary Assessment Tool; FAS, Family Affluence Scale.

²Eating habits were assessed with use of a self-report item inquiring whether participants considered their eating habits as poor, fair, good, very good, or excellent. The first 2 and the last 2 categories were combined for subsequent analyses.

³Family affluence was assessed with the FAS II (23), based on indicators such as whether the child has their own bedroom, and number of family vehicles. Children were classified as having low/medium (FAS score 0–5) or higher (FAS score 6–9) family-level affluence.

⁴Weight perception was assessed with use of a self-report measure, whereby children identified perceiving themselves as “very underweight,” “underweight,” “about the right weight,” “overweight,” or “very overweight.” The “underweight” and “overweight” subcategories were collapsed for subsequent analyses.