Table 3.
Child and maternal assessment of portion size and frequency of intake for all food categories (n = 77)
| Food categories | Portion size* | Frequency of intake | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mode portion according to… | Child vs. mother | Median weekly intake according to… | Child vs. mother † | |||||||||
| Identical (% pairs) | Kappa statistic ‡ | McNemar § | Identical (% pairs) | Kappa statistic ‡ | McNemar § | |||||||
| …child | ..mother | κ | P | P | …child | ..mother | κ | P | P | |||
| Portion (% children) | Portion (% mothers) | Times per week (range) | Times per week (range) | |||||||||
| Meat | M (57) | M (64) | 46.7 | 0.07 (Poor) | 0.42 | 0.01 | 5 (0–35) | 5 (2–11) | 68.8 | 0.07 (Poor) | 0.36 | 0.00 |
| Eggs | M (51) | M (54) | 71.6 | 0.44 (Moderate) | 0.00 | 0.18 | 1.5 (0–7) | 2 (1–7) | 68.8 | 0.22 (Fair) | 0.01 | 0.91 |
| Dairy, milk, high fat | M (44) | M (57) | 49.3 | 0.17 (Poor) | 0.05 | 0.07 | 12 (0–49) | 5.5 (1–14) | 74.0 | 0.21 (Fair) | 0.01 | 0.04 |
| Dairy, cheese, high fat | M (63) | M (64) | 63.2 | 0.30 (Fair) | 0.00 | 0.05 | 3.5 (0–21) | 2.5 (1–7) | 59.7 | 0.32 (Fair) | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Dairy, dessert, high fat | L (72) | M (61) | 31.7 | 0.05 (Poor) | 0.37 | 0.00 | 1.5 (0–49) | 0.5 (1–7) | 56.9 | 0.00 (Poor) | 0.98 | 0.00 |
| Fried foods | L (79) | M (66) | 18.4 | −0.08 (Poor) | 0.07 | 0.00 | 2.5 (0–28) | 2.5 (1–7) | 58.4 | 0.21 (Fair) | 0.03 | 0.05 |
| In baked goods | M (59) | M (68) | 53.7 | 0.14 (Poor) | 0.12 | 0.20 | 2.5 (0.5–35) | 1.5 (0.5–7) | 48.1 | 0.05 (Poor) | 0.56 | 0.10 |
| Convenience foods | L (52) | M (76) | 39.7 | 0.03 (Poor) | 0.60 | 0.00 | 2.75 (0–42) | 0.75 (0.5–5) | 41.6 | −0.06 (Poor) | 0.38 | 0.00 |
| Table fats, high fat | L (44) | M (53) | 29.2 | −0.02 (Poor) | 0.73 | 0.00 | 10.5 (0–63) | 2.75 (0.5–20) | 66.2 | 0.05 (Poor) | 0.34 | 0.00 |
| Snacks, high fat | M (51) | M (63) | 46.7 | 0.14 (Poor) | 0.04 | 0.00 | 4.5 (0–28) | 1.75 (1–7) | 58.4 | 0.18 (Poor) | 0.10 | 0.25 |
*Portion size: S, small; M, medium; L, large. †Scored frequency of weekly consumption: Rarely or never = 0; up to three times = 3; more than three times = 7. ‡Kappa statistic for chance‐corrected agreement. §McNemar's test for symmetry.