Table 1.

Dietary indicators and calculation of dietary index.

	Cutoff points = criteria for max score ( = 10)		Proportion fulfilling recommendations
Dietary index indicators	Recommended frequency	Corresponding value (answer options 0–8)	Boys (%)	Girls (%)
Whole grain cereals	Daily	7	17%	18%
Fish (for dinner and on bread)	≥3 times/week*	3	24%	25%
Sweets/bakery goods/sugary soda (mean of the 3 variables)	≤1 time/week**	1	32%	33%
Fruits/berries, and vegetables (mean of the 2 variables)	Several times a day	7.5	6%	14%

*≥2 dinners/week and on sandwiches **not on schooldays/weekdays, (1 time/week).