Table 3.

Spearman correlations between the Moore Index of Nutrition Self-Care scale items.

		Items	Pearson correlation	P value
Production	5	I learn about healthy food from watching TV	0.546	≤0.001
	6	I suggest healthy foods for my family to buy	0.648	≤0.001
	9	I ask my teacher about healthy food to eat	0.607	≤0.001
	13	I ask my grandparents questions about healthy eating	−0.314	≤0.001
	17	I find out about healthy eating from nurses	0.678	≤0.001
	19	I study nutrition in school	0.557	≤0.001
	24	I talk to my friends about which healthy foods to eat	0.673	≤0.001
	35	I obtain information about nutrition from the Internet	0.589	≤0.001
	36	I read public announcements about nutritious foods	0.725	≤0.001
	40	I read about nutritious food to eat in magazines or newspapers	0.628	≤0.001
	41	I help my family select food to buy	0.567	≤0.001
	42	I ask other adults questions about healthy eating	0.648	≤0.001
	43	I eat fruit	0.462	≤0.001
	44	I eat green vegetables	0.556	≤0.001
	45	I eat other vegetables	0.501	≤0.001
	46	I eat meat	0.427	≤0.001
	47	I drink milk	0.394	≤0.001
	2	I read about nutrition in books	0.578	≤0.001
	4	I study food labels to learn about nutrients in food	0.583	≤0.001
Estimative	8	I try new foods	0.465	≤0.001
	10	I eat foods containing iron	0.593	≤0.001
	11	I choose to eat foods that contain vitamins	0.600	≤0.001
	21	I eat foods that are good sources of vitamin C	0.755	≤0.001
	22	I wash fruit before eating it	0.482	≤0.001
	23	I make sure that meat I eat is cooked enough	0.478	≤0.001
	25	I eat protein at every meal	0.557	≤0.001
	26	I try to eat food and drink beverages with calcium	0.643	≤0.001
	27	I eat foods that are good sources of vitamin A	0.660	≤0.001
	28	I consider whether my meals have enough protein	0.693	≤0.001
	29	I eat breakfast every day	0.340	≤0.001
	32	I think about whether what I eat is healthy	0.538	≤0.001
	34	I choose to eat foods that are low in fats	0.534	≤0.001
	1	I plan my meals so that they are healthy	0.597	≤0.001
Transitional	3	I choose to drink soda instead of water	0.549	≤0.001
	7	I eat foods that I know are good for me even if I do not like them	0.646	≤0.001
	14	When I buy a snack I choose a soda rather than fruit	0.717	≤0.001
	15	I put a lot of salt on the food that I eat	0.616	≤0.001
	16	I eat the same foods every day	0.706	≤0.001
	20	I ask my mother which foods are healthy	0.607	≤0.001
	30	I drink soda instead of fruit juices	0.645	≤0.001
	31	I would choose to eat sweets instead of a piece of fruit	0.627	≤0.001
	39	I choose to eat chips and other snacks instead of fruit	0.640	≤0.001
	48	I eat sweets	0.483	≤0.001
	50	I eat high-calorie snack foods	0.447	≤0.001