Table 1.

Comparison and agreement between sub‐scores for each component from the first administration of DICE and the 4DFR (n = 63)

DICE components	Mean intake (serves/d) (DICE)a	Mean intake (serves/d) (4DFR)a	Mean difference (serves/d) (DICE & 4DFR)	DICE scoresa	4DFR scoresa	Differences between DICE scores and 4DFR scores	Wilcoxon test (p‐value)	Spearman's correlation coefficients (r)	Correlation (p‐value)
Serves of fruit	3.6 ± 0.7	2.0 ± 0.6	1.6	9.0 ± 1.8	9.0 ± 1.8	0	0.655	0.913	<0.001
Variety of fruit	‐	‐	‐	4.7 ± 0.8	4.1 ± 0.9	0.6	<0.001	0.224	0.078
Serves of vegetables	3.0 ± 1.0	1.5 ± 0.6	1.5	7.6 ± 2.7	7.6 ± 2.7	0	0.655	0.965	<0.001
Variety of vegetables	‐	‐		4.2 ± 0.9	3.8 ± 0.8	0.4	0.004	0.440	<0.001
Serves of bread and cereals	3.2 ± 0.8	3.1 ± 0.8	0.1	8.0 ± 2.0	7.6 ± 2.1	0.4	0.002	0.853	<0.001
Serves of wholegrain products	‐	‐	‐	3.9 ± 1.6	3.8 ± 1.6	0.1	0.796	0.712	<0.001
Serves of milk and milk products	4.0 ± 1.7	1.8 ± 0.7	2.2	6.6 ± 2.5	6.4 ± 2.5	0.2	0.206	0.889	<0.001
Serves of meat and its alternatives	2.6 ± 1.0	1.3 ± 0.5	1.3	9.0 ± 1.9	9.6 ± 1.3	−0.6	0.008	0.605	<0.001
Number of meals and snacks	‐	‐	‐	5.0 ± 0.0	5.0 ± 0.0	0	0.677	1	<0.001
Frequency of consuming low fat foods, snacks, and drinks	‐	‐	‐	2.0 ± 2.1	3.8 ± 2.0	−1.8	<0.001	−0.300	0.017
Frequency of consuming low salt foods, snacks, and drinks	‐	‐	‐	3.3 ± 2.1	1.0 ± 1.9	2.3	<0.001	0.191	0.134
Frequency of consuming low sugar foods, snacks, and drinks	‐	‐	‐	4.1 ± 1.5	0.6 ± 1.5	3.5	0.001	−0.025	0.846
Fluid consumption	‐	‐	‐	10.1 ± 5.8	11.3 ± 5.3	−1.2	0.047	0.611	<0.001

Note. DICE: Dietary Index for a Child's Eating; 4DFR: 4‐day estimated food records.

^aValues represent mean ± SD.