TABLE 2.
Short-form for clinical use (the Adult Dietary Intake and Activity [ADIA] scale): | |
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Activity 1 | Think about your physical activity over the past month and include exercise, sports, walking to get places, and strenuous work (eg, pushing a lawnmower). How many days per week do you usually do moderate (eg, walking briskly) to strenuous (eg, running, biking) physical activity? [0–7 days] |
Activity 2 | On the days that you do physical activity, how long are you active (in minutes)? • [Number 0–150] |
Dietary 1 | Based on your understanding of healthy eating, how would you describe your diet? • Almost always healthy • Healthy more often than unhealthy • Healthy about half the time • Unhealthy more often than healthy • Almost always unhealthy |
Longer form for (potential) clinical use and research studies (the ADIA+ scale): | |
Includes three measures above, plus the following: | |
Dietary 2 | How often do you continue to eat after you feel full? |
• [Never, rarely, sometimes, often, very often] | |
Dietary 3 | How often do you eat to cope with feelings of sadness, depression, or stress? |
• [Never, rarely, sometimes, often, very often] | |
Dietary 4 | What do you wish you could change about your diet? Select up to two. |
• Increasing consumption of healthy foods | |
• Decreasing consumption of unhealthy foods | |
• Improving my portion control | |
• Improving the frequency/timing of my eating | |
• Improving my eating-related responses to negative emotions |
Note: Activity measures combined to form a single measure of estimated weekly activity minutes.