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Table 1 Dichotomised diet variables

From: Adolescent dietary patterns in Fiji and their relationships with standardized body mass index

Diet variable

Dichotomised diet variable

 

Healthier

Less healthy

Breakfast, lunch and morning snack

  

Breakfast consumption

Frequent consumer (4–5 days in the last 5 school days)

Infrequent consumer (0–3 days in the last 5 school days)

Source of breakfast

Home

Outside-home (school canteen, shops, friends)

Morning snack consumption

Frequent consumer (4–5 days in the last 5 school days)

Infrequent breakfast consumer (0–3 days in the last 5 school days)

Source of morning snack

Home

Outside-home (school canteen, shops, friends)

Lunch consumption

Frequent consumer (4–5 days in the last 5 school days)

Infrequent lunch consumer (0–3 days in the last 5 school days)

Source of lunch

Home

Outside-home (school canteen, shops, friends)

Fruit and vegetable

  

Fruit and vegetable consumption

High consumer (≥5 serves a day)

Low consumer (≤5 serves a day)

Fruit consumption after school

Frequent consumer (every day/ almost every day/ most days)

Infrequent consumer (some days/ hardly)

Availability of fruit at home after school

Frequent (every day/ almost every day/ most days)

Infrequent (some days/ hardly)

Sugar sweetened beverages

  

SSB consumption (frequency)

Infrequent consumer (0–3 days in the last 5 school days)

Frequent consumer (4–5 days in the 5 school days)

SSB consumption (quantity)

Low consumer (≤2 glasses on the last school day)

High consumer (≥ 2 glasses on the last school day)

Availability of SSB at home after school

Infrequent (some days/hardly ever/never)

Frequent (every day/almost every day)

Takeaway consumption

Infrequent consumer (about once a week/2-3 times a month/once a month or less)

Frequent consumer (usually more than once a week)

Takeaway consumption for dinner

Infrequent consumer (2–3 times a month/once a month or less)

Frequent consumer (more than once a week)

Snacks

  

Buying snacks after school

Infrequent (0–3 days in the last 5 school days)

Frequent (4–5 days in the last 5 school days)

Snacks consumption after school

Infrequent consumer (some days/hardly ever/never)

Frequent consumer (every day/almost every day)

Availability of snacks at home

Infrequent (some days/hardly ever/never)

Frequent (every day/most days) or

Consumption of fried food after school

Infrequent consumer (some days/hardly ever/never

Frequent consumer (every day/most days)

Consumption of confectionary after school

Infrequent consumer (some days/hardly ever/never)

Frequent consumer (every day/most days)

Availability of confectionery at home

Infrequent (some days/hardly ever/never)

Frequent (every day/most days)