Descriptive Construct | Nutritional Home Environment Item | Children's Dietary Patterns Mean Non-core Foods score (range = 2–43) | p value | |||
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 |  | Frequently | Sometimes | Occasionally | Rarely/Never |  |
Parental behaviours associated with food | Give child food 'treats' | 19.7a | 21.4a | 19.0a | 17.1a | 0.03 |
 | Other carers give child food 'treats' | 19.1a | 23.4b | 19.5a | 18.1a | 0.001 |
 | Offer food rewards/incentives to eat main meals | 19.4ab | 22.1a | 19.7ab | 18.6b | 0.04 |
 | Restrict fruit juice | 17.7a | 21.9b | 19.3ab | 20.8b | 0.007 |
 | Restrict high fat/sugar snack foods | 18.3a | 21.5b | 22.7b | 20.2ab | 0.003 |
 | Restrict carbonated drink/cordial | 18.3a | 23.4b | 21.5ab | 18.5a | <0.001 |
 | Snacks allowed to be eaten in front of TV | 22.0a | 19.9ab | 18.2b | 17.7b | 0.006 |
 | Other meals allowed to be eaten in front of TV | 21.1a | 19.7ab | 22.1a | 17.5b | 0.002 |
 | Child helps prepare food | 18.1a | 19.7a | 18.8ab | 23.5b | 0.004 |
Availability of food in home | Take-away food purchased | 21.5a | 20.5a | 20.2a | 15.5b | 0.005 |
 |  | 0–99 grams | 100–299 grams | 300–699 grams | ≥700 grams |  |
 | Amount of chips, snack savoury biscuits, salted nuts in home | 17.5a | 19.1ab | 19.8ab | 21.7b | 0.01 |
 |  | 0–119 grams | 120–399 grams | 400–799 grams | ≥800 grams |  |
 | Amount of lollies, sweets, chocolates in home | 18.0a | 18.6ac | 22.3bc | 22.8b | <0.001 |
 |  | 0 boxes | 0.5 boxes | 1–2 boxes | >2 boxes |  |
 | Amount of muesli bars/breakfast bars in home | 17.4a | 19.7ab | 21.6b | 21.6b | 0.001 |
 |  | 0–139 grams | 140–499 grams | 500–999 grams | ≥1000 grams |  |
 | Amount of cake/biscuits in home | 17.2a | 18.9ac | 21.6bc | 23.3b | <0.001 |
 | Number of snacks per day | 2.9 ± 1.15 (0–8) snacks per day [r = 0.23d] | <0.001 |