Assessing eating context and fruit and vegetable consumption in children: new methods using food diaries in the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey Rolling Programme

Table 3 ` by “Where”, “With whom”, “TV on”, “At table”, by age groups, excluding “Not specified” responses

	All ages		1.5-3y		4-6y		7-10y		p-trend*
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	p-trend*
Where
At home	12,020	72.9	4,835	80.3	3,315	68.6	3,870	68.8	<0.001
At school	1,466	8.9	-----	-----	669	13.9	775	13.8	<0.001
Friend's and relative's house	893	5.4	299	5.0	251	5.2	343	6.1	0.007
Care outside home (& school)	495	3.0	400	6.6	83	1.7	-----	-----	<0.001
Other eateries	340	2.1	111	1.8	106	2.2	129	2.3	0.036
Other places	1,265	7.7	376	6.2	407	8.4	510	9.1	<0.001
With whom
Parents	4,422	31.0	2,528	47.5	958	23.3	936	19.4	<0.001
Parents and siblings	3,816	26.8	1,051	19.8	1,308	31.8	1,457	30.2	<0.001
Adult relatives and friends	2,849	20.0	1,118	21.0	807	19.6	924	19.2	0.018
Alone	1,077	7.6	222	4.2	294	7.1	561	11.6	<0.001
Carer and other children/others	358	2.5	216	4.1	95	2.3	47	1.0	<0.001
Friends	1,742	12.2	186	3.5	656	15.9	900	18.7	<0.001
TV on
Yes	5,217	39.5	2,139	43.5	1,412	37.0	1,666	37.1	--
No	8,002	60.5	2,776	56.5	2,405	63.0	2,821	62.9	<0.001
At table
Yes	7,056	55.1	2,495	52.5	2,163	58.6	2,398	55.0	--
No	5,748	44.9	2,254	47.5	1,530	41.4	1,964	45.0	<0.001

* Nonparametric test for trend across ordered groups was used to test if a trend existed in the distribution of each category and age group of children.