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

Mak, Tsz Ning; Prynne, Celia J; Cole, Darren; Fitt, Emily; Roberts, Caireen; Bates, Beverley; Stephen, Alison M

doi:10.1186/1479-5868-9-126

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 5 Odds of fruit and vegetable consumption by quartiles of amount and "where" the eating occasions took place, stratified by age group*

From: 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

	All ages						1.5-3y						4-6y						7-10y
	Fruit			Vegetables			Fruit			Vegetables			Fruit			Vegetables			Fruit			Vegetables
	n=4542			n=3665			n=1841			n=1259			n=1407			n=1113			n=1294			n=1293
	OR	95% C.I.		OR	95% C.I.		OR	95% C.I.		OR	95% C.I.		OR	95% C.I.		OR	95% C.I.		OR	95% C.I.		OR	95% C.I.
Q2
At home	1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00
At school	1.41	0.99	2.00	2.20	1.48	3.28	----	----	----	----	----	----	1.29	0.71	2.33	3.56	1.81	7.01	1.46	0.79	2.71	1.90	0.99	3.64
Friend's and relative's house	0.77	0.50	1.17	1.08	0.72	1.62	1.01	0.52	1.96	1.01	0.53	1.94	0.49	0.22	1.11	1.48	0.69	3.18	0.90	0.41	1.96	0.82	0.39	1.71
Care outside home	2.35	1.45	3.81	1.39	0.83	2.34	2.39	1.40	4.07	1.60	0.89	2.88	0.98	0.27	3.51	0.29	0.03	2.76	----	----	----	----	----	----
Other eateries	0.38	0.19	0.75	0.58	0.36	0.93	0.38	0.13	1.07	0.79	0.33	1.90	0.33	0.10	1.10	0.43	0.18	1.00	0.65	0.17	2.44	0.62	0.28	1.39
Other places	0.80	0.54	1.19	0.36	0.20	0.64	0.72	0.41	1.28	0.19	0.05	0.70	0.79	0.40	1.54	0.30	0.10	0.94	0.74	0.29	1.86	0.41	0.18	0.95
Q3
At home	1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00
At school	2.55	1.82	3.58	1.53	1.01	2.30	----	----	----	----	----	----	3.53	1.95	6.37	1.38	0.69	2.77	1.73	0.95	3.14	1.91	1.00	3.65
Friend's and relative's house	0.66	0.43	1.03	1.00	0.66	1.52	1.06	0.55	2.04	0.74	0.36	1.54	0.19	0.07	0.54	1.17	0.53	2.56	0.80	0.36	1.79	0.96	0.48	1.93
Care outside home	2.15	1.32	3.50	1.00	0.57	1.74	2.12	1.23	3.63	0.81	0.41	1.59	2.33	0.71	7.60	1.68	0.49	5.78	----	----	----	----	----	----
Other eateries	0.37	0.18	0.74	0.39	0.23	0.66	0.60	0.24	1.53	0.43	0.15	1.26	0.37	0.11	1.26	0.20	0.07	0.58	0.43	0.10	1.86	0.56	0.25	1.26
Other places	0.91	0.63	1.34	0.23	0.12	0.45	0.93	0.54	1.60	0.36	0.12	1.06	0.71	0.36	1.44	0.30	0.10	0.93	1.25	0.56	2.81	0.14	0.04	0.44
Q4
At home	1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00
At school	1.87	1.35	2.60	0.49	0.32	0.75	----	----	----	----	----	----	1.88	1.06	3.32	0.49	0.24	0.98	1.47	0.85	2.55	0.57	0.30	1.09
Friend's and relative's house	0.71	0.47	1.07	0.63	0.41	0.96	1.01	0.51	2.01	0.52	0.23	1.16	0.47	0.22	1.01	0.88	0.41	1.91	0.72	0.35	1.48	0.50	0.25	0.99
Care outside home	1.31	0.78	2.19	0.28	0.13	0.60	1.34	0.74	2.42	0.25	0.10	0.64	1.37	0.43	4.36	0.33	0.07	1.54	----	----	----	----	----	----
Other eateries	0.21	0.09	0.47	0.25	0.15	0.43	0.55	0.19	1.56	0.22	0.06	0.80	0.15	0.03	0.62	0.20	0.08	0.49	0.17	0.03	0.90	0.32	0.15	0.70
Other places	1.01	0.70	1.45	0.14	0.07	0.27	1.47	0.86	2.50	0.19	0.05	0.69	0.44	0.22	0.89	0.11	0.03	0.42	1.66	0.81	3.41	0.11	0.04	0.29

All models adjusted for age, sex, timeslot, weekday/weekend variation and NSSEC.
OR in bold = p < 0.05.
* In eating occasions where fruit or vegetables were consumed only.

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