Variables coded from each menu | Description |
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1. Availability of a FV side dish | Whether there was at least one FV side available on the children’s menu (1) or not (0) |
2. Prevalence of FV side dishes | The number of FV side dishes divided by the total number of side dishes on each children’s menu |
3. Default status of FV side dishes | Restaurants were coded based on the default side dish options on their children’s menu: |
1 = FV always the default | Included restaurants in which a FV was always the default side dish and restaurants in which there was no default, but all side dishes offered were FV |
2 = FV sometimes the default | Included restaurants in which the side dish depended on the main dish ordered: some meals came with a FV side dish by default while others did not |
3 = FV never the default | Included restaurants in which a non-FV was always the default side dish and restaurants in which there were no default side dishes (and possible side dish options included non-FV) |
4. Types of FV side dishes: | Whether each of the FV side dish items listed below (n = 19 possibilities across restaurants) were included on the children’s menu (0 = no, 1 = yes, 2 = two distinct forms of that item were included as side dish options; e.g., corn on the cob and corn kernels). |
• Apples | |
• Applesauce | |
• Mixed fruit | |
• Grapes | |
• Oranges | |
• Non-fried potatoes | |
• Corn | |
• Green beans | |
• Broccoli | |
• Carrots | |
• Celery | |
• Salad | |
• Mixed vegetables | |
• Pineapple | |
• Baked beans | |
• Cole slaw | |
• Berries | |
• Other beans | |
• Greens |