CategoryScore (total items) | Items in each score | No. of items | Response |
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Intake | |||
Non-core food (14) | Consumption at recess, lunch or after school of following listed foods potato crisps, chocolate, lollies, muesli bar, savoury biscuits, sweet biscuits, ice-cream/ice block, hot chips, pie/pasty/sausage roll, hot dog, pizza | 11 | Tick if consumed Ω |
 | No. times/week the following listed foods eaten: chocolate/lollies, potato crisps, hot chips | 3 | Frequency scale Aψ |
Sweetened beverages (6) | Consumption at recess, lunch or after school of following listed drinks Cordial, fruit juice, soft drink, diet soft drink | 4 | Tick if consumedΩ |
 | No. times/week the following listed drinks consumed: fruit juice, regular soft drink | 2 | Frequency scale Aψ |
Sweetened beverages without diet soft drink | As above but without diet soft drink | 5 | Â |
Water (2) | Consumption of water at recess, lunch or after school | 1 | Tick if consumedΩ |
 | no. times/week drink water | 1 | Frequency scale Aψ |
Fruit (4) | Consumption of fresh and dried fruit consumed at recess, lunch or after school | 2 | Tick if consumedΩ |
 | Estimated number of fruit serves consumed/day | 1 | Frequency scale BΣ |
 | Number of different fruit consumed yesterday (from a list of 15) | 1 | Tick if consumed: reduced to none = 0, 1 = 1, 2–3 = 2, 4–5 = 3, 6–15 = 4 |
Vegetables (3) | Vegetables consumed at recess, lunch and after school | 1 | Tick if consumedΩ |
 | Estimated number of vegetable serves consumed/day | 1 | Frequency scale BΣ |
 | Number of different vegetables consumed yesterday (from a list of 25) | 1 | Tick if consumed: reduced to none = 0, 1–3 = 1, 4–6 = 2, 7–9 = 3, 10–25 = 4 |
Healthy behaviour | |||
Healthy behaviour (8) | Number of times per week: eat breakfast, carry water bottle, help with groceries, help prepare dinner, eat dinner with family, eat dinner in front of TV§, eat snacks in front of TV§, eat fast food§ | 8 | Frequency scale Aψ |
Attitude | |||
Fruit (5) | With regards to fruit, agreement with: makes me feel healthy§, tastes good§, easy snack§, I like tasting new fruits§, cheap§ | 5 | Likert scale (1 to 5)* |
Vegetable (4) | With regards to vegetables, agreement with: makes me feel healthy§, tastes good§, I like tasting new vegetables§, easy to prepare§ | 4 | Likert scale (1 to 5)* |
Environment | |||
Fruit & vegetable (6) | With respect to fruit & vegetables, agreement with: veg usually served at dinner§, fruit available to eat at home§, parents & teachers encourage fruit & veg consumption§ | 4 | Likert scale (1 to 5)* |
 | Frequency of fruit & veg break at school | 1 | Frequency scale CΦ |
 | Number of fruits and vegetables (15 fruit, 25 veg) never consumed/don't know what they are | 1 | Tick if never consumed or don't know what they are: fruit recoded: none = 2, 1–3 = 1, 4–15 = 0; vegetable recoded: none = 3, 1–2 = 2, 3–6 = 1, 7–25 = 0; two values summed |
Knowledge | |||
Fruit (1) | No. serves fruit should be consumed by a child of your age each day | 1 | Select from: none, < 1 a day, 1–2 a day, more than 5 a day |
Vegetables (1) | No. serves vegetables should be consumed by a child of your age each day | 1 | Select from: none, < 1 a day, 1–2 a day, more than 5 a day |