Table 2 Gaming aspects and behavior, physical activity, sedentary and dietary behavior assessed in questionnaires
| Â | Items and answering categories | Instrument/source |
|---|---|---|
Gaming aspects and behavior | Â | Â |
Time spent non-active gaming | 1. How often do you play non-active games on weekdays? (1–5 days a week) | De Jong et al., 2013 [50] |
2. How long per day do you play non-active games on a weekday? (… hours; … minutes) | ||
3. How often do you play non-active games on weekend days? (1–2 days a week) | ||
4. How long per day do you play non-active games on a weekend day? (… hours; … minutes) | ||
Time spent active gaming | 1. How often do you play active games on weekdays? (1–5 days a week) | De Jong et al., 2013 [50] |
2. How often do you play active games on weekend days? (1–2 days a week) | ||
3. How often do you play active games on weekend days? (1–2 days a week) | ||
4. How long per day do you play active games on a weekend day? (… hours; … minutes) | ||
Companions for active/non-active gaming | With whom do you usually play active/ non-active games? | Specifically developed for the current study1 |
- By myself, | ||
- With my parents, | ||
- With my brother/sister, | ||
- With my friends, | ||
- With somebody else, namely … | ||
Game consoles and applications owned | Which consoles and application do you have at home? (PlayStation 1/2/3; PlayStation Move; PSP (PlayStation Portable); Xbox; Xbox 360; Kinect; (Super)Nintendo; Nintendo Wii; Nintendo DS(i); Gamecube; Gameboy; Dance Dance Revolution; EyeToy; Computer/Laptop; iPad or another tablet) | Specifically developed for the current study1 |
Physical activity | Â | Â |
Sports | 1. Which sports do you play in leisure time? | Flemish physical activity computer questionnaires [51] |
2. How often do you play these sports in leisure time? (1–7 times a week, > 7 times a week) | ||
3. How long do you play these sports when you play them in leisure time (…hours; ..minutes) | ||
Active transport | Â | Â |
School | 1. How do you usually go to school? (bike, walking, train/car/bus/scooter/moped, step/roller-skates/skateboard/wave board) | Flemish physical activity computer questionnaires [51] |
2. How long does it take to go from home to school (one way)? … minutes | ||
3. Do you go home during lunch break? (yes; no) | ||
4. On which days do you go home during | ||
5. Lunch break? (Monday; Tuesday; Wednesday; Thursday; Friday) | ||
Leisure time | Weekdays | |
6. How long on a weekday do you usually walk in your leisure time to go somewhere (excluding walking to school, work or trainee post)? (0–10; 10–20; 20–30; 30–40;40–50; 50–60 minutes per day; more than one hour per day (… hours and … minutes per day) | ||
7. How long on a weekday do you usually cycle in your leisure time to go somewhere (excluding walking to school, work or trainee post)? (0–10;10–20; 20–30; 30–40; 40–50; 50–60 minutes per day; more than one hour per day (… hours and … minutes per day) | ||
Weekend days | ||
8. How long on a weekend day do you usually walk in your leisure time to go somewhere (excluding walking to school, work or trainee post)? (0–10; 10–20; 20–30; 30–40; 40–50; 50–60 minutes per day; more than one hour per day (… hours and … minutes per day) | ||
9. How long on a weekend day do you usually cycle in your leisure time to go somewhere (excluding walking to school, work or trainee post)? (0–10; 10–20; 20–30; 30–40; 40–50; 50–60 minutes per day; more than one hour per day (… hours and … minutes per day) | ||
Sedentary screen time | Â | Â |
TV time | About how many hours a day do you watch television in a normal week? (excluding school time) | Flemish physical activity computer questionnaires [51] |
- During weekdays: …. hours; …. minutes. | ||
- During weekend days: …hours; …. minutes | ||
Computer time | About how many hours a day do you spend on the computer (e.g. chatting, internet) in a normal week? (excluding non-active and active gaming) | Â |
- During weekdays: …. hours; …. minutes. | ||
- During weekend days: …hours; …. minutes | ||
Dietary behavior | Â | Â |
Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages | Sugar-sweetened beverages were defined as carbonated soft drinks, other non-carbonated sugar sweetened drinks (water-based beverages that contain sugar) and so-called sport and energy drinks (e.g. AA, Extran, Aquarius, Red Bull). Excluding light or diet drinks and fruit juices. | Van der Horst et al. 2008 [52] |
1. On how many days a week do you usually drink soda? (1–7 days a week) | ||
2. If you drink soda, how many soda do you drink on average on one day? | ||
  How many glasses/packages (250 ml)? (none, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or more) | ||
  How many cans (330 ml)? (none, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or more) | ||
  How many bottles (500 ml)? (none, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or more) | ||
3. On how many days a week do you usually eat cake or candy? (1–7 days a week) | ||
4. If you eat cake or candy, how many do you eat on average on one day? | ||
  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or more portions/pieces | ||
Consumption of snacks | Savory (fast-food, pizza, fries, chips, nuts). | |
1. On how many days a week do you usually eat snacks? | ||
  1-7 days a week | ||
5. If you eat snacks, how many do you eat on average on one day? | ||
  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or more portions/pieces | ||
Sweet (candy, candy bars, chocolate, cake, biscuits) | ||
1. On how many days a week do you usually eat cake or candy? | ||
  1-7 days a week | ||
2. If you eat cake or candy, how many do you eat on average on one day? | ||
|  |   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or more portions/pieces |  |