Table 3 Dietary, sedentary and sleeping behaviour measured in the EPHE parental questionnaire
Energy balance-related behaviour | Questionnaire item | Response categories |
|---|---|---|
Dietary Behaviour | ||
Fruit consumptiona | 1. How often does your child usually eat fresh fruit? | 8-point scale; (1) Never (2) Less than 1 day/week (3) 1 day/week (4) 2–4 days a week (5) 5–6 days a week (6) Every day, once/day (7) Every day, twice a day (8) Every day, more than twice/day |
Vegetable consumptiona | 1. How often does your child usually eat salad or grated vegetables? | |
2. How often does your child usually eat other raw vegetables? | ||
3. How often does your child usually eat cooked vegetables (incl. vegetable soup)? | ||
Water consumption | 1. How many times a day does your child usually drink water? | 6-point scale; (1) Never (2) Less than once a day (3) Once a day (4) 2–4 times a day (5) 5–6 times a day (6) More than 6 times a day |
2. When your child drinks water, how many glass(es) does (s)he drink? | ||
Fruit juices consumptionb | 1. How many times a week does your child usually drink fruit juices? | 7-point scale; (1) Never (2) Less than once a week (3) Once a week (4) 2–4 days a week (5) 5–6 days a week (6) Every day, once a day (7) Every day, more than once a day |
2. On a day that your child drinks fruit juices, how many glass(es), carton(s), bottle(s) or can(s) does (s)he drink? | ||
Soft drinks consumptionb | 1. How many times a week does your child usually drink soft drinks? | |
2. On a day that your child drinks soft drinks, how many glass(es), can(s) or bottle(s) does (s)he drink? | ||
Diet soft drinks | 1. How many times a week does your child usually drink diet soft drinks? | |
2. On a day that your child drinks diet soft drinks, how many glasses, cans or bottles does (s)he drink? | ||
Sedentary behaviour | 9-point scale; (1) None at all (2) 30 minutes/day (3) 1.0 hour/day (4) 1.5 hours/day (5) 2.0 hours/day (6) 2,5 hours/day (7) 3.0 hours/day (8) 3.5 hours/day (9) 4.0 or more hours/day | |
Television viewingb | 1. About how many hours a day does your child usually watch television in his/her free time? | |
Computer timeb | 1. About how many hours a day does your child usually plays computer games or uses the computer for leisure activities? | |
Sleeping behaviour | ||
1. Does your child have a set daily routine for bedtime?b | (1) yes (2) no | |
2. How many hours a night does your child sleep?b | (1) 6–7 hours (2) 8–9 hours (3) 10–11 hours (4) 12 or more hours | |
3. What time does your child usually goes to bed? | (1) At 18.00 o’clock (2) At 19.00 o’clock (3) At 20.00 o’clock (4) At 21.00 o’clock (5) At 22.00 o’clock (6) At 23.00 o’clock (7) After 23.00 o’clock | |
4. What time does your child usually wake up? | (1) At 05.00 o’clock or earlier (2) At 06.00 o’clock at 07.00 o’clock (3) At 08.00 o’clock (4) At 09.00 o’clock (5) After 09.00 o’clock |