Table 1 Agreement between child and parent report on parental practices regarding five different energy-balance related behaviours

Parental practices

Soft drink consumption

“If I ask my parents for a fizzy drink of fruit squash, I get one”/“If my child asks for soft drinks, I will give it to him/her”

0.30

42.3

0.71

⁺

0.15

40.8

0.79

⁺

0.19

33.7

0.95

⁺

0.15

39.1

0.81

⁺

0.15

47.7

0.61

0.19

34.6

0.89

0.17

40.2

0.76

0.16

35.5

0.81

⁺

0.21

39.2

0.80

⁺

0.23

46.0

“I am allowed to take fizzy drinks or fruit squash whenever I want”/“My child is allowed to take soft drinks whenever (s)he wants”

0.36

35.5

0.94

⁺

0.18

35.0

0.91

⁺

0.20

27.9

1.22

⁺

0.17

25.6

1.18

⁺

0.18

36.4

0.88

⁺

0.22

28.4

1.15

⁺

0.18

33.4

0.92

⁺

0.18

27.0

1.13

⁺

0.24

31.7

1.03

⁺

0.26

49.6

“Are there usually fizzy drinks or fruit squash at your home?”/“There are soft drinks available at home for my child”

0.23

34.7

0.98

⁺

0.22

34.6

0.94

⁺

0.27

32.3

1.01

⁺

0.16

30.6

1.05

⁺

0.15

33.0

0.95

0.22

34.0

0.99

^-

0.22

33.9

1.04

0.32

38.4

0.86

⁺

0.27

33.9

0.98

⁺

0.29

47.8

Fruit juice consumption

“I am allowed to take fruit juices whenever I want”/“My child is allowed to take fruit juices whenever (s)he wants”

0.22

32.7

1.17

⁺

0.16

35.0

1.01

0.11

29.4

1.17

^-

0.15

26.1

1.18

⁺

0.25

31.2

0.99

⁺

0.20

36.5

1.02

0.18

31.9

1.10

0.19

24.1

1.37

⁺

0.19

31.7

1.12

⁺

0.20

50.7

“Are there usually fruit juices in your home?”/“There are fruit juices available at home for my child”

0.27

39.2

0.82

^-

0.20

43.9

0.81

^-

0.20

34.9

0.95

0.20

37.8

0.91

0.43

44.6

0.67

0.21

34.6

0.95

0.25

43.5

0.82

^-

0.33

37.9

0.86

⁺

0.28

39.7

0.85

0.29

60.5

Having breakfast

“My parents encourage me to have breakfast”/“I encourage my child to have breakfast”

0.04

42.7

1.23

^-

0.10

43.0

0.99

^-

0.10

63.0

0.60

^-

0.02

28.1

1.75

^-

0.02

35.1

1.30

^-

0.12

54.9

0.83

^-

0.05

48.2

1.28

^-

0.02

28.4

1.48

^-

0.06

45.2

1.11

^-

0.06

63.8

Are there usually breakfast products (e.g. milk, cereal, bread) at your home?“/”There are breakfast products (e.g. milk, cereal, bread) available at home for my child“

-0.01

71.1

0.34

^-

0.15

74.0

0.33

^-

0.09

73.0

0.34

^-

0.03

69.2

0.36

^-

0.03

71.4

0.32

^-

0.02

59.6

0.54

^-

0.01

80.6

0.22

⁺

0.07

66.1

0.39

^-

0.06

70.9

0.36

^-

0.05

90.7

”How often do you eat breakfast with your parents?“/”How often do you and/or your spouse/partner have breakfast together with your child?“

0.42

45.3

0.86

⁺

0.24

34.2

1.06

⁺

0.28

37.2

0.93

0.30

44.6

0.82

^-

0.31

40.9

0.85

^-

0.27

41.7

0.90

⁺

0.28

38.2

1.09

0.41

47.1

0.81

^-

0.35

40.3

0.94

0.35

50.0

Physical activity/sports

”My parents encourage me to be physically active/do sports“/”I encourage my child to take part in physical activity/sports“

0.08

44.0

0.92

^-

0.16

41.8

0.74

0.17

58.6

0.57

⁺

0.05

34.1

1.11

^-

0.11

44.7

0.82

^-

0.13

57.3

0.64

⁺

0.10

46.2

0.81

^-

0.06

34.5

1.08

^-

0.12

46.8

0.80

0.09

69.3

”How often do you take part in physical activity/do sports with your parents?“/”How often do you and/or your spouse/partner participate in physical activity/sports together with your child (e.g. Play games outside, ride bikes, walk, play sports together)?“

0.13

28.9

0.81

0.14

29.6

0.87

⁺

0.11

26.8

0.99

⁺

0.13

25.6

1.00

^-

0.20

31.9

0.76

^-

0.10

27.9

0.95

0.14

23.3

0.96

⁺

0.08

19.6

0.91

^-

0.14

27.1

0.90

0.12

59.0

Watching TV

”My parents allow me to watch television whenever I want“/”My child is allowed to watch TV/video/dvd whenever (s)he wants“

0.22

28.3

1.11

⁺

0.14

30.4

1.07

0.20

26.5

1.23

⁺

0.23

24.3

1.07

⁺

0.11

25.7

1.12

^-

0.11

21.4

1.31

⁺

0.11

25.4

1.11

0.22

34.3

0.91

⁺

0.17

26.8

1.13

⁺

0.19

43.0

”If I ask my parents to watch television, I can do so“/”If my child asks if (s)he is allowed to watch TV/video/dvd, I will allow it“

0.18

42.6

0.65

⁺

0.17

38.5

0.76

0.14

34.7

0.86

⁺

0.32

50.4

0.55

0.21

47.3

0.59

0.16

39.7

0.74

⁺

0.11

40.8

0.70

0.14

44.8

0.64

0.21

41.4

0.70

⁺

0.23

52.2

”Do you have a television in your own bedroom?“/”TV/video/DVD is available in my child“s room?”^ǁǁ

0.77

89.8

0.75

87.1

0.70

85.0

0.77

87.7

0.80

89.8

0.68

85.9

0.79

78.8

0.72

89.1

0.77^‡

86.3

0.77

86.3

“How often do you watch television with your parents?”/“How often do you (one parent/spouse/partner or both) watch television together with your child?”

0.26

28.9

1.09

⁺

0.20

31.1

1.10

0.24

26.3

1.15

⁺

0.28

31.3

1.03

^-

0.20

37.6

0.87

^-

0.21

29.2

1.05

⁺

0.24

27.4

1.13

^-

0.27

31.8

0.96

⁺

0.25

30.2

1.06

0.27

46.7