Table 1 Evaluation measures for children and parents participating in the Fuel for Fun study^a

Demographics

Child age, birthdate, gender, race and ethnicity; parent gender, age, race and ethnicity, nutrition and food assistance program participation, level of schooling, serious disease diagnosis

Child information obtained from class rosters provided by schools; parent information is self-reported as part of an online parent survey

X

X

Height/weight

Child measured; parent self-report

Child data collected by research team using standard protocol; parent self-reported as part of online survey

X

X

Dietary intake assessment (24-h recalls)^b

Student-telephone

The Pennsylvania State University Diet Assessment Center protocol

X

X

Parent-online

Physical activity

7-day accelerometry (75 hz; GENEActiv)^c

7 days of free living, wrist-mounted accelerometry data from children and their parents; customized Matlab program will sum child and parent accelerations over 1 and 60 s, respectively, and apply published GENEActiv cutpoints to determine amount of time in MVPA weekday, weekend day, and specific time periods (before school, school-day, after-school, and evening)

X

X

Minutes/week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA); adaptation of Godin/Shephard questionnaire [62]

Students asked days/week and minutes/day of vigorous, moderate, and mild activity during free time; responses for vigorous and moderate PA summed for total MVPA.

X

Screen time

Numbers of hours spent/day watching TV, playing video games or using a computer (not for homework). Responses 0–11 h

X

Stage of change for regular physical activity [42, 43]

Students asked “Do you do regular physical activity as described?” Each of 5 responses correspond to one of the stages of Transtheoretical Model

X

International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) [63]

Responses converted to met-min/week and identified as low, moderate, and high activity categories

X

Cooking experience

Cooking with Kids Student Survey [38]

Do you cook with family? Do you cook with friends? Do you cook? yes or no response options

X

Fruit and vegetable preferences

Cooking with Kids Student Survey

Preference for 7 fruits and 11 vegetables; 18 items, 5 response options, scored from 1 to 5, possible score 18–90. Cronbach’s α 0.82

X

Cooking self-efficacy

Cooking with Kids Student Survey

Self-efficacy for skills related to cooking; 8 items, 5 response options, scored from 1 to 5, possible score 8–40. Cronbach’s α 0.70

X

Cooking attitudes

Cooking with Kids Student Survey

Attitude toward cooking and making food; 6 items, 5 response options, scored from 1 to 5, possible score 6–30.Cronbach’s α 0.76

X

Eating Competence:

Satter Eating Competence Inventory (ecSI 2.0) [44]

Parents: 16 items, 5 response options scored from 3 to 0. Possible score 0–48; scores 32 indicate eating competence. Cronbach’s α 0.89

X

X

Students: FU1 3 Eating attitudes and behavior items; possible score 0–9

FU2 16 items, 5 response options scored from 3 to 0 Possible score 0–48; scores 32 indicate eating competence. Cronbach’s α 0.89

Food resource management skills

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) adults core behavior checklist questions [64]

13 items, 5 response options. Mean value for each item

X

Culinographics (cooking practices demographics)

Questions from Krall and Lohse [44]

7 items, multiple choice

X

Modeling eating behavior

Modeling Scale. Sample items: How often do you eat dinner with your child?

11-items from modified scale, each with 4 response options. Possible scores 0–33. Cronbach’s α 0.77

X

How often do you eat vegetables at dinner with your child? [65]

Self-efficacy/Outcome expectancies (SE/OE)

Perceived ability to offer fruits and vegetables that their child will eat. Sample item: I can prepare vegetables that my child will like. [66]

12-items modified from tested measure each with 5 response options. Possible scores 12–60. Cronbach’s a 0.93

X

In-home fruit and vegetable availability

Fruit and vegetable availability inventory. [46]

20 items (fresh, frozen, canned fruits, vegetables and 100 % juices) listed. Availability was affirmed or denied. Possible scores 0–20

X

Parenting Style

Caregiver’s Feeding Style Questionnaire [67]

19 items, 5 response options. Scores converted to 4 caregiver feeding styles.

X

Parent Perceived Stress

Single item from the Community Health Database [68]

Visual analog scale from 0 (no stress) to 10 (extreme stress).

X

Plate waste assessment^d

Digital photography [51]

Pre-consumption reference trays and post consumption trays photographed; plate waste of each food item estimated to nearest 10 %

X

Physical activity assessment/observation^e

SOPLAY observation [26]

Validated tool for direct observation of physical activity associated and environmental characteristics in free play settings. MVPA and estimates of energy expenditure are calculated from activity counts

X