Table 4

Eating practices and eating, media and physical activity policies (reliability only)

N = 45
% Agree
Kappa (95% CI)
ICC (95% CI)


Eating practices (days/wk)



Breakfast at home
88.9
0.86 (0.74–0.98)w
0.93 (0.87–0.96)
Breakfast at school
77.8
0.81 (0.70–0.91)w
0.91 (0.85–0.95)
Breakfast elsewhere
86.7
0.64 (0.42–0.87)w
0.71 (0.53–0.83)
Breakfast watching TV
64.4
0.78 (0.66–0.90)w
0.89 (0.80–0.94)
Lunch watching TV
77.8
0.52 (0.29–0.76)w
0.66 (0.46–0.80)
Dinner watching TV
73.3
0.80 (0.70–0.90)w
0.92 (0.86–0.96)
Snacks watching TV
60.0
0.62 (0.44–0.80)w
0.69 (0.51–0.82)
Dinner away from home1
65.9
0.59 (0.43–0.74)w
0.64 (0.42–0.79)
Dining together
75.6
0.79 (0.66–0.92)w
0.89 (0.81–0.94)
Eating policies (categorical)



Location eat dinner
93.3
0.73 (0.46–0.99)
-
Amount served to child
95.6
0.57 (0.13–1.00)w
-
Finish dinner policy 2
75.0
0.75 (0.51–0.91)w
0.79 (0.65–0.88)
Restriction of desserts
53.3
0.61 (0.46–0.77)w
0.75 (0.60–0.86)
Reward with desserts
55.6
0.58 (0.43–0.73)w
0.71 (0.53–0.83)
Seconds policy
64.4
0.36 (0.11–0.61)w
0.32 (0.04–0.56)
Set meal times policy
42.2
0.40 (0.20–0.60)w
0.52 (0.27–0.70)
Child serves own dinner2
63.6
0.68 (0.53–0.84)w
0.77 (0.61–0.87)
Child serves own snacks
68.9
0.65 (0.49–0.82)w
0.77 (0.62–0.87)
Parent avoids snacking
57.8
0.61 (0.47–0.76)w
0.76 (0.61–0.86)
Parent eats healthy
66.7
0.44 (0.21–0.67)w
0.44 (0.17–0.65)
Media and physical activity policies (categorical)



Restrict TV use
71.1
0.68 (0.54–0.83)w
0.79 (0.65–0.88)
Restrict Computer use
60.0
0.62 (0.44–0.80)w
0.66 (0.47–0.80)
Restrict Video Game use3
66.7
0.58 (0.35–0.81)w
0.60 (0.35–0.77)
Reward with TV
77.8
0.77 (0.63–0.92)w
0.82 (0.70–0.90)
Reward with Computer
82.2
0.74 (0.59–0.88)w
0.84 (0.72–0.91)
Reward with Video Game3
87.2
0.75 (0.50–1.00)w
0.86 (0.74–0.93)
Restrict Active indoor play
53.3
0.49 (0.30–0.67)w
0.68 (0.48–0.81)
Restrict outdoor play (yard)4
51.2
0.41 (0.21–0.61)w
0.54 (0.29–0.72)
Restrict outdoor play (neighborhood)
53.3
0.52 (0.34–0.71)w
0.63 (0.41–0.78)

wWeighted Kappa (items with ≥3 response categories); ICC = single measure intraclass correlation coefficient; 1n = 41; 2n = 44; 3n = 39; 4n = 43

Bryant et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2008 5:23   doi:10.1186/1479-5868-5-23