Table 1 |
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Comparison of servings of food and beverage categories by the Eating and Physical Activity Questionnaire (EPAQ) and 24 hr-recall methods (n = 90) |
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EPAQ |
24 hr-recall |
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Food/Beverage groups |
Consumption % |
Servings Mean (95% CI) |
Consumption % |
Servings Mean (95% CI) |
Significance (p-value)a |
rhob |
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Vegetables |
90 |
1.4 (1.2-1.6) |
86 |
1.7 (1.5-2.0) |
n.s. |
0.74 |
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Packaged Snacks |
40 |
0.4 (0.3-0.5) |
37 |
0.5 (0.3-0.6) |
n.s. |
0.60 |
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Fruit |
93 |
2.0 (1.8-2.4) |
91 |
2.1 (1.8-2.4) |
n.s. |
0.66 |
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Chocolate/Confectionary |
39 |
0.4 (0.3-0.5) |
32 |
0.4 (0.3-0.6) |
n.s. |
0.57 |
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Cake/Sweet Biscuits |
53 |
0.6 (0.5-0.8) |
57 |
0.7 (0.6-0.9) |
n.s. |
0.60 |
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Water |
99 |
3.2 (2.8-3.5) |
94 |
4.0 (3.6-4.4) |
0.001 |
0.59 |
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Fruit Juice |
49 |
0.6 (0.4-0.8) |
42 |
0.9 (0.6-1.2) |
n.s. |
0.88 |
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Cordial/Soft Drink |
36 |
0.6 (0.4-0.8) |
32 |
0.7 (0.4--0.9) |
n.s. |
0.82 |
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Plain Milk |
82 |
1.7 (1.4-1.9) |
81 |
2.1 (1.7-2.4) |
n.s. |
0.65 |
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Flavoured Milk |
21 |
0.3 (0.2-0.5) |
22 |
0.6 (0.3-0.8) |
n.s. |
0.74 |
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a Kruskal Wallis test between EPAQ and 24-hr recall; n.s. not significant; bSpearman correlations (rho) between 24 hr-recall and EPAQ, all p < 0.001 |
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Bennett et al. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2009 6:71 doi:10.1186/1479-5868-6-71 |
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