Table 2

Consumption habits and F&V availability at home reported by parents (pre-intervention)

CharacteristicsControl group
(n = 59)		Specific message
group (n = 58)		Generic message
group (n = 54)		K–W test
p-valuea		Total sample
(N = 171)
Vegetables consumption (MD) (n = 162)3320.7113
0, Never or rarely (%)12.737.2715.38 11.73
1, 1–3 times a week (%)21.8210.9113.46 15.43
2, 4–6 times a week (%)14.5529.0923.08 22.22
3, Once a day (%)23.6430.9126.92 27.16
4, More than once a day (%)27.2721.8221.15 23.46
Fruit consumption (MD) (n = 161)3320.1803
0, Never or rarely (%)9.099.099.80 9.32
1, 1–3 times a week (%)20.0014.5533.33 22.36
2, 4–6 times a week (%)18.1818.1813.73 16.77
3, Once a day (%)29.0927.2723.53 26.71
4, More than once a day (%)23.6430.9119.61 24.84
F&V availability at home (MD) (n = 161)3330.8213
0, Never (%)1.8501.92 1.24
1, Occasional (%)7.415.4515.38 9.32
2, Frequent (%)12.9612.7315.38 13.66
3, Often (%)29.634019.23 29.81
4, Always (%)48.1541.8248.08 45.96

Notes:

acomparison of medians among treatments using Kruskal–Wallis rank sum tests. *, ** and *** denote significant difference at the 0.10, 0.05 and 0.01 levels, respectively

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