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Healthy Eating Vital Sign: A New Assessment Tool for Eating Behaviors

Table 3

Discriminant and criterion Pearson correlation coefficients between Healthy Eating Vital Sign and Block Food Frequency Questionnaire, .


	Healthy Eating Vital Sign Questions^†
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

BFFQ
Energy (kcals)	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.4^**	0.3^*	0.3^*	−0.0	−0.1	0.0	−0.1
Fat (gms)	0.3^*	0.3	0.3^*	0.4^**	0.2	0.2	−0.1	−0.1	−0.1	−0.1
Saturated fat (gms)	0.3^*	0.2	0.3^*	0.4^**	0.3^*	0.3^*	−0.10	−0.2	−0.1	−0.1
Monounsaturated fat (gms)	0.4^**	0.3^*	0.3^*	0.4^**	0.2	0.2	−0.1	−0.1	−0.1	−0.2
Cholesterol (mg)	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.4^**	0.3^*	0.3^*	−0.2	−0.2	−0.1	−0.1
Fiber (gms)	0.0	−0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.3^*	0.3^*	0.3^*	0.1
Sugar (gms)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4^**	0.4^***	0.3^*	−0.0	−0.1	0.1	0.1
Trans-fats (gms)	0.5^***	0.4^*	0.2	0.4^**	0.2	0.2	−0.2	−0.3^*	−0.2	−0.2
Sweets/desserts (%kcals)	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.3^*	0.1	0.1	−0.1	−0.2	−0.1	−0.1
Breads, cereals, rice, and pasta (svgs)	0.4^**	0.3^*	0.2	0.3^*	0.2	0.2	−0.1	−0.1	−0.1	−0.2
Fats and oils, sweets, and sodas (svgs)	0.2	0.2	0.3^*	0.4^**	0.2	0.1	−0.1	−0.2	−0.2	−0.1
Whole grains (svgs)	0.0	−0.0	0.1	0.3^*	−0.0	0.0	0.1	−0.0	0.0	−0.1
Fiber beans (gms)	−0.0	−0.0	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.4^**	0.3^*	0.3
Fiber vegetables, fruits (gms)	−0.1	−0.2	−0.2	−0.2	−0.1	−0.1	0.4^**	0.4^**	0.3^*	0.3
Vegetables (svgs)	−0.1	−0.1	−0.1	−0.2	−0.1	−0.1	0.3^*	0.3^*	0.3	0.2
Fruits and fruit juices (frqncy)	−0.1	−0.2	−0.1	−0.1	0.2	0.1	0.4^**	0.3^*	0.4^**	0.4^**

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^†HEVS 1: restaurant/fast food consumption last week. HEVS 2: typical restaurant/fast food consumption. HEVS 3: non diet soda consumption yesterday. HEVS 4: typical nondiet soda consumption. HEVS 5: juice/punch consumption yesterday. HEVS 6: juice/punch consumption yesterday. HEVS 7: vegetable consumption yesterday. HEVS 8: typical vegetable consumption. HEVS 9: fruit consumption yesterday. HEVS 10: typical fruit consumption.