Child leaving food on the plate after meals: Likert’s scale 0–4 increases with child leaving food on plate
1.7 (0.9)
(4) Sociocultural
Organisational policies
Mixing different ages
CC questionnaire
N of different age classes within a CC group
4.2 (1.3)
PA policies
Staff participation in PA
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: PA
Staff participation during free PA: Likert’s scale 0–3 increases with more staff participation
2.0 (0.7)
Staff PA training
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: PA
N of staff members with PA training and education
0.6 (1.1)
Written PA policy (% yes)
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: PA
Presence of a written policy for promoting PA
68
Daily PA (%)
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: PA
Time dedicated to daily PA per CC
<30 minutes
2
31–60 minutes
25
61–90 minutes
20
> 90 minutes
53
Daily structured PA (min)
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: PA
Time in minutes dedicated to daily structured PA
30.8 (25.1)
Parental PA involvement (% yes)
CC questionnaire
Parental involvement in PA projects set up by the CC
48
Nutritional policies
Staff nutrition training
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: nutrition
N of staff members with children nutritional training and education
1.5 (0.9)
Staff food encouragement
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: nutrition
Staff encouraging children to health all kind of healthy foods: Likert’s scale 1–4 increases with more encouragement from staff
3.8 (0.5)
Children self-service
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: nutrition
Children serve themselves without any help from staff: Likert’s scale 1–4 increases with more food self-service from children
3.1 (0.9)
Clean plate
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: nutrition
Children are encouraged to finish their plate: Likert’s scale 1–4 increases with more encouragement from staff to finish their plate
1.7 (1.0)
Fruits availability
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: nutrition
Frequency of fruits availability in CC: Likert’s scale 1–4 increases with more fruits availability
3.8 (0.4)
Vegetables availability
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: nutrition
Frequency of vegetables availability in CC: Likert’s scale 1–4 increases with more vegetables availability
3.4 (0.5)
Sweet drinks availability
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: nutrition
Frequency of sweet drinks availability in CC: Likert’s scale 0–3 increases with more sweets drinks availability
0.1 (0.4)
Juices availability
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: nutrition
Frequency of juices availability in CC: Likert’s scale 0–3 increases with more juices availability
0.7 (1.1)
Water availability
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: Nutrition
Availability of drinking water in CC: Likert’s scale 0–3 increases with more water being freely available
2.9 (0.4)
Using food as reward
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: nutrition
Food is used to reward desired behavior: Likert’s scale 0–3 increases with more food reward
0.1 (0.3)
Using food as regulator
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: nutrition
Food is used to control behavior or as punishment: Likert’s scale 0–3 increases with more often food used to control behavior
0.1 (0.3)
(5) Physical environment
CC surface
CC questionnaire
Ratio of the CC surface (m2) per number of children
7.0 (5.1)
CC attendance
Parental report
N of full days child attending CC per week
2.8 (1.2)
PA
PA indoor space (% yes)
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: PA
Presence of indoor space dedicated for PA
80
PA outdoor space (% yes)
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: PA
Presence of outdoor space dedicated for PA
91
Fixed PA equipment
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: PA
N of fixed equipment related to PA
2.9 (2.5)
Mobile PA equipment
NAP SACC questionnaire Subscale: PA
N of mobile equipment related to PA
18.9 (19.8)
N = number; CC = childcare; SES = socioeconomic status; SDQ = strength and difficulties questionnaire; CEBQ = child eating behavior questionnaire; PA = physical activity; NAP SACC = nutrition and physical activity self-assessment for childcare; = correlates included in the models with adiposity as outcome. We used a modified version of the NAP SACC questionnaire.