The following is the summary of the parents’ opinions:

1. All respondents (100%) believe that parents are the primary role models of their children.
2. Most of the respondents (76%) believe that children do what their parents do.
3. Most of the respondents (65%) believe that parents are more effective than teachers in influencing the health related behaviors of their children.
4. Most of the respondents (88%) agreed that the parent plays an important role in determining what his/her child/children eat and how much physical activity his/her child/children get.
5. All respondents (100%) agreed that if the parent eats well, there is a good chance the family will follow his/her example.
6. Most of the respondents (94%) agreed that if the parent is physically active, there is a good chance the family will follow his/her example.
7. Most of the respondents (76%) agreed that as a parent, he/she often makes sure that healthy snacks are easily available for his/her family.
8. Most of the respondents (76%) agreed that as a parent, he/she often chooses healthy foods for himself/ herself.
9. Most of the respondents (82%) agreed that he/she tries to be physically active most days.
10. Most of the respondents (70%) agreed that he/she often plans physically active outings for his/her family.
11. Most of the respondents (65%) agreed that in his/her family, they have set some rules on foods and eating that they try to follow.
12. All respondents believe that one can maintain a healthy weight just by making sure that food intake (energy in) equals physical activity (energy out) on most days.
13. Most of the respondents (70%) believe that one effective way of losing weight is to burn more energy than one takes in.
14. About half of the respondents (53%) believe that being more active on one day can not help balance extra calories consumed on another day.
15. More than half of the respondents (59%) do not know the difference between the serving size and portion size.
16. Three quarters (76%) of the respondents disagreed that the portion sizes of food have remained the same over the years.
17. About half of the respondents (53%) disagreed that when a person eats larger portions, more physical activity will not prevent him/her from gaining weight.
18. Three quarters (76%) of the respondents indicated that fried foods and baked goods should only be eaten occasionally.
19. Most of the respondents (82%) indicated baking, broiling, boiling and microwaving are healthy ways to cook.
20. Most of the respondents (82%) indicated that removing the skin from poultry is a good way to reduce the fat.
21. Most of the respondents (88%) indicated that the statement, “health experts say that children should spend at least one hour each day in moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity” is true.
22. Three quarters (76%) of the respondents indicated that multiple short periods of exercise (e.g. four 10 minute periods) are as beneficial as a single long period (e.g. 40 minutes) in terms of healthy weight maintenance.
23. Most of the respondents (82%) indicated that the statement, “it may be adequate for adults to spend just 30 minutes each day engaged in moderate physical activity to be physically fit” is true.
24. More than half of the respondents (59%) believe that the statement, “children who do not have television in their bedrooms spend as much time watching television as children who do have them in their bedrooms” Is false.
25. More than half of the respondents (59%) believe that people tend to eat more when they spend a lot of time watching TV.
26. 26. Most of the respondents (88%) believe that the statement, “studies show that children in homes where rules on watching TV are enforced spend less time watching TV than children in homes where such rules are not enforced” is true.