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National Diet and Nutrition Survey : Adults Aged 19 to 64 Years, 2000-2001

Variable Details

Variablewhprob
LabelWhat were these problems?
Responses
-9 1996
1 1
1st day -iffy-ok after that 1
2 occasions eating in had visitors so didnt weigh those 1
A couple of times I forgot to weigh the plate 1
Battery packed up in scales Saturday night rectified Sunday a.m. 1
Being away 1
Couldn't really get the hang of the scales - I thought they were a bit difficult going back to 0 1
Couldn't remember to zero scales at first 1
Didnt like bothering with it - too difficult 1
Dodgy scales 1
Eating out 1
Eating out at buffets was difficult to record 1
Eating out more 1
Food went cold whilst weighing 1
Forgetting to wigh the plate or cup first and then getting confused 1
Forgot to take scales to work 1
Found instructions on card very confusing 1
Found wieghing alll ingredients of meals difficult with 4 small children around. 1
Got fed up with weighing drinks 1
I found it very time consuming and I didnt really have time to record and weigh I didnt realise it 1
I weighed them and interviewer wrote up diary 1
I would forget to weigh coffee separately from the water, if I made a mistake I would start all over 1
Ill during diary keeping period 1
Kept forgeting to zero scales - but redid it 1
LONG DISTANCE LORRY DRIVER SLEEPS AND COOKS IN CAB 1
Less accurate as week went on 1
No scales 1
Not very good Englsih - needed help from children 1
Occasionally forgot to record food eaten at pub or afgter pub 1
Pepsi max bottle too heavy for the scales 1
Problems with accuracy of scales 1
Quite difficult segregating the main meals 1
Remembering how to use the scales properly 1
Remembering to do it 1
Resp. refused to weigh anything,just listed items consumed with times 1
Scales ceased to work 1
Scales slow to register 1
Scales were difficult to operate 1
She forgets half way thro' 1
Should have been separate chart for drinks 1
TIME CONSUMING 1
TO TEDIOUS ASKING TOO MUCH TO KEEP IT UP FOR SEVEN DAYS 1
Taken ill so didn't use scales much 1
Too busy to do it properly 1
USING SCALES 1
Using the scales for drinks 1
Was severely depressed for first two days so forgot to zero scales 1
Weighing a bit chaotic 1
Weighing of food 1
a bit of an effort to keep up with the recording 1
a few estimates 1
a little intrusive when I was wanting to weigh Sunday lunch prepare something and found I hadnt wqei 1
ate a lot of food out but took scales 1
being on hol. didnt always take scales 1
busy not well did not weigh much 1
cannot see scales with plate on and difficult in front of friends 1
coffee granules would sometimes not record anything but then when I reweighed they came up with 1gm 1
confused at first but got the hang of it later 1
confusion over when to zero and when to add items to container 1
cooked fantastic meal and felt bad about not weighing the bits saparately 1
could not get hang of scales at first and it was a pain trying to weigh things. 1
could not manage scales and children would not give me peace to do it properly 1
could not use scales properly 1
couldn't see the figures on the display 1
couldn't understand it to start with 1
couldn't weigh anything as i found it too hard 1
couldnt conetrate to do it himself 1
couldnt cope with recording & weighing 1
couldnt get the hang of the scales 1
did n ot weigh, no time to weigh 1
did no weighing 1
did not have time 1
did not have time to weigh 1
did not like forms - prefered to use notebook for interviewer to write up 1
did not like scales 1
did not like the scales 1
did not weigh 1
did not weigh food 1
did not weigh food, worried about infection, this lady has had 5 infections laterly, due to kidney 1
did not weigh it 1
did not weigh the food or drink, just recorded 1
did not weigh, just recorded 1
did not weigh, just recorded, couldnt be bothered 1
difficult at first-then got into it 1
difficulties using scales 1
difficulty weighing while out lot of food bwas free 1
dinner gets cold ! 1
duff scales on the first day,after that all was ok 1
eating out at firends on sat / restaurant 1
extra work more stress 1
faulty scale, first day & half 1
faulty scales for first day and a half 1
fed up doing all the same entries 1
feeling ill - couldn't really be bothered with wieghting 1
fiddly to do eg nachos were tricky 1
first day when i slept in 1
forget to zero on occasions 1
forgetful,not well,that is why cd helped 1
forgetting at times 1
forgetting the zeroing 1
forgetting to tara 1
forgetting to zero 1
forgot 1
forgot and not enough time because od kids 1
forgot to tara now and again, but got round it Ok 1
forgot to weigh 1
forgot weights 1
found it fiddly and difficult to read scales with plate on 1
found paperwork a problem 1
getting hang of scales 1
getting the container and food weights seperate and writing it in 1
getting the hang of remembering 1
getting used to it 1
getting used to scales 1
getting used to the scales 1
getting used to the things-and young son around 1
getting used to using the tara etc 1
got a bit mixed up 1
granuloe registering on scales 1
had a problem zeroing th scales at 1st,but only on the practise day 1
had to get used to it 1
had to get used to the method day or two to get it right 1
hard to get into the swing of it hard to remember to record everything 1
hard to weigh when serving several meals 1
having to keep recording the same items i.e. cups of tea over and over again is tedious 1
having toweigh everything 1
home made meal with lots of ingredients then being clear in diary about what elements eaten in what 1
husband cooked meal without weighing 1
i couldn't cope with it so my partner did it,we didn't weigh anything 1
i didnt understan why you had to weigh the plate 1
i forgot sometimes and had to do it again 1
i had a really busy week with work - it wasn't a representative week - and did a fair amount of trav 1
initial problem over cup of tea... rectified later 1
irritating 1
it became tedious after 3 or 4 days especially having to record the same brand names every time we l 1
it was a job to get it done 1
it was worse than weight watchers but i did not mind 1
it wqas confusing 1
its a real pain 1
juggling act getting stuff off cooker 1
just allowing the time to do it,as i found it time consuming 1
just forgetting to weigh food items and bare plate separatelye 1
just forgot sometimes 1
just getting into it & reminding self 1
just hard to remember to do it 1
just having the time 1
just remembering to enter items with separate weights for plates and cups etc 1
just the time to do it 1
kept forgeting how to weigh food and the book was confusing 1
kept forgetting 2
kept forgetting to weigh things 1
kept recording cumulative weights-found this easier 1
lack of time - I often didn't weigh properly 1
language 1
less spontaneous eating 1
mainly out, unable to weigh 1
making sure id zeroed scales before each ingredient. hard to remember.pocket record shud be for at h 1
mc temporamental bit fiddly 1
meal already prepared by mum and hence uable to weigh 1
needed daughter to assist & record in diary 1
never had time to do this 1
never had time to weigh most evenings as mum had plated up my meal 1
no reason and did not eat much in the house 1
no time to weigh 1
none 1
not eating much at start so didnt get used to scales till end 1
not feeling well 1
not weigh container always 1
occassionally had problems with squash and water remembering to separate 1
one occasion weighing leftover fish and chips more than orig amt poss spacer bowl 1
only at the beginning i couldn't weigh things properly and i needed lots of help 1
only the first day as i kept taking the things of the scales before putting the next itemon 1
only when outr 1
only with the Canderel - and occasionally apple cores! 1
pain in bum 1
plate problems 1
problem with tea-also cutting out during weighing 1
problems at work not allowed to do it 1
problems making the scales function properly 1
problems outside 1
problems with weighing 1
recipes 1
remebering to zero always and slight variations in weights 1
remembering just actually doing it 1
remembering to break everything down 1
remembering to do 1
remembering to do it 3
remembering to weigh 1
remembering what to do 1
resetting the scales 1
scales broke 1
scales broke down at one time 1
scales faulty and replaced twice! 1
scales internmittent 1
scales sometimes temperamental 1
scales started to play up in the last few days, taking some time to register the plate weight 1
scales too small to take large enough plate and still be able to read grams and scale switched off t 1
scales went funny once so a few grams difference sometimes and difficult weighing a meal someone els 1
scales went wonky on sunday had rerplacement checked by interviewer 1
scales were tempermental - but I managed to getg weights 1
scales were tempermental at start but then got into swing of it 1
scaless went a bit funny on sunday 22.10.00 1
see note 1
severe stomach upset 1
sister had agreed to do weighing but found it too complicated 1
small light items 1
small snacks 1
someone else made drinks at work, And could only measure totel 1
sometimes forgot to weigh things separately 1
sometimes forgot to write things down 1
switching it on 1
tedious 1
the degree of accuracy was unrealistic ,spent long shifts away from home,it became a chore.the actau 1
the discriptions of what i'd had to eat whilst i was out, 1
the scales went funny on me 1
the scales were difficult to use 1
the time it took teething probs with scales 1
the time it took/inconvenience 1
time ,especially before going to work 1
time consuming 2
time consuming +++ 1
time consuming, and awkward 1
time factor when dishing out family meal and repetiveness of drinks 1
time to fill in diary in working day 1
to much detail required 1
to rember t o do every time 1
too busy and forgot 1
too busy to record, 1
too busy under pressure with bad back and wife about to give birth kept forgetting to weigh 1
too detailed requirement 1
too difficult with 7 people in house 1
too much trouble 1
too much will take too much time 1
too time consuming to weigh very unrealistic 1
took up too much of my time 1
trying to remeber to weigh 1
trying to remember 1
unable to take scale when out 1
using scales 1
very busy and found confusing 1
very busy and sometimes had to complete with est retrospectively 1
weighing one occasion 1
when I didnt seleep well I didnt know what day it was 1
when I first started, then it got easier 1
when eating out 1
when out 1
when weighing the plate more than once the weights were different 1
when were out & day of BBQ & party 1
wieighing 1
wife kept record at home which had to be tied in to eating out diary especially for left overs where 1
zeroing the scales 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNational Diet and Nutrition Survey : Adults Aged 19 to 64 Years, 2000-2001