Table 1.
Characteristics of grade 5 students (mean age 10·3 years) residing in two urban centres and participating in the 2014 REAL kids Alberta study (n 812)*
| Level of absolute exposure to CLO food outlets | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full sample (n 812) | Lower (≤20 outlets) (n 298) | Medium (21–35 outlets) (n 274) | Higher (36+ outlets) (n 240) | |||||
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| Y-HEI score | 63·5 | 9·3 | 64·0 | 9·2 | 62·9 | 9·3 | 63·5 | 9·3 |
| Daily VF servings | 4·8 | 3·4 | 4·9 | 3·3 | 4·7 | 3·5 | 5·0 | 3·3 |
| BMI Z-score | 0·7 | 1·3 | 0·5 | 1·2 | 0·7 | 1·2 | 0·9 | 1·4 |
| PAQ-C | 3·3 | 0·7 | 3·4 | 0·6 | 3·2 | 0·7 | 3·3 | 0·7 |
| Total daily energy intake | 1853·7 | 852·3 | 1875·7 | 877·3 | 1805·6 | 835·2 | 1881·5 | 841·2 |
CLO, Choose Least Often; Y-HEI, Youth Healthy Eating Index; VF, vegetables and fruit; PAQ-C, Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children Score; Q, quintile.
*
Lower refers to 1600 m buffers with ≤20 CLO food outlets; medium refers to 1600 m buffers with 21–35 CLO food outlets; higher refers to 1600 m buffers with 36 or more CLO food outlets.
†
Y-HEI was calculated from dietary intake data collected with a Canadian version of the Harvard Food Frequency Questionnaire for Children and Youth (YAQ).