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Table 2.

Characteristics of Dutch girls and boys (7–18 years) with diets of low, intermediate and high environmental load based on habitual GHGE for a day’s consumption

	Girls									Boys
	All girls			Low (n 286)		Intermediate (n 285)		High (n 285)		All boys			Low (n 286)		Intermediate (n 285)		High (n 285)
	Mean	sd	Model^†	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Model^†	Mean	sd	Mean	sd	Mean	sd
Age (years)	12·4	3·5	***	11·8	3·6	12·1	3·3	13·4	3·3	12·4	3·5	***	10·6	3·2	12·5	3·2	14·1	3·1
Parents’ education (%)^‡			NS									NS
Low	21			19		23		22		22			24		22		21
Middle	44			44		45		42		42			41		44		41
High	35			37		32		36		36			35		34		38
Urbanization (%)^§			NS									NS
High	39			39		38		40		42			45		37		44
Moderate	22			24		22		19		18			17		21		17
Low	39			37		40		41		40			38		42		40
BMI (kg/m²)	19·3	3·6	***	18·6	3·6	19·1	3·3	20·2	3·8	18·9	3·4	***	17·6	3·3	18·8	3·2	20·2	3·3
BMR (MJ/d)	5·6	0·9	***	5·3	0·9	5·5	0·8	5·9	0·9	6·4	1·4	***	5·7	1·3	6·4	1·2	7·1	1·2
PA (MET×h/week)	159	95	NS	161	98	156	95	160	95	197	122	NS	181	125	197	125	203	120

GHGE, greenhouse gas emissions; PA, physical activity; MET, metabolic equivalent of task.

*P<0·05, **P<0·01, ***P<0·001.

^†

Model to evaluate associations per age and gender group, model adjusted for age.

^‡

Education: low=primary education, lower vocational education and advanced elementary education; middle=intermediate vocational education and higher general secondary education; high=higher vocational education and university.

^§

Urbanization: high, ≥1500 addresses/km²; moderate, 1000–<1500 addresses/km²; low, <1000 addresses/km².