Table 2. The frequency of children’s physical activity as evaluated by nursery teachers.

variable	very often		fairly often		not often		ANOVA
	(n=3)		(n=13)		(n=5)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p value
age (year)	3.69	0.15	3.89	0.27	3.68	0.26	0.694
height (cm)	99.23	4.40	98.08	2.43	98.94	4.88	0.984
weight (kg)	15.50	1.80	15.29	0.93	15.46	1.99	0.999
BMI (kg/m2)	15.70	0.72	15.90	0.76	15.73	1.01	0.885
TEE (kcal)	1257.1	101.9	1156.2	57.43	1148.1	71.4	0.019
EEPA (kcal)	140.6	17.5	99.6	30.7	105.88	28.1	0.154
steps per day (steps)	16103	1896	11572	2808	12368	2193	0.064
mean activity (counts)	570.5	192.8	428.1	385.2	334.9	123.4	0.026
diurnal activity (counts)	796.1	194.9	569.0	495.8	486.7	191.7	0.014
nocturnal activity (counts)	278.7	211.3	230.8	234.8	122.4	66.2	0.129

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; TEE, total energy expenditure per day; EEPA, energy expenditure originating from physical activity per day

Note: multiple comparison (Bonferroni test)

TEE: * p<0.05 very often>fairly often; very often>not often

mean activity: * p<0.05 very often>fairly often; very often>not often

diurnal activity: * p<0.05 very often>fairly often; very often>not often