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. 2025 Aug 26;40(4):daaf142. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daaf142

Table 2.

Distribution of student lifestyle behaviours and mental health and wellbeing by school neighbourhood deprivation and level of integration of EDIA school practices.a

EDIA Overall Residential instability Economic dependency Ethno-cultural composition Situational vulnerability
Low Middle High Low Middle High Low Middle High Low Middle High
Sodium ≥2300 mg Partiala 58.1 57.9 56.7 59.5 58.6 59.2 55.5 57.0 59.6 57.1 58.1 57.6 57.6
Full 57.9 51.1 62.1 57.3 b 58.1 57.7 52.8 69.7 57.0 61.4 55.9 57.4
Free sugars ≥10%E Partial 45.4 44.0 41.5 52.4 47.7 43.2 46.3 38.7 40.5 51.1 41.9 48.8 53.5
Full 44.6 37.5 48.4 44.6 b 43.9 45.1 39.3 50.6 44.5 38.6 40.7 47.2
Saturated fat ≥10%E Partial 66.2 62.9 66.5 68.5 71.3 64.3 62.8 66.7 68.5 64.3 67.0 64.0 65.7
Full 65.1 65.2 65.7 64.4 b 66.7 63.7 77.5 70.8 62.7 74.7 75.9 59.7
HEFI-2019 < 40 Partial 61.3 58.5 56.3 70.2 66.7 60.1 56.7 57.0 58.4 64.3 56.9 68.0 66.7
Full 59.1 52.7 60.9 60.7 b 60.4 58.1 58.4 64.0 58.6 59.5 60.7 58.6
PAQ-C < 2.5 Partial 27.6 28.9 27.9 25.5 23.3 34.1 23.8 28.5 34.3 23.6 28.2 25.7 27.6
Full 25.0 18.6 20.3 31.3 b 23.3 26.1 24.1 12.0 27.2 22.3 32.5 23.3
Screen time >2 hours/day Partial 40.3 33.8 39.8 48.5 40.9 42.5 37.7 44.0 34.9 41.4 36.5 49.3 45.0
Full 46.0 34.0 46.5 50.1 b 47.6 44.9 42.0 41.8 47.3 41.2 45.0 47.3
MHW score <24 Partial 9.6 9.7 7.1 13.5 11.7 7.8 10.0 5.5 8.7 12.1 8.7 6.1 17.7
Full 14.7 14.0 15.0 14.8 b 12.9 15.9 15.7 16.7 14.3 14.1 15.5 14.6

E, total energy intake in kilocalories; EDIA, equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility; HEFI-2019, Healthy Eating Food Index 2019; MHW, mental health and wellbeing; PAQ-C, Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children.

aPartial EDIA: integration of ≤4 school practices, Full EDIA: integration of five school practices.

bThere were no observations of student lifestyle behaviours and mental health and wellbeing in low deprivation neighbourhoods with full integration of EDIA school practices.

Results in bold indicate statistically significant differences (P < 0.05) based on Pearson χ² tests.