Table 3.
Meet electronic media use guidelines† | Mean z-BMI | Proportion overweight/obese* (%) | ||
Baseline | Follow-up | Baseline | Follow-up | |
Baseline | ||||
Yes | 0.34 | 0.23 | 14.8 | 19.4 |
No | 0.49 | 0.45 | 21.7 | 26.8 |
p-value | 0.003a | <0.001a | 0.003b | 0.004b |
Follow-up | ||||
Yes | 0.34 | 0.17 | 14.7 | 18.1 |
No | 0.45 | 0.40 | 19.9 | 25.0 |
p-value | 0.09a | 0.001a | 0.09b | 0.04b |
*overweight & obese categories combined
a t-test statistic; b chi-square statistic
† Australian Physical Activity Recommendations for children indicate no more than 2 hrs/day should be spent engaged in electronic media use [5].