Table 3.
Dietary intake at Time 2 and television viewing behavior at Time 1 of older cohort (high school students at Time 1 and young adults at Time 2)1
| Television Usea,b | |||||||
|
Limited (<2 hrs/day) |
Moderately high (2–5 hrs/day) |
Heavy (≥5 hrs/day) |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| 486 | 35.6 | 664 | 48.6 | 216 | 15.8 | ||
| mean | SE | mean | SE | mean | SE | p for linear trend | |
| Total energy (kcal/day) | 1837.1 | 33.7 | 1830.6 | 28.5 | 2041.0 | 50.2 | .05 |
| Fruit (serv/day) | 1.70a | .05 | 1.60a | .04 | 1.25b | .07 | <.001 |
| Vegetable (serv/day)2 | 1.71a | .04 | 1.54a | .04 | 1.28b | .07 | <.001 |
| Whole grains (serv/day)3 | .74a | .04 | .64b | .03 | .59b | .05 | .002 |
| Calcium-rich foods (serv/day) | 2.78a | .05 | 2.67a,b | .04 | 2.50b | .07 | <.001 |
| % total fat | 29.6 | .2 | 30.0 | .2 | 30.6 | .3 | .02 |
| % saturated fat | 10.3 | .1 | 10.4 | .09 | 10.5 | .2 | .23 |
| % trans fat | 1.2a | .01 | 1.2a,b | .01 | 1.3b | .02 | .005 |
| Fried food (serv/day) | .43a | .01 | .47b | .01 | .51b | .02 | .001 |
| Fast food (times/week) | 2.03a | .04 | 2.17b | .03 | 2.33b | .06 | <.001 |
| Snack food (serv/day) | 1.93a | .05 | 1.89a | .04 | 2.20b | .07 | .012 |
| Sugar-sweetened beverage (serv/day) | 1.14a | .04 | 1.22a,b | .03 | 1.33b | .06 | .004 |
a,b Estimates in the same row marked with different letters are statistically significantly different from each other (p < .01).
1 Multiple regression models are adjusted for race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, total energy intake at Time 2, and dietary intake at Time 1.
2 Vegetable intake does not include servings of French fries.
3 Whole grains intake does not include chip servings.