Table 1.

Characteristics of grade five students in Alberta, Canada

	Prevalence	Boys	Girls	p value
Body weight status
Overweight	28.54	29.13	27.98	0.50
Obese	6.9	7.57	6.27	0.16
Parental educational attainment
Secondary graduation or less	26.54	25.72	27.30
Postsecondary or college diploma	39.91	38.44	41.29
University degree	33.55	35.84	31.41	0.04
Household income
< $ 50,000	23.37	23.79	22.97
$ 50,001-$ 75,000	17.48	16.46	18.45
$ 75,001-$ 100,000	22.19	22.51	21.89
> $ 100,000	36.96	37.24	36.69	0.73
Geographic location
Urban	47.33	47.85	46.84
Small town	16.21	15.27	17.11
Rural	36.45	36.88	36.05	0.33
Physical activity
Being physically active (PAQ C score > 3)	26.04	31.97	20.43	<0.01
Engaged in sport activities without coach ≥ 3 times/week	38.56	44.47	33.0	<0.01
Engaged in sport activities with coach ≥ 3 times/week	15.72	18.14	13.46	<0.01
Engaged in sport activities with parents ≥ 3 times/week	8.09	7.47	8.68	0.24
Screen time ≥ 2 hours/day	16.27	16.34	16.20	0.90
Nutrition
Buy soup, sandwiches or burritos at school ≥ 3 times/week	12.68	13.62	11.79	0.05
Buy snacks like donuts, candy, chocolate bars and chips at school ≥3 times/week	8.78	9.22	8.37	0.42
Eat food from fast food restaurant ≥ 3 times/week	39.73	42.31	37.31	< 0.01
Eat convenient food ≥ 3 times/week	43.48	45.71	41.37	0.02
Eat fried food at home ≥ 3 times/week	54.4	56.30	52.61	0.05
Eat fried food away from home ≥ 3 times/week	41.4	41.63	40.69	0.61
Mean % energy from fat†	27.56	27.81	27.32	< 0.01
Consumption of ≥ 6 servings of vegetables and fruits/day	26.68	24.72	28.53	0.02

*Significant gender differences (P < 0.05): χ² -tests were used for all outcomes except for '% energy from fat' where a t-tests was used. All estimated were weighted to represent population prevalence.

† Percentage of dietary energy originating from dietary fat