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. 2010 Jun 17;2010:423296. doi: 10.1155/2010/423296

Table 3.

Prevalence of dietary habits and activities at ages 5 and 7 years, stratified by maternal education and by maternal overweight.

Maternal education Maternal overweight
High/Intermediate Low BMI <25 BMI ≥25
n = 3029 n = 934 n = 2960 n = 1003
5 yrs 7 yrs 5 yrs 7 yrs 5 yrs 7 yrs 5 yrs 7 yrs
Consumption in highest tertile (%)
 Fast food 20.5 22.4 35.5** 34.7** 21.9 23.8 30.5** 29.9**
 Snacks 31.0 31.2 41.0** 40.3** 33.2 33.2 33.7 33.8
 Soft drinks 32.1 32.9 31.9 34.3 31.5 34.2 33.8 30.4*
Member sport club (% no) 37.4 12.6 41.5* 17.9** 38.1 13.5 39.2 14.9
Walking/cycling school (% never) 36.1 17.0 38.0 18.1 36.4 17.1 37.0 17.6
Screen time (%> 2 hrs/day) 2.3 4.6 7.0** 9.6** 2.9 5.8 4.9** 5.6
Playing outside (%≤ 1 x/wk) 4.1 3.6 6.0 4.8 4.2 3.9 5.4 3.6

*P < .05 for difference in prevalence of the 2 sub groups at the same age.

  **P < .01 for difference in prevalence of the 2 sub groups at the same age.