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 | |||||||
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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.