Table 4.

Comparisons of mean baseline physical activity data from the Healthy Children Strong Families Study with the American Academy for Pediatrics and MyPyramid recommendations

	Children 2-3 years (n = 66)			Children 4- 5 years (n = 69)
Component	Mean ± SE a	Recommendation b,c	% of recommendation	Mean ± SE a	Recommendation b,c	% of recommendation
TV on, hours/day	7.13 ± 0.6 e **			7.83 ± 0.7
TV watched, hours/day	2.0 ± 0.2	< 2 b	100.0	2.0 ± 0.2	< 2 b	100.0
Physical activity d
Sedentary, hours/day	7.9 ± 0.24			9.4 ± 0.61
Light, hours/day	5.0 ± 0.16			5.0 ± 0.22
Moderate plus vigorous, minutes/day	14.5 ± 1.6	60 c	24.2	19.2 ± 2.0	60 c	32.0

^aSE = Standard error.

^bAmerican Academy for Pediatrics recommendation (reference 28).

^cMyPyramid recommendation (reference 16).

^dn = 52 for 2-3 year-old children; n = 56 for 4-5 year-old children.

^eIndicates statistically significant difference in mean comparing children BMI < 85^th percentile and ≥ 85^th percentile.

^**P < 0.01.