Table 5.

Comparison of mean dietary and physical activity data from the Healthy Children Strong Families Study by body mass index percentile

	BMI Percentile
Component	< 85th (n = 70)	≥ 85th (n = 65)	P value
	Mean ± SEa
Energy, kcal/day	1405 ± 41.9	1513 ± 56.3	0.27
Grains, oz/day	3.63 ± 0.19	3.93 ± 0.23	0.21
Vegetables, cups/day	0.43 ± 0.04	0.51 ± 0.04	0.16
Fruit, cups/day (not 100% juice)	0.37 ± 0.05	0.32 ± 0.04	0.86
100% fruit juice, oz/day	4.44± 0.16	3.92 ± 0.11	0.88
Milk, cup/day	1.75 ± 0.11	1.84 ± 0.12	0.76
Meat, oz/day	2.83 ± 0.21	3.25 ± 0.22	0.10
Sweetened drinks, oz/day	5.28 ± 0.08	8.00 ± 0.10	0.008**
TV on, hours/day	6.54 ± 0.6	8.52 ± 0.6	0.004**
TV watched, hours/day	1.83 ± 0.14	2.17 ± 0.18	0.23
Physical activity b
Sedentary, hours/day	8.5 ± 0.40	9.4 ± 0.61	0.44
Light, hours/day	5.0 ± 0.16	5.0 ± 0.22	0.94
Moderate plus vigorous, min/day	15.9 ± 1.41	18.1 ± 2.3	0.95

^aSE = Standard error.

^bn = 59 for children with BMI < 85^th percentile; n = 49 for children with BMI ≥ 85^th percentile.

^**P < 0.01