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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2012 Mar 15;58(3):1113–1117. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.02.056

Table 1.

Means and Standard Deviations for Diet, Weight, and Personality in the Entire Sample and Tests of Gender Differences on these Variables (Analysis of Variance)

M SD F P
Child variables Boys Girls Girls and boys Boys Girls Girls and boys
Diet and weight
 Sweet drinks (range 0–20) 3.3 3.1 3.2 2.1 1.8 2.0 0.2 0.65
 Sweet foods (range 0–16) 3.0 3.4 3.2 1.3 1.6 1.5 4.8 0.03
 Fruits and vegetables (range 0–32) 16.3 17.4 16.8 5.9 5.2 5.6 2.7 0.10
 z-BMI scores 0.2 −0.2 0.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 11.06 0.001
 Overweight/Obesea 18.5% 10.0% 14.4% X2=4.9 0.03
Personality M SD F
 Extraversion 3.7 3.8 3.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 4.4 0.04
 Benevolence 3.6 3.5 3.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 2.9 0.09
 Conscientiousness 3.3 3.4 3.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.2 0.27
 Neuroticism 2.4 2.4 2.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.47
 Imagination 3.7 3.8 3.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 1.2 0.02

Note. Boys n = 170; girls n = 157; total n = 327.

BMI = Body Mass Index.

a

According to the definition by the International Task Force for Obesity in Children (Cole et al., 2000).

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