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).