Table 2.
Selected food frequency (“short nutrition questionnaire”) and physical activity by weight assessment for the whole study population.
| Normal weight (n = 150) n (%) | Overweight or obese (n = 127) n (%) | Total (n = 277) n (%) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How many servings of…. do you usually eat each day? | ||||
| Fruita | ||||
| 1 servings/day or less | 75 (50) | 68 (54) | 143 (52) | 0.631 |
| 2-3 servings/day | 46 (31) | 39 (31) | 85 (31) | |
| 4+ servings/day | 29 (19) | 19 (15) | 48 (17) | |
| Vegetablesa | ||||
| 1 servings/day or less | 83 (55) | 54 (43) | 137 (49) | 0.070 |
| 2-3 servings/day | 43 (29) | 52 (41) | 95 (34) | |
| 4+ servings/day | 24 (16) | 20 (16) | 44 (16) | |
| Takeaway foodsa | ||||
| never eat | 11 (7) | 15 (12) | 26 (9) | 0.356 |
| 1/week or less | 99 (66) | 83 (66) | 182 (66) | |
| 2+ times/week | 40 (27) | 28 (22) | 68 (25) | |
| Turtleb | ||||
| never eat | 24 (16) | 22 (18) | 46 (17) | 0.323 |
| 1/week or less | 90 (60) | 63 (51) | 153 (56) | |
| 2+ times/week | 36 (24) | 38 (31) | 74 (27) | |
| Dugongc | ||||
| never eat | 29 (19) | 25 (20) | 54 (20) | 0.228 |
| 1/week or less | 87 (58) | 61 (49) | 148 (54) | |
| 2+ times/week | 34 (23) | 39 (31) | 73 (27) | |
| Fisha | ||||
| 1/week or less | 52 (35) | 45 (36) | 97 (35) | 0.228 |
| 2-3/week | 49 (33) | 41 (33) | 90 (33) | |
| 4+ times/week | 49 (33) | 40 (32) | 89 (32) | |
| Milkd | ||||
| Whole milk | 134 (94) | 110 (94) | 244 (94) | 0.434 |
| Low/reduced fat | 5 (4) | 6 (5) | 11 (4) | |
| Other | 4 (3) | 1 (1) | 5 (2) | |
| Bread | ||||
| White bread | 141 (94) | 113 (89) | 254 (92) | 0.163 |
| Wholemeal, grain | 9 (6) | 12 (9) | 21 (7) | |
| Do not eat bread | 0— | 2 (2) | 2 (1) | |
| Spread | ||||
| Butters | 74 (50) | 70 (55) | 144 (52) | 0.564 |
| Margarine | 71 (47) | 52 (41) | 123 (44) | |
| Do not use dairy/margarine spread | 5 (3) | 5 (4) | 10 (4) | |
| Cooking oile | ||||
| Monosaturated oils | 56 (44) | 54 (49) | 110 (47) | 0.475 |
| Polysaturated oils | 70 (56) | 56 (51) | 126 (53) | |
| Breakfast cereal | ||||
| Without added sugars | 94 (63) | 76 (60) | 170 (61) | 0.870 |
| With added sugars | 47 (31) | 42 (33) | 89 (32) | |
| Do not eat cereal | 9 (6) | 9 (7) | 18 (7) | |
| Soft Drink | ||||
| With added sugar | 132 (88) | 110 (87) | 242 (87) | 0.759 |
| Diet drinks | 17 (11) | 15 (12) | 32 (12) | |
| Do not drink soft drink | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 3 (1) | |
| Physical activity in the last weekf | ||||
| 0–3days | 56 (39) | 72 (57) | 128 (47) | 0.003 |
| 4–7 days | 89 (61) | 55 (43) | 144 (53) | |
aMissing information for 1 youth; bmissing information for 4 youths; cmissing information for 2 youths; dmissing information for 17 youths; emissing information for 41 youths; fmissing information for 5 youths.