Table 1.
Differences in Physical Activity and Dietary Behaviors between Normal Weight, Overweight, and Obese Children at Baseline (N=254)
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Mean (SD) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal weight BMI percentile 5th–84thn=164 | Overweight BMI percentile 85th–94thn=51 | Obese BMI percentile ≥95thn=39 | One-way ANOVA (Bonferroni post hoc) | |
| Physical activity (days/week) | 4.66 (2.01) | 4.18 (1.78) | 3.27 (1.84) | a |
| Sedentary behavior (hours/day) | 1.59 (1.11) | 1.59 (1.25) | 2.32 (1.40) | a,b |
| Juice (servings/day) | 0.59 (0.57) | 0.61 (0.59) | 0.61 (0.65) | |
| Sugar-sweetened beverages (servings/day) | 0.49 (0.57) | 0.58 (0.59) | 0.70 (0.66) | |
| High fat foods (foods/day) | 3.49 (1.55) | 3.53 (1.91) | 3.41 (1.82) | |
| Fruit and vegetables (servings/day) | 3.80 (1.61) | 4.06 (1.74) | 4.10 (1.87) | |
| Fast food/restaurants (times/week) | 0.88 (0.80) | 1.08 (0.96) | 1.08 (0.77) | |
| Meals in front of TV (times/week) | 1.67 (2.10) | 1.49 (1.76) | 2.22 (2.22) | |
| Breakfast as a family (days/week) | 2.93 (2.05) | 3.53 (2.11) | 2.73 (2.12) | |
| Dinner as a family (days/week) | 5.12 (1.57) | 5.04 (1.54) | 5.13 (1.39) | |
a
Normal weight different from obese
b
Overweight different from obese
p<0.05.
ANOVA, Analysis of variance.