Table 4.

Pearson correlation coefficients (r) for obesity-related measures and PA-related factors/dietary behaviors¹

	Body fat	Weight status2	BMI
	%
Sedentary time BS	0.04	0.002	0.04
Light activity BS	−0.01	−0.05	−0.12
MVPA BS	−0.13	−0.12	−0.15
Sedentary time recess	0.19*	0.09	0.22**
Light activity recess	−0.14*	−0.06	−0.16*
MVPA recess	−0.12	−0.06	−0.12
Sedentary time AS	0.003	0.06	−0.01
Light activity AS	0.02	−0.04	0.03
MVPA AS	−0.04	−0.08	−0.05
Sedentary time SH	0.03	−0.02	0.03
Light activity SH	−0.06	0.03	−0.05
MVPA SH	−0.13	−0.07	−0.13
Sedentary time ASH	0.02	0.10	0.11
Light activity ASH	−0.03	−0.16	−0.08
MVPA ASH	−0.07	−0.07	−0.07
TV viewing	0.11	0.07	0.07
PC/VG use	−0.06	−0.05	−0.04
Sports3	−0.03	−0.05	−0.07
Fruit	0.06	0.01	0.00
Vegetables	0.02	0.04	0.03
Dairy products	−0.17*	−0.9	−0.13
Soda	−0.6	−0.12	−0.09
Fresh juice	0.03	−0.03	0.19
Commercially produced juice	−0.12	−0.11	−0.12
Natural fruit-flavored water	0.12	0.15*	0.10
Other sugar-sweetened beverages	0.01	0.09	−0.18
Candy	0.06	−0.03	0.01
Number of meals	0.17*	0.01	0.08

¹* < 0.05, **P < 0.01. Recess was a 30-min period. AS, after school 1-h period; ASH, after school hours from 1500 to 2300 h; BS, before school 1-h period; MVPA, moderate to vigorous physical activity; NWL, normal weight; PA, physical activity; PC/VG, personal computer/video games; SH, school hours from 0800 to 1459 h.

²NWL or obese.

³Performing ≥1 sport besides those practiced at school.