Table 2.
Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of being overweight and obese (compared to normal weight) for eating breakfast, lunch and dinner (compared to not eating the respective meals), never TV watching at breakfast lunch and dinner (compared to watching TV at the respective meals) in the total ENERGY-sample and for each country
| Total (N = 7915) | Breakfast yesterday | Lunch yesterday | Dinner yesterday | Never TV at breakfast | Never TV at lunch | Never TV at dinner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overweight |
*0.6 (0.5-0.7) |
0.9 (0.7-1.3) |
*0.4 (0.3-0.5) |
1.0 (0.9-1.1) |
*0.7 (0.7-0.8) |
*0.8 (0.7-0.9) |
| Obese |
*0.3 (0.3-0.4) |
0.7 (0.4-1.1) |
*0.2 (0.1-0.3) |
0.9 (0.7-1.1) |
*0.6 (0.4-0.7) |
*0.6 (0.5-0.8) |
|
Belgium | ||||||
| Overweight |
*0.5 (0.3-0.7) |
Na |
Na |
0.8 (0.5-1.2) |
0.8 (0.5-1.2) |
*0.6 (0.4-1.0) |
| Obese |
0.6 (0.2-1.5) |
Na |
Na |
0.9 (0.4-2.1) |
1.1 (0.5-2.4) |
0.4 (0.2-1.1) |
|
Greece | ||||||
| Overweight |
*0.7 (0.5-0.9) |
1.6 (0.6-4.0) |
*0.6 (0.4-0.8) |
1.3 (1.0-1.7) |
0.9 (0.6-1.3) |
1.2 (0.8-1.8) |
| Obese |
*0.3 (0.2-0.5) |
0.3 (0.1-0.8) |
*0.4 (0.2-0.6) |
1.0 (0.7-1.5) |
0.7 (0.4-1.3) |
0.9 (0.5-1.8) |
|
Hungary | ||||||
| Overweight |
0.7 (0.5-1.1) |
0.9 (0.5-1.7) |
*0.5 (0.3-0.9) |
1.1 (0.8-1.5) |
0.9 (0.7-1.3) |
0.9 (0.6-1.3) |
| Obese |
0.9 (0.5-1.8) |
Na |
*0.3 (0.1-0.6) |
0.7 (0.4-1.2) |
0.9 (0.5-1.6) |
1.7 (0.9-3.2) |
|
The Netherlands | ||||||
| Overweight |
0.5 (0.3-1.0) |
1.0 (0.4-2.5) |
*0.2 (0.0-0.5) |
0.5 (0.3-0.9) |
*0.6 (0.4-1.0) |
0.8 (0.5-1.2) |
| Obese |
*0.2 (0.1-0.5) |
0.8 (0.2-3.6) |
Na |
0.8 (0.3-1.8) |
0.7 (0.3-1.7) |
0.5 (0.2-1.3) |
|
Norway | ||||||
| Overweight |
0.6 (0.3-1.1) |
*0.4 (0.3-0.7) |
0.7 (0.2-1.8) |
1.0 (0.7-1.6) |
1.3 (0.8-1.9) |
1.3 (0.9-2.0) |
| Obese |
1Na |
Na |
Na |
1.4 (0.4-4.2) |
1.2 (0.4-3.7) |
Na |
|
Slovenia | ||||||
| Overweight |
*0.7 (0.5-0.9) |
Na |
*0.5 (0.3-0.7) |
1.1 (0.8-1.5) |
1.1 (0.8-1.4) |
1.3 (0.4-1.4) |
| Obese |
*0.6 (0.3-0.9) |
Na |
*0.4 (0.2-0.7) |
0.6 (0.4-1.1) |
*0.5 (0.3-0.9) |
0.8 (0.4-1.4) |
|
Spain | ||||||
| Overweight |
0.7 (0.3-1.6) |
Na |
0.8 (0.3-2.0) |
0.7 (0.5-1.0) |
0.8 (0.6-1.1) |
0.8 (0.5-1.3) |
| Obese |
Na |
Na |
Na |
0.6 (0.3-1.4) |
Na |
Na |
|
Switzerland | ||||||
| Overweight |
0.6 (0.3-1.1) |
Na |
0.4 (0.1-1.2) |
0.7 (0.4-1.4) |
0.7 (0.4-1.4) |
1.0 (0.6-1.7) |
| Obese | Na | Na | Na | Na | Na | 1.4 (0.4-4.3) |
* p ≤ 0.05, reference category: normal weight, adjusted for gender, ethnicity and total TV time (only TV at meals variables) as potential confounding factors.
1Na: Non applicable due to fewer than 5 observations in subpopulations.