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. 2015 Jun 1;11(3):281–288. doi: 10.1089/chi.2014.0098

Table 2.

Participant Data From Responses to Health Perceptions Questions, Food and Beverage Intake Estimates, and Activity and Screen Time Estimates

  Normal (5th–85th) Overweight (85th–95th) Obese (>95th) All p value
Think healthy weight, % yes (n) 93.3 (14) 88.9 (8) 57.1 (8) 78.9 (30) 0.02
Picture most like % (n)         <0.01
 Smaller 93.8 (15) 55.6 (5) 26.7 (4) 60.0 (24)  
 Median 6.3 (1) 22.2 (2) 20.0 (3) 15.0 (6)  
 Larger 0 (0) 22.2 (2) 53.3 (8) 25.0 (10)  
Picture of ideal weight % (n)         0.21
 Smaller 68.8 (11) 33.3 (3) 53.3 (8) 55 (22)  
 Median 31.3 (5) 55.6 (5) 26.7 (4) 35 (14)  
 Larger 0 11.1 (1) 20 (3) 10 (4)  
Difference in most like versus ideal % (n)         0.01
 Want smaller 6.3 (1) 22.2 (2) 60.0 (9) 30.0 (12)  
 No change 56.3 (9) 33.3 (3) 33.3 (5) 42.5 (17)  
 Want bigger 37.5 (6) 44.4 (4) 6.7 (1) 27.5 (11)  
Breast fed, % yes (n) 50 (8) 66.7 (6) 40 (6) 50 (20) 0.52
Milk consumed per day (oz), median (IQR) 15 (12–18) 12 (8–26) 12 (7–28) 12 (8–20) 0.82
Water consumed per day (oz), median (IQR) 16 (12–28) 24 (5–36) 18 (10–38) 16 (12–32) 0.90
Juice consumed per day (oz), median (IQR) 8 (6–16) 16 (13–20) 11 (8–20) 12 (8–16) 0.05
Soda consumed per day (oz), median (IQR) 0 (0–4) 4 (0–7) 12 (0–16) 0 (0–8) 0.07
Yogurt consumed as snack, % yes (n) 56.3 (9) 62.5 (5) 20.0 (3) 43.6 (17) 0.05
Fruit and vegetable intake, mean (SD) 2.7 (1.6) 3.5 (1.6) 2.5 (1.4) 2.8 (1.5) 0.34

Analysis of variance used to compare groups with normal distributions; for non-normal distributions, Kruskal-Wallis' test used with median (25th–75th IQR) reported.

IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.