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. 2015 Dec 21;15:1269. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2598-0

Table 3.

Association between children’s dietary practices and overweight or obesity

Dietary practices Categories Overweight/Obese
Model 1 Model 2
COR (95 % CI) AOR (95%CI)
Given money to buy food at school Yes 0.5 (0.4–0.6)*** 0.7 (0.5–0.9)*
No 1.0 1.0
Amount of money given <=1000 (<=0.5USD) 0.5 (0.3–0.9)** 0.9 (0.5–1.6)
>1000 (>0.5USD) 1.0 1.0
Given food to take to school Yes 1.5 (1.1–2.2)* 2.0 (0.6–1.5)
No 1.0 1.0
Given food at school Yes 6.1 (4.5–8.3)** 6.4 (4.2–9.6)**
No 1.0 1.0
Drink light sugar soft drinks Yes 1.6 (1.2–2.1)* 1.0 (0.7–1.5)
No 1.0 1.0
Dinner time <=7:00 PM 0.6 (0.4–0.9)** 0.4 (0.5–0.8)**
>7:00 PM 1.0 1.0
Usually eat breakfast before going to school Yes 0.9 (0.7–1.3) 0.7 (0.5–0.9)*
No 1.0 1.0
Drink full sugar soft drinks Yes 1.0 (0.7–1.4)
No 1.0
Usually eat vegetables Yes 1.0 (0.4–2.2)
No 1.0
Usually drink fruit juice Yes 2.0 (0.9–4.0)
No 1.0
Usually eat fruits Yes 1.5 (0.5–5.0)
No 1.0
Usually eat fried food Yes 0.7 (0.4–1.2) 0.8 (0.4–1.5)
No 1.0
Usually eat starch foods Yes 0.8 (0.4–1.5)
No 1.0

*p-value < 0.05

**p-value < 0.001

***p-value < 0.0001