Table 1. ISCOLE country characteristics.
| Country | National populationa | ISCOLE site location | Population of ISCOLE site locationb | World bank classificationc | Large and/or National study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | |||||
| Finland | 5 442 322 | Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa | 1 060 701 | High income | HBSC |
| United Kingdom | 63 705 000 | Bath, North-East Somerset | 177 700 | High income | ENERGY, HBSC,d HELENA, IDEFICS, MCS |
| Portugal | 10 562 178 | Porto | 237 584 | High income | EYHS, HBSC |
| Africa | |||||
| Kenya | 44 354 000 | Nairobi | 3 138 369 | Low income | None available |
| South Africa | 52 981 991 | Cape Town | 3 497 097 | Upper-middle income | Time of Use survey |
| The Americas | |||||
| Canada | 35 158 304 | Ottawa | 883 391 | High income | CHMS, HBSC |
| United States | 316 783 000 | Baton Rouge | 802 484 | High income | HBSC, NHANES, YRBS |
| Colombia | 47 262 816 | Bogotá | 7 674 366 | Upper-middle income | ENSIN |
| Brazil | 201 032 714 | Sao Caetano do Sul | 149 263 | Upper-middle income | BIGS |
| South Asia | |||||
| India | 1 242 456 566 | Bangalore | 9 588 910 | Lower-middle income | None available |
| Western-Pacific region | |||||
| China | 1 362 620 526 | Tianjin | 10 290 987 | Upper-middle income | CNNS |
| Australia | 23 235 207 | Adelaide | 1 212 982 | High income | AHS, ANCNPAS |
Abbreviations: AHS, Australian Health Survey; ANCNPAS, Australian National Children's Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey; BIGS, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics; CHMS, Canadian Health Measures Survey; CNNS, China National Nutrition Survey; ENERGY, EuropeaN Energy balance Research to prevent excessive weight Gain among Youth; ENSIN, Encuesta Nacional de la Situación Nutricional (National Survey of Nutritional Status); EYHS, European Youth Heart Study; HBSC, Health Behavior in School-aged Children; HELENA, Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescents; IDEFICS, identification and prevention of dietary- and lifestyle-induced health effects in children and infants; ISCOLE, International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment; MCS, Millennium Cohort Study; NHANES, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; YRBS, Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
Population estimate accessed on October 2014.
Represents the population size of the city or general area where children were sampled.
World Bank classification represents.
As the UK ISCOLE site was in England, the corresponding HBSC data was taken from HBSC England site.