Table 1.
Description of individual, behavioural, social and physical environmental variables relating to eating behaviours of adolescent participants aged 11–12 years.
| Total (n = 521) | Boys (n = 248) |
Girls (n = 273) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Individual | |||
| Habit for eating snack foods while watching TV (range 1–5) | 2.97 (1.01) | 2.93 (1.04) | 3.01 (0.99) |
| Habit for eating fruit and vegetables while watching TV (range 1–5) | 2.79 (1.01) | 2.81 (1.08) | 2.77 (0.95) |
| Self-efficacy for not eating snack foods when watching TV/DVD's (range 1–5) | 2.98 (1.07) | 3.02 (1.15) | 2.94 (1.00) |
| Self-efficacy for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption (range 1–5) | 2.89 (1.06) | 2.83 (1.15) | 2.93 (0.96) |
| Self-efficacy for reducing energy-dense snack food consumption (range 1–5) | 2.78 (1.05) | 2.80 (1.11) | 2.76 (1.00) |
| Behavioural (frequency/day) | |||
| Eating breakfast while watching TV | 0.52 (0.43) | 0.59 (0.44) | 0.46 (0.42) |
| Eating lunch while watching TV | 0.54 (0.43) | 0.57 (0.44) | 0.51 (0.42) |
| Eating dinner while watching TV | 0.63 (0.43) | 0.63 (0.44) | 0.62 (0.43) |
| Eating fruit and vegetables while watching TV | 0.44 (0.36) | 0.47 (0.37) | 0.42 (0.35) |
| Eating energy-dense snacks while watching TV | 0.50 (0.34) | 0.48 (0.34) | 0.51 (0.34) |
| Social environment | |||
| Eating breakfast at home together with parents (frequency/day) | 0.36 (0.40) | 0.38 (0.41) | 0.34 (0.39) |
| Eating dinner at home together with parents (frequency/day) | 0.74 (0.34) | 0.74 (0.35) | 0.73 (0.34) |
| Eating dinner in front of the TV with parents (frequency/day) | 0.33 (0.38) | 0.31 (0.38) | 0.35 (0.37) |
| Eating breakfast in front of the TV with parents (frequency/day) | 0.20 (0.34) | 0.24 (0.37) | 0.17 (0.30)* |
| Eating snacks in front of the TV with parents (frequency/day) | 0.35 (0.36) | 0.36 (0.37) | 0.33 (0.35) |
| Parental pressure to eat (Range 1–3) | 1.79 (0.46) | 1.86 (0.47) | 1.74 (0.45)** |
| Parental food restriction (Range 1–3) | 2.46 (0.36) | 2.45 (0.36) | 2.46 (0.36) |
| Food as a reward (Range 1–3) | 1.89 (0.71) | 1.96 (0.73) | 1.84 (0.69) |
| Physical environment | |||
| Home availability of energy-dense snack foods (range 4–16) | 9.60 (2.85) | 9.51 (2.70) | 9.66 (2.99) |
| Home availability of fruit and vegetables (range 2–8) | 5.79 (1.84) | 5.64 (1.91) | 5.91 (1.78) |
| Home accessibility of energy-dense snack foods (range 2–6) | 4.03 (1.17) | 4.09 (1.18) | 3.97 (1.15) |
| Home accessibility of fruit and vegetables (range 4–12) | 9.06 (1.92) | 8.96 (1.95) | 9.16 (1.89) |
| Eating behaviours (frequency/day) | |||
| Fruit | 1.97 (1.59) | 2.02 (1.69) | 1.92 (1.49)* |
| Vegetables | 1.80 (1.45) | 1.78 (1.44) | 1.82 (1.45) |
| Energy-dense snack foods | 3.77 (3.07) | 3.93 (3.31) | 3.61 (2.83)* |
Mean values were significantly different from those of males *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.