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. 2015 Feb 1;11(1):23–36. doi: 10.1089/chi.2014.0059

Table 6.

Summary of Baseline (2012) Primary Outcome Data: Schools

  Fitchburg New Bedford Intervention communities combined Comparison community
  % (N) % (N) % (N) % (N)
First-, fourth-, and seventh-grade students N=1137 N=2974 N=4092 N=3022
Overweight (BMI 85th to <95th percentile) 16.8 (191) 18.8 (559) 18.3 (749) 15.8 (478)
 First grade 15.1 (172) 18.2 (541) 17.5 (716) 13.5 (408)
 Fourth grade 17.7 (201) 19.3 (574) 18.9 (773) 17.4 (526)
 Seventh grade 18.1 (206) 19.1 (568) 18.8 (769) 16.9 (511)
Obese (BMI ≥95th percentile) 25.3 (288) 27.6 (821) 27.0 (1105) 20.0 (604)
 First grade 20.6 (234) 24.6 (732) 23.6 (966) 16.8 (508)
 Fourth grade 24.2 (275) 29.5 (877) 28.1 (1150) 22.1 (668)
 Seventh grade 32.5 (370) 30.0 (892) 30.8 (1260) 21.5 (650)
Fourth- and seventh-grade studentsa N=703 N=1753 N=2456 N/A
Diet (frequency consumed yesterday)
 Vegetables (consuming none) 35.9 (252) 41.8 (733) 40.1 (985) N/A
 Fruit (consuming none) 25.1 (175) 29.6 (519) 28.3 (695) N/A
 100% juice (consuming >1) 30.6 (215) 26.3 (461) 27.5 (675) N/A
 Juice drinks (consuming ≥1) 55.9 (393) 53.0 (929) 53.8 (1321) N/A
 SSB (soda and juice drinks; consuming ≥1) 74.1 (521) 70.8 (1241) 71.8 (1763) N/A
 Water (consuming none) 14.3 (101) 17.7 (310) 16.8 (413) N/A
Physical activity
 30 minutes of MVPA (reporting <7 days) 86.2 (606) 87.8 (1539) 87.3 (2144) N/A
 30 minutes outdoors (reporting <7 days) 87.9 88.7 88.5 N/A
Screen time
 Daily hours screen (≥2 hours) 62.2 65.5 64.5 N/A
 TV where child sleeps (with TV) 72.4 76.2 75.1 N/A
Sleep
 Insufficient sleep (<10 hours/day) 59.1 62.5 61.5 N/A
  First grade N/A N/A N/A N/A
  Fourth grade 38.7 50.5 47.4 N/A
  Seventh grade 81.0 78.9 79.5 N/A
a

Sample size may vary owing to missing data.

SSB, sugar-sweetened beverage; MVPA, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; TV, television; N/A, not available.