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. 2018 May 17;18:168. doi: 10.1186/s12887-018-1146-3

Table 2.

Energy balance-related behaviors among 10- to 14-year-old children (N = 768) in 2015 in Bonaire

Energy balance-related behaviors (Percentage complying with recommendations) overweight or obese children non-overweight children p-value
N = 247 N = 521
Nutrition
 Ate breakfast this morning 71.7 75.4 0.26
 Eats two or more pieces of fresh fruit/day 37.4 37.4 0.97
 Eats two or more portions of vegetables/day 50.2 50.3 0.97
 Drinks one or less sweetened drinks/week 17.9 15.0 0.28
Physical activity/screen behavior
 Participates one or more times / week in organized sports 82.8 75.7 0.03
 Participates in one or more hours of physical activity on a school day 68.0 67.8 0.94
 Watches two or more hours of television on a school day 73.1 72.8 0.93
 Uses the computer for two or more hours on a school day 62.8 65.9 0.39
 Uses active transportation to school 21.1 23.8 0.40
Sleep duration
 10-year-old children, 10.5 h or more 94.4 88.6 0.33
 11- & 12-year-old children, 10 h or more 73.8 66.1 0.17
 13- & 14-year-old children, 9.5 h or more 88.2 86.0 0.65
Mean (SD) sleep duration (h) 8.7 (1.37) 8.7 (1.36) 0.98

The response rate per question varied from 583 (57%) to 768 (75%). Fruit and vegetable consumption, physical activity, television and computer time pertain to the previous day and breakfast to the morning of the survey; active transportation to school includes walking or biking. In view of the many parameters tested, P < 0.01 is considered significant