Table 2.
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