Table 2.
Health behavioural characteristics and Health Related Quality of Life scores by overweight/obesity status
| All1 | Healthy Weight | Overweight/obese (IOTF) |
P value2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 809 (100) | 590 (72.9) | 219 (27.1) | |
| Fruit | NS | |||
| < 2 serves per day n (%) | 211 (26.1) | 146 (24.8) | 65 (29.7) | |
| Fruit >=2 or more serves per day n (%) | 598 (73.9) | 444 (75.3) | 154 (70.3) | |
| Vegetable | NS | |||
| < 5 serves per day | 691 (85.4) | 499 (84.6) | 192 (87.7) | |
| >=5 or more serves per day n (%) | 118 (14.6) | 91 (15.4) | 27 (12.3) | |
| Soft-drink consumption | ||||
| Rarely or never | 241 (29.8) | 187 (31.7) | 54 (24.7) | p=0.0113 |
| Every second day to once a fortnight | 330 (40.8) | 243 (41.2) | 87 (39.7) | |
| Almost every day or more | 238 (29.4) | 160 (27.1) | 78 (35.6) | |
| Takeaway consumption | ||||
| Once a fortnight or less | 469 (58.0) | 356 (60.3) | 113 (51.6) | p=0.0364 |
| Once a week | 237 (29.3) | 164 (27.8) | 73 (33.3) | |
| 2-4 times or more | 63 (7.8) | 40 (6.8) | 23 (10.5) | |
| Everyday | 40 (5.0) | 30 (5.1) | 10 (4.6) | |
| Water recommendation | NS | |||
| <5 glasses a day | 352 (43.5) | 256 (43.4) | 96 (43.8) | |
| 5-8 glasses a day | 322 (39.8) | 229 (38.8) | 93 (42.5) | |
| ≥8 glasses day | 135 (16.7) | 105 (17.8) | 30 (13.7) | |
| Physical activity | p=0.001 | |||
| Not met on 5 out of 7 days | 510 (63.0) | 351 (59.5) | 159 (72.6) | |
| Met physical activity on previous 5 out of 7 days n (%) | 299 (37.0) | 239 (40.5) | 60 (27.4) | |
| Screen time | NS | |||
| Not met on 5 out of 7 days | 190 (23.5) | 133 (22.5) | 57 (26.0) | |
| Met screen time on 5 of previous 7 days n (%) | 619 (76.5) | 457 (77.5) | 162 (74.0) | |
| Health Related Quality of Life m(95%CI) scores out of maximum possible 100 | ||||
| Physical | 84.1 (83.1, 85.1) | 85.2 (84.1, 86.3) | 81.1 (78.9, 83.4) | p=0.000 |
| Emotional | 71.2 (69.8, 72.6) | 72.1 (70.6, 73.7) | 68.7 (65.8, 71.7) | p=0.031 |
| Social | 78.4 (77.0, 80.0) | 79.9 (78.4, 81.5) | 74.4 (71.3, 77.6) | p=0.001 |
| School | 75.0 (73.7, 76.2) | 75.7 (74.3, 77.1) | 73.0 (70.5, 75.6) | p=0.060 |
| Global | 78.1 (77.1, 79.1) | 79.2 (78.1, 80.3) | 75.2 (72.9, 77.4) | p=0.001 |
1Percentages relate to proportion of sample overall. 2P-value relates to significant difference between normal weight and overweight/obesity. 3Overwieght/obesity prevalence was significantly different to those who consumed soft drinks every days. 4Overwieght/obesity prevalence was significantly different to those who consumed takeaway foods 2-4 times per week