Table 3.
Turkish public school pre-adolescents (n = 285) |
Turkish private school pre-adolescents (n = 163) |
Finnish pre-adolescents (n = 171) |
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health | leisure time activity | diet-related behavior | health | leisure time activity | diet-related behavior | health | diet-related behavior | |||
DMFT | 0.814 | 0.356 | * | 0.566 | 0.396 | * | 0.598 | * | ||
BMI | – 0.605 | * | * | 0.560 | * | * | 0.369 | * | ||
TV viewing on a school day | * | 0.550 | * | * | 0.730 | * | 0.355 | 0.554 | ||
Dinner with family members | * | 0.282 | * | 0.681 | * | 0.313 | 0.499 | 0.294 | ||
Fizzy drinks per week | * | * | 0.972 | * | * | 0.978 | * | 0.758 | ||
Fast foods per week | * | * | 0.970 | * | * | 0.977 | * | 0.640 | ||
Daily snacking on fruits | * | 0.759 | * | * | 0.704 | * | 0.608 | * | ||
between meals |
Factor loadings below 0.25 extracted for ease of communication.