Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the study sample from the International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE).
| Study Site | HDI * | Boys (n) | Girls (n) | Age (year) ** | NW (%) | OV (%) | OB (%) | Parent Education (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| China (Tianjin) | 0.687 | 293 | 259 | 9.9 (0.4) | 58.9 | 17.4 | 23.7 | 33.0 | 44.4 | 22.6 |
| Brazil (Sao Paulo) | 0.718 | 287 | 297 | 10.5 (0.5) | 56.3 | 22.8 | 20.9 | 24.3 | 52.8 | 22.9 |
| United States (Baton Rouge) | 0.910 | 281 | 370 | 10.0 (0.6) | 58.8 | 22.4 | 18.7 | 8.9 | 44.6 | 46.6 |
| Portugal (Porto) | 0.809 | 358 | 419 | 10.4 (0.3) | 52.8 | 29.7 | 17.5 | 46.7 | 32.8 | 20.5 |
| Canada (Ottawa) | 0.908 | 239 | 328 | 10.5 (0.4) | 69.3 | 18.9 | 11.8 | 2.0 | 27.7 | 70.4 |
| South Africa (Cape Town) | 0.619 | 223 | 327 | 10.3 (0.7) | 73.6 | 15.6 | 10.7 | 48.0 | 39.0 | 12.9 |
| Australia (Adelaide) | 0.929 | 243 | 285 | 10.7 (0.4) | 62.1 | 27.5 | 10.4 | 11.4 | 47.7 | 40.9 |
| India (Bangalore) | 0.547 | 292 | 328 | 10.4 (0.5) | 66.3 | 23.4 | 10.3 | 4.8 | 21.7 | 73.4 |
| United Kingdom (Bath) | 0.863 | 237 | 288 | 10.9 (0.5) | 69.7 | 20.6 | 9.7 | 3.0 | 51.6 | 45.4 |
| Kenya (Nairobi) | 0.509 | 262 | 301 | 10.2 (0.7) | 78.9 | 14.6 | 6.6 | 13.9 | 45.7 | 40.4 |
| Colombia (Bogota) | 0.710 | 454 | 465 | 10.5 (0.6) | 77.2 | 17.1 | 5.8 | 31.8 | 50.7 | 17.5 |
| Finland (Helsinki) | 0.882 | 253 | 283 | 10.5 (0.4) | 76.3 | 18.3 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 55.1 | 42.1 |
* Human Development Index [10]; ** Mean (SD); NW: normal weight; OV: overweight; OB: obese. Parent education levels are 1 <high school and some high school, 2 completed high school and some post-secondary (e.g., vocational diploma or certificate); 3 bachelor degree and post-graduate.