Table 1.
Characteristics of Dutch primary schoolchildren aged 4–12 in the Dutch National Food Consumption Survey 2012–2014 in total and separated by place of consumption (at home or at school)
| Total (n = 363) |
Place of consumption | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home (n = 185) | School (n = 178) | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Gender | ||||||
| Boys | 182 | 50.1 | 105 | 56.8* | 77 | 43.3* |
| Girls | 181 | 49.9 | 80 | 43.2* | 101 | 56.7* |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 4–6 | 121 | 33.3 | 67 | 36.2 | 54 | 30.3 |
| 7–9 | 128 | 35.3 | 65 | 35.1 | 63 | 35.4 |
| 10–12 | 114 | 31.4 | 53 | 28.6 | 61 | 34.3 |
| Urbanization | ||||||
| Low | 156 | 43.0 | 76 | 41.1 | 80 | 44.9 |
| Moderate | 76 | 20.9 | 42 | 22.7 | 34 | 19.1 |
| High | 131 | 36.1 | 67 | 36.2 | 64 | 36.0 |
| Migration background | ||||||
| Western | 338 | 93.1 | 174 | 94.1 | 164 | 92.1 |
| Non-western | 25 | 6.9 | 11 | 5.9 | 14 | 7.9 |
| BMI categories | ||||||
| Normal | 299 | 82.4 | 152 | 82.2 | 147 | 82.6 |
| Overweight/ obese | 64 | 17.7 | 33 | 17.8 | 31 | 17.4 |
| Parents’ highest educational level | ||||||
| Low | 38 | 10.5 | 17 | 9.2 | 21 | 11.8 |
| Middle | 149 | 41.0 | 84 | 45.4 | 65 | 36.5 |
| High | 176 | 48.5 | 84 | 45.4 | 92 | 51.7 |
| Season of measurement | ||||||
| Spring | 96 | 26.4 | 54 | 29.2 | 42 | 23.6 |
| Summer | 65 | 17.9 | 31 | 16.8 | 34 | 19.1 |
| Autumn | 102 | 28.1 | 49 | 26.5 | 53 | 29.8 |
| Winter | 100 | 27.5 | 51 | 27.6 | 49 | 27.5 |
| Number of recalls | ||||||
| 1 | 281 | 77.4 | 152 | 82.2 | 129 | 72.5 |
| 2 | 82 | 22.6 | 33 | 17.8 | 49 | 27.5 |
| Day of consumption | ||||||
| Monday | 62 | 17.1 | 26 | 14.1 | 36 | 20.2 |
| Tuesday | 92 | 25.3 | 38 | 20.5 | 54 | 30.3 |
| Wednesday | 64 | 17.6 | 52 | 28.1 | 12 | 6.7 |
| Thursday | 84 | 23.1 | 40 | 21.6 | 44 | 24.7 |
| Friday | 61 | 16.8 | 29 | 15.7 | 32 | 18.0 |
BMI Body mass index
*Statistically significant differences in percentage of boys and girls between the groups at home and at school (p ≤ 0.05)