Table 3.
Proportion of population meeting recommendations for diet, physical and sedentary behaviour and body composition
| Total | Male | Female | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | n | n | ||||
| Diet and 25OHD status | ||||||
| > 800 mg calcium (n (%))1 | 97 | 46 (47.4) | 46 | 23 (50) | 51 | 23 (45.1) |
| > 5 μg vitamin D (n (%))1 | 97 | 6 (6.2) | 46 | 3 (6.5) | 51 | 3 (5.9) |
| > 50 nmol/L 25OHD concentration (n (%))2 | 32 | 20 (62.5) | 20 | 11 (55) | 12 | 9 (75) |
| Physical and sedentary behaviour | ||||||
| > 420 min total PA/week (n (%))3 | 73 | 50 (68.5) | 36 | 26 (72.2) | 37 | 24 (64.9) |
| < 1 h screen time/day (n (%))4 | 72 | 19 (26.4) | 35 | 7 (20) | 37 | 12 (32.4) |
| Body composition | ||||||
| Normal (BMI < 85th centile) (n (%)) 5 | 102 | 82 (80.4) | 47 | 37 (78.7) | 52 | 45 (81.8) |
| Overweight (85th < BMI < 95th centile) (n (%)) 5 | 102 | 12 (11.8) | 47 | 7 (14.9) | 52 | 5 (9.1) |
| Obese (BMI > 95th centile) (n (%)) 5 | 102 | 8 (7.8) | 47 | 3 (6.4) | 52 | 5 (9.1) |
25OHD, serum vitamin D; PA, physical activity; BMI, body mass index
1Scientific guidelines for healthy eating in Ireland (2011)
2IOM (2011)
3The national guidelines on physical activity for Ireland (2009)
4Media use in school-aged children and adolescents: AAP (2016)
5Centres for Disease Control and Protection, Defining childhood obesity (2016)