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. 2020 Jun 30;12(7):1949. doi: 10.3390/nu12071949

Table 5.

Changes from baseline to follow-up in the percentage of parents achieving the behavioral goals by study group in the total sample and in each region/country.

Total Sample HICs under Austerity Measures LMICs HICs
Baseline Follow-Up p-Value * Baseline Follow-Up p-Value * Baseline Follow-up p-Value * Baseline Follow-Up p-Value *
Breakfast % % % % % % % %
Intervention daily 57.8 61.6 0.062 65.2 71.7 0.019 35.2 31.0 0.242 71.0 77.7 0.071
Control daily 60.0 61.5 0.478 62.8 64.3 0.651 33.9 33.2 0.855 79.1 77.9 0.708
p-value § 0.245 0.971 0.430 ‡ 0.381 0.019 0.225 ‡ 0.703 0.613 0.533 ‡ 0.010 0.965 0.113 ‡
Sugary drinks % % % % % % % %
Intervention <1 serving per week 54.6 66.4 <0.001 59.5 77.0 <0.001 46.4 53.1 0.117 86.9 90.5 0.196
Control <1 serving per week 52.3 56.3 0.087 54.6 63.8 0.007 50.3 45.8 0.336 88.2 87.7 0.850
p-value § 0.254 <0.001 0.009 0.104 <0.001 0.024 0.305 0.152 0.064 ‡ 0.607 0.330 0.460 ‡
Vegetables % % % % % % % %
Intervention >=5 servings per day 3.4 2.8 0.387 3.6 3.2 0.701 3.8 2.9 0.537 2.6 1.8 0.526
Control >=5 servings per day 2.7 3.4 0.298 3.2 4.3 0.375 4.1 4.2 0.937 0.5 1.7 0.144
p-value § 0.245 0.430 0.623 ‡ 0.701 0.387 0.595 ‡ 0.838 0.447 0.856 ‡ 0.023 0.927 0.719 ‡
Fruits % % % % % % % % % %
Intervention >=3 servings per day 9.4 11.7 0.063 10.4 16.7 0.001 8.5 4.0 0.021 8.6 10.5 0.448
Control >=3 servings per day 7.0 7.5 0.648 7.4 9.0 0.358 5.2 2.3 0.095 8.0 9.2 0.581
p-value § 0.020 0.002 0.525 ‡ 0.060 0.001 0.262 ‡ 0.078 0.303 0.780 ‡ 0.750 0.622 0.895 ‡
Sweets % % % % % % % % % %
Intervention <= 1 serving per week 24.1 28.0 0.026 24.5 31.3 0.009 25.7 25.8 0.980 21.2 23.6 0.485
Control <= 1 serving per week 23.5 23.6 0.954 28.5 29.8 0.662 19.9 20.1 0.952 19.1 17.7 0.644
p-value § 0.708 0.028 0.172 ‡ 0.104 0.631 0.188 ‡ 0.051 0.138 0.973 ‡ 0.470 0.097 0.487 ‡
Screen time % % % % % % % % % %
Intervention <2 h per day 16.6 18.5 0.219 17.9 21.0 0.193 19.1 19.4 0.928 11.0 12.0 0.700
Control <2 h per day 14.9 14.6 0.842 16.2 18.1 0.430 19.4 16.9 0.470 8.8 8.0 0.715
p-value § 0.222 0.024 0.443 ‡ 0.410 0.294 0.786 ‡ 0.926 0.486 0.630 ‡ 0.320 0.132 0.629 ‡
MVPA % % % % % % % % % %
Intervention >=150 min per week 46.9 47.6 0.756 42.3 43.6 0.692 51.5 53.4 0.653 50.6 50.0 0.892
Control >=150 min per week 46.5 47.5 0.666 43.0 44.7 0.638 49.3 52.2 0.555 49.5 48.4 0.793
p-value § 0.858 0.989 0.909 ‡ 0.818 0.764 0.876 ‡ 0.582 0.825 0.863 ‡ 0.780 0.745 0.914 ‡

MVPA: Moderate to vigorous physical activity; HICs: High-income countries; LMICs: Low- to middle-income countries. Serving size: for sugary drinks: 250 mL, for fruits and vegetables: 1/2 cup, for sweets: one small chocolate bar (40 g) or half a cup of sweets, cookies or one scoop of ice cream. * p-values indicate the time effect and were derived from generalized linear mixed modeling with sex as a covariate. § p-values indicate the treatment effect and were derived from generalized linear mixed modeling with sex as a covariate. ‡ p-values indicate the treatment × time interaction effect and were derived from generalized linear mixed modeling with sex as a covariate. Significant p-values are highlighted in bold.