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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Educ Behav. 2020 Jan 20;47(2):332–343. doi: 10.1177/1090198119897612

Table 3.

Meeting Physical Activity, Dietary Behavior, and BMI Results (Percentage Met Established Criteria) Among Randomly Selected Participants Across the Collection Periods.

60-Minute moderate/vigorous physical activity (3DPAR)a
5+ Daily fruit/vegetable dietary behaviors (SPAN)b
Normal/underweight BMIc
Variable % Met p % Met  p % Met  p
Gender   .78 .67 .03
 Female (n = 1,442) 36.7 36.3 74.9
 Male (n = 1,432) 37.1 37.1 72.1
School   .39 .16 .03
 Eastern (n = 2,126) 37.4 35.8 74.4
 Western (n = 748) 35.7 39.1 71.05
Grade   .10 .0002 .06
 6 (n = 957) 38.4 40.3 75.6
 7 (n = 990) 34.2 38.4 72.0
 8 (n = 927) 38.0 30.3 72.8
Data collection window <.0001 .94 .50
 Baseline (n = 309) 27.8   —   —
 Year 1 (n = 1,022) 30.0   — 56.9
 Year 2 (n = 810) 41.8 36.6 56.1
 Year 3 (n = 1,042) 40.6 36.8 58.7

Note. 3DPAR = 3-Day Physical Activity Recall; SPAN = School Physical Activity and Nutrition; BMI = body mass index; PA = physical activity. Dietary behaviors collected at baseline and Year 1 were not included due to a change in response options from Year 1 to Year 2. Data reported reflect only SPAN Year 2 and Year 3.

a

PA data were collected on the following time points: baseline: February; Year 1: March, April, May, September; Year 2: October, February, March, April; Year 3: September, November, March, April.

b

SPAN data were collected on the following time points: Year 2: October, February, March, April; Year 3: September, November, March, April.

c

BMI data were collected on the following time points: Year 1: March; Year 2: November; Year 3: September.