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. 2020 Jul 15;7(3):535–547. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2020043

Table 3. Comparison of children's healthy life behaviors.

Before Training
After Training
Intervention
Control
Intervention
Control
Characteristic* n % N % Between Groups p n % n % Between Groups p
Having breakfast
 Yes 757 74.1 544 92.7 X2 = 70.226 829 81.1 536 91.3 X2 = 39.803
 No 265 25.9 43 7.3 P = 0.001 193 18.9 51 8.7 p = 0.001
In-groups p
Intervention: X2 =144.680; p = 0.001
In-group p
Control: X2 = 73.69; p = 0.001
Eating in front of screen
 Yes 564 55.2 380 64.7 X2 = 6.760 559 54.7 363 61.8 X2 = 15.463
 No 458 44.8 207 35.3 p = 0.009 463 45.3 224 38.2 p = 0.001
In-group p
Intervention: X2 = 148.71; p = 0.001
In-group p
Control: X2 = 41.0; p = 0.001
Physical Activity Time per Day
 Less than 1 hour 380 37.2 218 37.1 X2 = 0.001 278 27.2 169 28.8 X2 = 0.469
 1 hour and more 642 62.8 369 62.9 p = 0.986 744 72.8 418 71.2 p = 0.493
In-group p
Intervention: X2 = 147.973; p = 0.001
In-group p
Control: X2 = 49.353; p = 0.001
In front of screen per Day
 Less than 2 hour 521 51.0 393 67.0 X2 = 49.53 598 58.5 405 69.0 X2 = 11.221
 2 hour and more 501 49.0 194 33.0 p = 0.001 424 41.5 182 31.0 p = 0.001
In-group p
Intervention: X2 = 58.504; p = 0.001
In-group p
Control: X2 = 57.15; p = 0.001

* Children's own expressions.