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. 2020 Nov 29;12(12):3668. doi: 10.3390/nu12123668

Table 2.

The proportions (%) of Saudi children who exceeded certain cut-off values for breakfast intake, overweight/obesity, and selected lifestyle behaviors.

Variable Criterion * Proportion (%) p-Value **
All
(N =1149)
Boys
(N = 523)
Girls
(N = 626)
Breakfast intake at home Non-daily intake 79.6 78.8 80.4 0.509
Overweight or obesity BMI > cut-offs 28.7 27.5 29.8 0.378
Screen time >2 h/day 69.5 77.8 62.6 <0.001
Nocturnal sleep duration <9 h 65.8 67.5 64.4 0.267
Physical activity <420 min/week 84.8 74.8 93.1 <0.001
Walking to school Not walking to school 95.7 95.0 96.3 00.005

* Overweight or obesity cut-offs are based on IOTF cut-off values [29], screen time cut-offs are based on reference [30,31], sleep duration cut-offs are based on [32], and physical activity cut-offs are based on [33]; ** Tests for the differences in proportions between boys and girls.