Table 3.

PALS food and activity groups and Healthy Behavior Index (HBI) scores (and its diet and physical activity groups) in middle school students (School A and School B) by self-reported food security versus food insecurity †.

	Food Secure N = 283	Food Insecure N = 209
Sedentary	63.77 ± 1.65	64.69 ± 1.92
Sweet	55.94 ± 1.85	59.55 ± 2.15
Phys Act	50.47 ± 2.05	40.70 ± 2.38
Sugar Sweetened Beverages	47.96 ± 2.14	49.29 ± 2.49
Salty	43.10 ± 1.93	46.66 ± 2.23
Fruit	37.56 ± 2.27	34.42 ± 2.64
Dairy	27.16 ± 2.40	27.27 ± 2.79
Protein	19.14 ± 1.93	17.47 ± 2.24
Fiber	2.00 ± 2.31	4.10 ± 2.68
Vegetable	−9.11 ± 2.90	−12.3 ± 3.32
HBI ‡	−5.16 ± 2.19	−9.00 ± 2.55

† Students who responded “sometimes” or “often” to at least one of the three questions about food insecurity were considered to be food insecure. Only students that responded “never” to all three questions were considered to be food secure. ‡ F (1,491) = 1.276, p = 0.26.