Table 3.
Family history of participants with excess body weight and self-reported exercise and eating habits.
| Identified variant (DCV, VUS) in participants with excess body weight | No identified variants in participants with excess body weight | Total | p1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nr. of participants | 83 | 1170 | 1253 | ||
| Reported data (%) | 60.2% | 64.1% | 64.2% | ||
| Parental obesity | |||||
| Mother | without obesity | 59.6% | 54.0% | 57.0% | 0.556 |
| with excess body weight | 40.4% | 46.0% | 43.0% | ||
| Father | without obesity | 48.2% | 56.0% | 51.9% | 0.423 |
| with excess body weight | 51.8% | 44.0% | 48.1% | ||
| Both parents | without obesity | 31.6% | 36.0% | 33.6% | 0.455 |
| with excess body weight | 22.8% | 30.0% | 40.2% | ||
| Only one parent with excess body weight | 45.6% | 34.0% | 26.2% | ||
| Exercise (days per week)2 | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 2.0 (1.1) | 2.4 (1.2) | 2.2 (1.1) | 0.112 | |
| Self-reported feeding habits3 | |||||
| Very Poor | 23.2% | 19.6% | 21.6% | 0.706 | |
| Poor | 33.9% | 26.1% | 30.4% | ||
| Average | 28.6% | 34.8% | 31.4% | ||
| Good | 14.3% | 19.6% | 16.7% | ||
1 Chi-square test for independence.
2 Days per week with moderate activity for at least 45 minutes per day.
3 Self-reported feeding habits criteria:
Very Poor: rarely planned menus, no breakfast, drinks sugary drink, eats fast, snacks and sweets every day.
Poor: rarely planned to 2 planned menus, breakfast occasionally, drinks water and sugary drinks, eats fast, snacks and sweets occasionally.
Average: 3-5 planned menus, breakfast occasionally, drinks water and rarely sugary drinks, snacks and sweets rarely.
Good: 3-5 planned menus, breakfast included, eats slowly, drinks water, no snacks and sweets.