Table 1.
Characteristics of the children by body weight status.
| Characteristics | Overall (n = 1521) |
Normal Weight (n = 1100) |
Overweight/Obese (n = 421) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 11.21 ± 0.783 | 11.23 ± 0.794 | 11.16 ± 0.752 | 0.083 |
| Gender | 0.006 * | |||
| Boys | 690 (45.4%) | 475 (43.2%) | 215 (51.1%) | |
| Girls | 831 (54.6%) | 625 (56.8%) | 206 (48.9%) | |
| Breakfast choices (yes) | ||||
| White milk | 1189 (78.2%) | 877 (79.7%) | 312 (74.1%) | 0.018 * |
| Yoghurt | 152 (10%) | 115 (10.5%) | 37 (8.8%) | 0.332 |
| Cereals | 1030 (67.7%) | 753 (68.5%) | 277 (65.8%) | 0.321 |
| Fruit juice | 411 (27.0%) | 304 (27.6%) | 107 (25.4%) | 0.383 |
| Honey/Jam | 466 (30.6%) | 347 (31.5%) | 119 (28.3%) | 0.214 |
| Bread/Rusk | 443 (29.1%) | 334 (30.4%) | 109 (25.9%) | 0.086 |
| Butter/Margarine | 167 (11.0%) | 113 (10.3%) | 54 (12.8%) | 0.154 |
| Cake/Tsoureki/Koulouria | 331 (21.8%) | 228 (20.7%) | 103 (24.5%) | 0.114 |
| Chocolate milk | 229 (15.1%) | 165 (15.0%) | 64 (15.2%) | 0.922 |
| Protein content (g) | 12.63 ± 6.25 | 12.82 ± 6.40 | 12.13 ± 5.80 | 0.052 |
| Carbohydrate content (g) | 60.26 ± 35.09 | 60.91 ± 35.60 | 58.55 ± 33.71 | 0.240 |
| Lipid content (g) | 11.25 ± 8.72 | 11.13 ± 8.54 | 11.54 ± 9.20 | 0.428 |
| Breakfast energy content (kcal) | 392.75 ± 224.02 | 395.11 ± 225.69 | 386.57 ± 219.75 | 0.506 |
| KIDMED Score (−4 to 12) | 4.64 ± 2.28 | 4.74 ± 2.28 | 4.40 ± 2.27 | 0.010 * |
| Physical activity | 0.019 * | |||
| Yes | 1202 (79.0%) | 886 (80.5%) | 316 (75.1%) | |
| No | 319 (21.0%) | 214 (19.5%) | 105 (24.9%) |
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation for quantitative variables and counts (percentages) for categorical. * Level of significance is set at p < 0.05. p-values marked in bold indicate a statistically significant association.