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Table 6 Association between overweight/ obesity and eating habits; physical/leisure activities and parent’s body mass index
| % of overweight and obese children in each category | Body mass index | P | OR | 95% CI | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low/Normal | High/Obese | LL | UL | ||||||
| Gender | Male | (34/49) | 69.4% | (15/49) | 30.6% | 0.773 | Reference | ||
| Female | (46/64) | 71.9% | (18/64) | 28.1% | 0.89 | 0.39 | 2.01 | ||
| Age (years) | 10/11 | (58/76) | 76.3% | (18/76) | 23.7% | 0.064 | Reference | ||
| 12 | (22/37) | 59.5% | (15/37) | 40.5% | 2.20 | 0.95 | 5.10 | ||
| Setting | Urban | (28/42) | 66.7% | (14/42) | 33.3% | 0.458 | Reference | ||
| Rural | (52/71) | 73.2% | (19/71) | 26.8% | 0.73 | 0.32 | 1.68 | ||
| Has breakfast everyday | No | (5/6) | 83.3% | (1/6) | 16.7% | 0.669 | Reference | ||
| Yes | (75/107) | 70.1% | (32/107) | 29.9% | 2.13 | 0.24 | 19.00 | ||
| Chocolate milk or coffee, cakes/cookies | No | (47/64) | 73.4% | (17/64) | 26.6% | 0.437 | Reference | ||
| Yes | (32/48) | 66.7% | (16/48) | 33.3% | 1.38 | 0.61 | 3.13 | ||
| Soup every day | No | (22/31) | 71.0% | (9/31) | 29.0% | 0.980 | Reference | ||
| Yes | (58/82) | 70.7% | (24/82) | 29.3% | 1.01 | 0.41 | 2.51 | ||
| Vegetables and/or salads > =Once a day | No | (45/60) | 75.0% | (15/60) | 25.0% | 0.296 | Reference | ||
| Yes | (35/53) | 66.0% | (18/53) | 34.0% | 1.54 | 0.68 | 3.49 | ||
| Fish and/or meat everyday | No | (29/39) | 74.4% | (10/39) | 25.6% | 0.545 | Reference | ||
| Yes | (51/74) | 68.9% | (23/74) | 31.1% | 1.31 | 0.55 | 3.13 | ||
| 1 or more pieces of fruit a day | No | (17/21) | 81.0% | (4/21) | 19.0% | 0.257 | Reference | ||
| Yes | (63/92) | 68.5% | (29/92) | 31.5% | 1.96 | 0.60 | 6.33 | ||
| Number of candies, pizzas, hamburgers or chocolate eaten a week | > = 4 | (26/33) | 78.8% | (7/33) | 21.2% | 0.230 | Reference | ||
| <4 | (54/80) | 67.5% | (26/80) | 32.5% | 1.79 | 0.69 | 4.66 | ||
| Never drinks high calorie drinks | No | (59/80) | 73.8% | (21/80) | 26.3% | 0.282 | Reference | ||
| Yes | (21/33) | 63.6% | (12/33) | 36.4% | 1.62 | 0.68 | 3.82 | ||
| Number of meals a day | >3 | (73/101) | 72.c3% | (28/101) | 27.7% | 0.328 | Reference | ||
| 3 | (7/12) | 58.3% | (5/12) | 41.7% | 1.86 | 0.55 | 6.36 | ||
| Walks/High energy activities | No | (60/82) | 73.2% | (22/82) | 26.8% | 0.434 | Reference | ||
| Yes | (19/29) | 65.5% | (10/29) | 34.5% | 1.44 | 0.58 | 3.56 | ||
| ≥30 minute walk a day | No | (52/72) | 72.2% | (20/72) | 27.8% | 0.740 | Reference | ||
| Yes | (27/39) | 69.2% | (12/39) | 30.8% | 1.16 | 0.49 | 2.71 | ||
| ≥2 hours of television or video games a day | Yes | (60/85) | 70.6% | (25/85) | 29.4% | 0.806 | Reference | ||
| No | (19/26) | 73.1% | (7/26) | 26.9% | 0.88 | 0.33 | 2.37 | ||
| At least one obese parent | No | (59/73) | 80.8% | (14/73) | 19.2% | 0.006 | Reference | ||
| Yes | (12/23) | 52.2% | (11/23) | 47.8% | 3.86 | 1.42 | 10.55 | ||
| Obese father | No | (68/88) | 77.3% | (20/88) | 22.7% | 0.020 | Reference | ||
| Yes | (4/10) | 40.0% | (6/10) | 60.0% | 5.10 | 1.31 | 19.87 | ||
| Obese mother | No | (64/90) | 71.1% | (26/90) | 28.9% | 0.525 | Reference | ||
| Yes | (8/13) | 61.5% | (5/13) | 38.5% | 1.54 | 0.46 | 5.14 | ||
