Table 5 Results of testing the mediational model: energy balance-related behaviours (EBRBs) as mediators of the relationship between ethnicity and BMI (criteria 1 and 2)

BMI: ethnicity (criterion 1)†

   BMI

1.54 (.80 – 2.28)

.37

1.86 (1.00 – 2.72)

.44

EBRBs: ethnicity (criterion 2)‡

screen-viewing behaviour

   television viewing

26.75 (.30 – 53.21)

13.46

44.28 (18.73 – 69.82)

13.00

   computer use

17.63 (-6.58 – 41.84)

12.32

13.14 (-6.88 – 33.16)

10.18

physical activity

   active transport to school

-9.60 (-17.27 – -1.93)

3.90

-9.46 (-17.26 – -1.66)

3.97

   organized sports

.41 (-6.52 – 7.33)

3.52

2.62 (-6.26 – 11.49)

4.51

   unorganised sports

32.52 (-6.69 – 71.73)

19.91

22.07 (-8.97 – 53.12)

15.75

sugar-containing beverage consumption

   soft drinks

151.03 (-73.48 – 375.54)

114.12

143.79 (-60.01 – 347.59)

103.66

   fruit juices

177.13 (54.22 – 300.05)

62.52

150.27 (38.07 – 262.47)

57.07

high-caloric snack consumption

   savoury snacks

.07 (-.08 – .22)

.08

.19 (.03 – .34)

.08

   sweet snacks

-.32 (-.65 – .01)

.17

-.15 (-.44 – .14)

.17