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Table 2 Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of being overweight and obese (compared to normal weight) for eating breakfast, lunch and dinner (compared to not eating the respective meals), never TV watching at breakfast lunch and dinner (compared to watching TV at the respective meals) in the total ENERGY-sample and for each country

From: Associations between eating meals, watching TV while eating meals and weight status among children, ages 10–12 years in eight European countries: the ENERGY cross-sectional study

Total (N = 7915)

Breakfast yesterday

Lunch yesterday

Dinner yesterday

Never TV at breakfast

Never TV at lunch

Never TV at dinner

Overweight

*0.6 (0.5-0.7)

0.9 (0.7-1.3)

*0.4 (0.3-0.5)

1.0 (0.9-1.1)

*0.7 (0.7-0.8)

*0.8 (0.7-0.9)

Obese

*0.3 (0.3-0.4)

0.7 (0.4-1.1)

*0.2 (0.1-0.3)

0.9 (0.7-1.1)

*0.6 (0.4-0.7)

*0.6 (0.5-0.8)

Belgium

Overweight

*0.5 (0.3-0.7)

Na

Na

0.8 (0.5-1.2)

0.8 (0.5-1.2)

*0.6 (0.4-1.0)

Obese

0.6 (0.2-1.5)

Na

Na

0.9 (0.4-2.1)

1.1 (0.5-2.4)

0.4 (0.2-1.1)

Greece

Overweight

*0.7 (0.5-0.9)

1.6 (0.6-4.0)

*0.6 (0.4-0.8)

1.3 (1.0-1.7)

0.9 (0.6-1.3)

1.2 (0.8-1.8)

Obese

*0.3 (0.2-0.5)

0.3 (0.1-0.8)

*0.4 (0.2-0.6)

1.0 (0.7-1.5)

0.7 (0.4-1.3)

0.9 (0.5-1.8)

Hungary

Overweight

0.7 (0.5-1.1)

0.9 (0.5-1.7)

*0.5 (0.3-0.9)

1.1 (0.8-1.5)

0.9 (0.7-1.3)

0.9 (0.6-1.3)

Obese

0.9 (0.5-1.8)

Na

*0.3 (0.1-0.6)

0.7 (0.4-1.2)

0.9 (0.5-1.6)

1.7 (0.9-3.2)

The Netherlands

Overweight

0.5 (0.3-1.0)

1.0 (0.4-2.5)

*0.2 (0.0-0.5)

0.5 (0.3-0.9)

*0.6 (0.4-1.0)

0.8 (0.5-1.2)

Obese

*0.2 (0.1-0.5)

0.8 (0.2-3.6)

Na

0.8 (0.3-1.8)

0.7 (0.3-1.7)

0.5 (0.2-1.3)

Norway

Overweight

0.6 (0.3-1.1)

*0.4 (0.3-0.7)

0.7 (0.2-1.8)

1.0 (0.7-1.6)

1.3 (0.8-1.9)

1.3 (0.9-2.0)

Obese

1Na

Na

Na

1.4 (0.4-4.2)

1.2 (0.4-3.7)

Na

Slovenia

Overweight

*0.7 (0.5-0.9)

Na

*0.5 (0.3-0.7)

1.1 (0.8-1.5)

1.1 (0.8-1.4)

1.3 (0.4-1.4)

Obese

*0.6 (0.3-0.9)

Na

*0.4 (0.2-0.7)

0.6 (0.4-1.1)

*0.5 (0.3-0.9)

0.8 (0.4-1.4)

Spain

Overweight

0.7 (0.3-1.6)

Na

0.8 (0.3-2.0)

0.7 (0.5-1.0)

0.8 (0.6-1.1)

0.8 (0.5-1.3)

Obese

Na

Na

Na

0.6 (0.3-1.4)

Na

Na

Switzerland

Overweight

0.6 (0.3-1.1)

Na

0.4 (0.1-1.2)

0.7 (0.4-1.4)

0.7 (0.4-1.4)

1.0 (0.6-1.7)

Obese

Na

Na

Na

Na

Na

1.4 (0.4-4.3)

  1. * p ≤ 0.05, reference category: normal weight, adjusted for gender, ethnicity and total TV time (only TV at meals variables) as potential confounding factors.
  2. 1Na: Non applicable due to fewer than 5 observations in subpopulations.