Skip to main content

Table 1 Mean scores (SD) and Differences in Correlates of Vegetable Intake between Normal Weight and Overweight Boys

From: Personal, social and environmental correlates of vegetable intake in normal weight and overweight 9 to 13-year old boys

 

Total sample of all 9 countries (n = 3960)

Sub-sample of 4 countries (n = 1758)

 

Normal weight boys (n = 3306)

Overweight boys (n = 654)

T-value (sign.)

Normal weight boys (n = 1493)

Overweight boys (n = 265)

T-value (sign.)

Personal

      

Knowledge

0.24 (0.43)

0.27 (0.44)

-1.39

0.22 (0.42)

0.26 (0.44)

-1.20

Attitudes

0.82 (1.05)

0.87 (1.11)

-0.81

0.82 (1.02)

0.82 (1.08)

0.06

Liking

0.57 (1.14)

0.56 (1.21)

0.31

0.63 (1.15)

0.63 (1.24)

0.11

General self-efficacy

0.71 (1.05)

0.69 (1.07)

0.53

0.74 (1.06)

0.74 (1.07)

-0.04

Preferences

0.41 (0.87)

0.44 (0.92)

-0.86

0.53 (0.85)

0.57 (0.88)

-0.65

Perceived barriers

-1.08 (0.98)

-1.01 (1.10)

-1.49

-1.03 (1.00)

-1.01 (1.10)

-0.21

Social-environmental

      

Modeling

0.63 (0.83)

0.64 (0.86)

-0.44

0.56 (0.82)

0.52 (0.80)

0.65

Active parental encouragement

0.28 (1.27)

0.35 (1.32)

-1.12

0.20 (1.21)

0.05 (1.31)

1.81

Demand family rule

0.11 (1.30)

0.12 (1.34)

-0.16

-0.18 (1.26)

-0.42 (1.27)

2.91*

Allow family rule

1.32 (1.02)

1.33 (1.03)

-0.32

1.33 (1.00)

1.41 (0.94)

-1.27

Family facilitation

-0.42 (1.31)

-0.37 (1.36)

-0.84

-0.50 (1.24)

-0.58 (1.26)

0.96

Physical-environmental

      

Availability at home

0.99 (0.80)

1.04 (0.88)

-1.26

0.89 (0.81)

0.88 (0.88)

0.15

Bring vegetables to school

-1.22 (1.12)

-1.28 (1.12)

1.35

-1.18 (1.08)

-1.15 (1.09)

-0.30

Availability at school

-0.87 (1.49)

-1.01 (1.46)

2.29

-1.00 (1.38)

-1.11 (1.33)

1.16

Availability at friends house

-0.24 (1.30)

-0.49 (1.33)

4.39**

-0.12 (1.27)

-0.32 (1.26)

2.37*

  1. * p < 0.01 ** p < 0.001