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Table 1 Distribution fruit and vegetables consumption per day, breakfast consumption per week and minutes per day spent in moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA).

From: Patterns of adolescent physical activity and dietary behaviours

 

Total (n = 176)

Boys (n = 87)

Girls (n = 89)

Younger adolescents

(n = 98)

Older adolescents

(n = 78)

MVPA minutes/day

     

   25th percentile

30.5

37.6

25.5**

39.2

22.6***

   50th percentile

44.1

49.3

40.5

48.1

38.1

   75th percentile

56.4

64.3

53.1

65.1

49.5

Frequency of FV consumption/day

     

   25th percentile

3.1

2.8

3.3

2.5

3.8***

   50th percentile

4.5

4.8

4.4

3.9

5.4

   75th percentile

6.7

6.7

6.9

6.1

7.8

Frequency of breakfast consumption, days/week

     

   25th percentile

4

5

2.5**

4

4

   50th percentile

7

7

6

7

7

   75th percentile

7

7

7

7

7

  1. SD, standard deviation; FV a composite measure of fruit and vegetables.
  2. **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001. Mann-Whitney tests.