Table 1 Description of socio-demographic characteristics, television viewing, potential mediators, and eating behaviours.
| Â | Gender | Year level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Male (n = 774) | Female (n = 955) | Year 7 (n = 1107) | Year 9 (n = 622) |
Maternal education (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Low | 340 (44) | 430 (45) | 520 (47) | 249 (40)*** |
Medium | 232 (30) | 306 (32) | 332 (30) | 211 (34) |
High | 202 (26) | 219 (23) | 255 (23) | 162 (26) |
School region (n, %) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Metropolitan | 565 (73) | 688 (72) | 797 (72) | 460 (74) |
Rural | 209 (27) | 267 (28) | 310 (28) | 162 (26) |
TV viewing (n, %) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
≤2 hours/day | 382 (49) | 517 (54) | 603 (54) | 296 (48) |
>2 hours/day | 392 (51) | 438 (46) | 504 (46) | 326 (52)** |
T1 potential mediators | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Snacked while watching the TV (mean, SD; range 1-5) | 3.46 (1.14) | 3.45 (1.06) | 3.42 (1.21) | 3.52 (1.04)* |
Value of TV viewing (mean, SD; range 3-9) | 5.39 (1.91) | 4.98 (1.85)*** | 5.23 (1.87) | 5.04 (1.90)* |
T1 dietary behaviours (mean serves/day, SD) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Energy-dense snack foods | 1.27 (1.56) | 1.19 (1.32) | 1.23 (1.42) | 1.23 (1.46) |
Energy-dense drinks | 1.24 (1.49) | 0.78 (1.05)*** | 1.03 (1.32) | 0.91 (1.23) |
Fruit | 0.84 (0.84) | 0.98 (0.85)*** | 0.94 (0.86) | 0.87 (0.83) |
T2 dietary behaviours (mean serves/day, SD) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Energy-dense snack foods | 1.11 (1.34) | 1.10 (1.12) | 1.08 (1.28) | 0.97 (1.12) |
Energy-dense drinks | 1.13 (1.55) | 0.63 (1.04) | 0.88 (1.37) | 0.81 (1.20) |
Fruit | 0.84 (0.83) | 1.10 (0.90) | 1.01 (0.88) | 0.93 (0.88) |