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Table 4 Dietary habits of the Swiss sample stratified by gender, parental education and ethnicity

From: Differences in weight status and energy-balance related behaviors among schoolchildren in German-speaking Switzerland compared to seven countries in Europe

Dietary habits

Total

Gender

 

Parental education

Language spoken at home

Country of birth of parents

  

Boys

Girls

Low

High

Non-native

Native

Non-native

Native

 

N=596

N=311

N=285

N=175

N=381

N=139

N=455

N=201

N=359

Soft drink FFQ (ml/day)

388 (522)

461 (540)***

307 (447)

496 (567)***

311 (458)

493 (621)**

355 (484)

403 (507)

351 (499)

Soft drink 24h recall (ml/day)

390 (464)

456 (520)**

318 (434)

464 (507)***

331 (412)

495 (480)***

359 (456)

423 (431)**

355 (472)

Fruit juice FFQ (ml/day)

314 (383)

360 (431)**

263 (315)

314 (381)

294 (354)

473 (512)***

265 (318)

383 (456)**

259 (309)

Fruit juice 24h recall (ml/day)

290 (401)

338 (421)**

239 (372)

271 (332)

285 (407)

383 (476)*

261 (371)

340 (430)**

253 (379)

Breakfast (days/week)

6.0 (1.7)

5.9 (1.8)

6.1 (1.6)

5.9 (1.8)

6.1 (1.7)

5.7 (1.9)*

6.1 (1.7)

5.9 (1.7)

6.2 (1.7)

Skipped breakfast ≥ 1/week (%)

32.4

35.1

29.4

37.5

29.2

39.6*

30.1

37.4*

28.0

  1. *p≤0,05.
  2. **p≤0,01.
  3. ***p≤0,001.