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Table 5 Descriptive data on health behaviour outcome variables for intervention and comparison groups at baseline, for total sample and by cohort

From: A participatory and capacity-building approach to healthy eating and physical activity – SCIP-school: a 2-year controlled trial

 

Total

Grade 2 cohort

Grade 4 cohort

Grade 7 cohort

Comparison N=328 (%)

Intervention N=471 (%)

Comparison N=95 (%)

Intervention N=202 (%)

Comparison N=120 (%)

Intervention N=179 (%)

Comparison N=113 (%)

Intervention N=90 (%)

Eats breakfast every school day

92.1

93.0

94.7

98.0

95.8

91.0

85.8

85.6

Eats lunch every school day

81.6

87.9*

95.7

97.5

84.2

90.4

67.0

61.1

Eats vegetables at least twice a day

36.5

32.1

47.3

33.0*

34.2

37.6

30.1

18.9

Eats fruit at least twice a day

22.4

25.5

33.3

30.7

21.7

26.3

14.2

12.2

Eats sweets at most twice a week

77.7

77.4

76.6

82.1

80.8

74.6

75.2

72.2

Drinks sweetened drinks at most twice a week

81.3

75.6

85.1

81.6

80.0

75.6

79.6

62.2**

Is member of a club

84.9

84.7

96.8

81.2***

87.5

88.8

72.3

84.4*

Sports participation at least three times a week

56.3

56.0

38.0

47.5

63.3

57.1

63.7

73.0

Spends at least 30 minutes outside every school day

87.5

89.5

94.6

92.1

88.0

90.2

80.9

82.2

Walks or bikes to school at least three days a week

73.1

70.1

59.6

59.7

81.5

79.2

75.7

75.6

Was physically active during breaks at least 3 days a week

61.4

68.4*

76.9

74.9

76.3

79.9

33.0

31.1

Watched TV at most three hours every school day

97.2

98.0

100

100

98.3

98.3

93.8

93.2

Has a fairly or very high self–esteem

97.5

98.9

98.9

99.5

99.1

98.3

94.7

98.9

Feels fairly good or good

98.2

97.9

100

99.5

98.3

97.8

96.5

94.4

Has at most one risk behaviour

21.3

20.6

30.5

23.8

18.3

22.3

16.8

10.0

  1. * Significant difference between intervention- and comparison group at p < .05 derived using Chi-square test; ** p < .01; *** p < .001.