Table 1 Energy balance-related behavior and descriptives (N = 2074)
Behavior | Content | mean | sd |
|---|---|---|---|
 Activity-related behavior  (minutes/week) |  |  |  |
Active means of transport | Walking or cycling to school | 45.9 | 54.6 |
School sports | Sports at school, including physical education and swimming lessons as part of the curriculum | 83.7 | 62.3 |
Sports at a club | Sports at a sports club (e.g. swimming, soccer, ballet) | 43.4 | 53.1 |
Playing outside | Playing outside, excluding school recess | 622.9 | 367.5 |
Watching television | Television watching, including videos and DVDs | 357.8 | 248.2 |
Computer use | Using the computer, including using the internet and playing games on a regular or games computer | 53.4 | 103.0 |
 Eating routines  |  |  |  |
Meal frequency (per week) | Total number of breakfasts, lunches and dinners consumed per week | 20.8 | 0.7 |
Take-out meal frequency (per week) | Total number of meals consumed from a take-out or at a restaurant per week | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Snack frequency (per week) | Total number of snacks consumed per week | 22.4 | 10.2 |
Duration of meals (minutes) | Average number of minutes a meal takes | 30.6 | 7.7 |
Eating together (%) | Percentage of meals consumed together with at least one other family member | 90.6 | 11.1 |
Eating at the table (%) | Percentage of meals consumed at the dinner table | 89.8 | 15.4 |
Eating with television on (%) | Percentage of meals consumed while television was on | 11.1 | 17.7 |