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Table 1 Survey characteristics and prevalence of fast food consumption, carbonated soft drink consumption, and sedentary behavior

From: Association of leisure-time sedentary behavior with fast food and carbonated soft drink consumption among 133,555 adolescents aged 12–15 years in 44 low- and middle-income countries

Country income level

Country

Year

Response rate (%)

Na

Fast food consumption (%)b

Soft drink consumption (%)c

Sedentary behavior (%)d

Low

Afghanistan

2014

79

1493

63.3

41.1

23.3

Benin

2009

90

1170

51.8

32.1

18.4

Cambodia

2013

85

1812

25.5

45.5

10.2

Mozambique

2015

80

668

65.5

59.8

41.0

Tanzania

2014

87

2615

35.6

47.6

20.1

Total

  

14,786

48.3

47.8

21.2

Lower middle

Bangladesh

2014

91

2753

53.3

47.8

14.9

Belize

2011

88

1600

66.2

63.9

36.3

Bolivia

2012

88

2804

56.9

63.1

24.3

East Timor

2015

79

1631

67.0

43.9

15.6

Egypt

2011

85

2364

49.3

54.8

27.5

El Salvador

2013

88

1615

57.4

65.9

35.2

Ghana

2012

82

1110

69.9

55.2

18.4

Guatemala

2015

82

3611

56.8

60.8

22.9

Guyana

2010

76

1973

56.0

70.8

35.7

Honduras

2012

79

1486

48.0

73.6

30.3

Indonesia

2015

94

8806

54.7

29.2

24.5

Kiribati

2011

85

1340

43.9

22.5

14.4

Laos

2015

70

1644

44.8

58.2

19.2

Maldives

2009

80

1981

34.9

32.8

42.4

Mauritania

2010

70

1285

63.2

52.2

38.9

Mongolia

2013

88

3707

55.2

33.1

39.6

Morocco

2010

92

2405

44.2

46.3

25.7

Pakistan

2009

76

4998

21.0

36.6

8.2

Philippines

2015

79

6162

51.9

37.9

30.7

Samoa

2011

79

2200

78.9

53.9

38.1

Solomon Islands

2011

85

925

65.9

44.8

26.4

Sudan

2012

77

1401

41.5

39.2

19.7

Syria

2010

97

2929

42.8

31.1

25.3

Tonga

2010

80

1946

70.0

57.3

29.2

Vanuatu

2011

72

852

56.4

39.8

19.0

Vietnam

2013

96

1743

29.7

34.6

34.9

Total

  

86,957

48.3

40.0

24.5

Upper middle

Algeria

2011

98

3484

51.9

77.7

26.8

Antigua & Barbuda

2009

67

1235

56.6

58.2

54.6

Argentina

2012

71

21,528

31.5

66.0

49.9

Costa Rica

2009

72

2265

54.4

52.6

44.2

Iraq

2012

88

1533

55.7

53.9

25.6

Lebanon

2011

87

1982

64.6

59.2

47.2

Malaysia

2012

89

16,273

48.3

31.3

42.7

Mauritius

2011

82

2074

54.2

39.5

39.2

Namibia

2013

89

1936

53.9

51.4

37.2

Peru

2010

85

2359

50.0

53.4

28.6

Suriname

2009

89

1046

62.4

80.5

40.3

Thailand

2015

89

4132

80.1

57.9

50.7

Tuvalu

2013

90

679

44.5

54.0

15.2

Total

  

84,792

56.7

56.7

39.3

  1. aRestricted to those aged 12–15 years
  2. bFast food consumption referred to having eaten food from a fast food restaurant at least once in the past 7 days
  3. cSoft drink consumption referred to drinking carbonated soft drinks at least once per day in the past 30 days
  4. dSedentary behavior referred to ≥3 h of sedentary time per day