Diet, Physical Activity, Weight Status, and Culture in a Sample of Children from the Developing World

Table 5

Reported activities by type, location, and person who initiated activity, among participants of the pilot of the Barbados Children's Health and Nutrition Study (BCHNS).

Type of activity	Location	Child selected		Adult selected		Total
		𝑛	Percent of total activity	𝑛	Percent of total activity	𝑛	Percent of total activity
Active	School	30	4.8%	21	3.4%	51	8.1%
	Home	155	24.9%	109	17.5%	264	42.4%
Subtotal active		185*	29.7%	130*	20.9%	315	50.5%
Sedentary	School	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%
	Home	165	26.5%	140	22.5%	305	49.0%
Subtotal sedentary		167**	26.8%	141**	22.7%	308	49.5%
Total		325**	56.5%	271**	43.5%	623	100%

^*𝑃=0.002; ^**𝑃<.001.